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The National Expressive Therapy Association

Terry Bordan, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Education, Department of Counseling and Development, Graduate School of Education, Long Island University
Coordinator of the specialization in Mental Health Counseling
Former Director of Counseling at the United States Merchant Marine Academy
Past Editor, The Journal for the Professional Counselor

Gregg Furth, Ph.D.
World-famous Jungian analyst
International expert in the field of children and death education
Specialist at interpreting spontaneous drawings
Author, The Secret World of Drawings: Healing Through Art, published in 1989 by Sigo Press; and most recently Apotemnophilia: Information, Questions, Answers, and Recommendations About Self-Demand Amputation (with Robert Smith and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross), published in 2000 by 1stBooks Library.

The beginning stage of the therapist's journey, working as shaman, is at the unconscious level. This program will demonstrate a methodology as to how the therapist deciphers unconscious content through the use of drawings. This interpreting connects the therapist and client at the unconscious level where healing actually begins. Jung's theory is about accompanying the healing power of the individual's psyche at an unconscious level and bringing it into consciousness. Suggestions will be given for therapists to use to help clients find meaning and purpose in the life that they are living.

Nelson S. Howe, III, M.A.
Board Expressive Arts Therapist
has been conducting his own highly successful private practice in expressive therapy for over 10 years in Brooklyn, Staten Island and Manhattan. He has taught at Parsons School of Design and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and is a consultant at facilities for the aged, including the Hunter College Brookdale Center for the Aging.

This workshop will demonstrate some of the broader applications of expressive therapy in building a rewarding career and joyous existence. It includes case material as well as exercises that can be performed as part of the session itself.

Anne Milligan, L.C.S.W.
is a Hospice Social Worker and Bereavement Counselor working primarily from a family systems perspective, as well as a professional singer and songwriter.

In these times of nationwide sorrow, collective reflection is born again. Great change begets reflection. Reflection begets memory. And the greatest container for memory is the human family. The Flow of Life is a therapeutic ritual which was originally created for hospice families who are anticipating the loss of a family member, and yet can easily be adapted as a memorial gathering for deceased family members. It places a high value on expression in helping families achieve a sense of meaningful and harmonious closure. Music, art, reading and storytelling are included as a way to help individual family members access their feelings of love and loss.

Harold Ratner, M.D.
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Fellow, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, New York University
Lecturer in Pediatrics, State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn
Former Director of Medical Services, Manhattan Psychiatric Center

We will explore the basics of hypnosis. The history of hypnosis and the attributes of the hypnotic trance will be examined. The curious phenomenon of idiopathic responses will be looked at in detail. The application of this procedure in addressing the client's "inner mind" and the determination of inner motives will be reviewed. How the hypnotherapist can look at responses such as "yes", "no", and "I don't want to answer" can be evaluated and integrated into management. This presentation is not for experienced hypnotists, but will serve as an introduction to the topic.

Erika Steinberger, Ph.D., A.T.R.,
Board Certified Expressive Arts Therapist
Fellow, The National Expressive Therapy Association
Director of The Studio Workshop School in New York City
Formerly Professor at the New School University, New York University's Gallatin Division, and the University of Provence
Dr. Steinberger was honored with a festschrift at the Fifteenth Annual Conference, including statements by Edith Kramer, Raymond Lesnick, Herbert I. London, Prof. August J. Molnar and many other distinguished personalities.

This workshop consists primarily of a time-tested, hands-on project which generations of students have learned from and enjoyed. It incorporates all of the arts, both individually and collectively. Dr. Steinberger will work with individual students as well as the group as a whole. All materials will be supplied by the presenter. No previous experience is required. The presentation will also include an analysis of similarities and differences between art therapy and expressive therapies, from the presenter's own unique perspective. Limited to 25 participants.

David Henley, Ph.D., A.T.R.
Author, Exceptional Children: Exceptional Art, published in 1992 by Davis Publications
Past Chairman, Art Education and Art Therapy, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Professor of Art Therapy, Long Island University

To be announced.

Drs. Lillian Gross, M.D. and Jim
Malone at last year's conference

Daniel L. Araoz, Ed.D.
Distinguished psychologist and sex therapist
Fellow, American Psychological Association
Board Certified, American Board of Professional Psychologists
Author, The New Hypnosis: Techniques in Brief Individual & Family Psychotherapy, published in 1995 by Jason Aronson; Solution-Oriented Brief Therapy for Adjustment Disorders, published in 1995 by Brunner/Mazel; and numerous other works.

(Note: Dr. Araoz was the Keynote Speaker at the last conference, and played a major role in its success. He is one of the world's leading authorities on Eriksonian hypnotherapy, combining that with an additional focus on human self-expression. Dr. Araoz shares himself and his ideas graciously and generously with all who choose to become involved. We are extremely pleased to be able to welcome him back to this year's conference.)

