Single Sessions
Sponsored Single Sessions
The following Single Sessions have been generously provided by individuals and allied organizations to proliferate LGBTQIA+ discourse across the creative arts therapies professions outside of the Expressing Pride annual symposium.
Recorded Presentations