The reflections that I will offer here are in order to synthesize a disputed topic as contrasted with the position of those who consider passivity essential to hypnosis or with that of those who believe that solely verbal expression is conducive to pychological improvement and healing. Based on my evidence gathered over 40 years, I contend that there is hypnosis every time a person is mostly engaged in imaginative thinking whether in quiet and solitude or in very active pursuits. This I've called "the new hypnosis." After a brief treatment of the basic principles involved, I'll address myself to a few practical consequences and applications following from the principles.

Preliminarily, it seems to me that a true expressive therapy practitioner is also a hypnotherapist because the client who enters into expressive therapy is fully in hypnosis. To free dance in the process of expressing your feelings of freedom and independence, just to imagine a specific instance, requires an alternative mental state as compared with the ordinary state of awareness. Hypnosis is understood by most as being an "altered state of mind" (I prefer alternative or alternate to avoid the negative connotation of being "altered"), which basically means that the person is functioning under the predominant influence of the right-brain. In the literature "trance" seems to refer to this special mode of right-hemispheric thinking. Thus, bypassing the ontological and metaphysical discussions about mental states, I prefer to leave it at this: When one is engaged in expressive therapy or in hypnosis the activities of the right cerebral hemisphere prevail over those of the left-brain. Because of this proven fact (Negley-Parker, 1986), from the position of the new hypnosis, I consider that expressive therapy is truly active hypnosis. Even if expressive therapy professionals may not prefer the designation of their work as hypnotic, my emphasis may be helpful in understanding the wonderful results obtained by means of expressive therapy. This is so because the research literature on hypnosis is very vast and what it proves and demonstrates can be applied, with the appropriate changes, to expressive therapy as well.

Finally, the syllogism to sustain my contention that expressive therapy is active hypnosis would run like this: There is no expressive therapy without the client being in trance and trance means to be in hypnosis, therefore expressive therapy is hypnosis.

Lillian Gross, M.D.
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry
Psychiatrist, private practice
Faculty, Queens Children's Psychiatric Center
Past Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn
Past Lecturer in Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Medicine
President, American Medical Women's Association (Long Island Branch)

Removing energy blocks by sensory treatment techniques permits both the therapist and the patient the increased freedom to be creative in their healing. The workshop today will demonstrate Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Thought Field or Energy Field Therapy, Visual Kinesthetic Dissociation and other techniques to remove energetic blocks and permit increased creativity. A brief description of the above therapies will be given and the audience will participate in learning how to use the Energy Therapies for themselves and with their clients.

June M. Conboy, Ph.D.
Board Certified Expressive Arts Therapist
Fellow, The National Expressive Therapy Association
Fellow, International Society for the Study of Dissociation
Adjunct Professor of Counseling, Long Island University

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has become the world's standard for evaluation and diagnosis. We will discuss the descriptions of mental disorders and how to diagnose clients. Whether we work clinically in a private setting or public sector, we need to recognize and evaluate disorders if we are to accurately diagnose and then treat accordingly. Additionally, for purposes related to insurance, employee assistance programs, case histories, referrals and consultations, it is necessary to understand DSM IV criteria. Taped vignettes will accompany the presentation.

Steve Ross, Ph.D.
Certified Expressive Therapist
Steve Ross has been called "One of the eminent trainers in the field," by the American Art Therapy Association. He is the founder of The National Expressive Therapy Association. A colleague recently wrote to Steve Ross as follows: "I loved your testimonials from Shaun McNiff, stating that you've 'achieved revolutionary objectives.' Also, Eugene Gendlin's comments about your 'expanding what "art" can mean into a real vanguard of humanity's development.' You certainly have had a positive impact on many of your associates and students, and for that I want to thank you. You have created a field of dreams that was only a blank field for some and you have stirred up emotions in some where no emotions existed. Even in great adversity you forged ahead for something that you believed in, even when others tried to stop you. I've seen the struggle, and the accomplishments, and I also can call you 'Beloved Teacher.'" (Gladys Ostrom, Ph.D.) Dr. Ross currently teaches counseling and psychotherapy skills to army Captains and others at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and elsewhere.

This practicum focuses on bringing forth what lies within the client, partly through bringing forth what lies within ourselves (sensitivity, imagination, intuition, creativity, etc.) It encourages and supports therapists' use of those generally overlooked and undervalued faculties that are part of the "artist in each of us," especially the use of one's own body and physical presence. The result is a genuine depth approach to counseling and psychotherapy, as well as to the various activity therapies. Individual participants are invited to work with another participant, with commentary by the workshop leader and other participants.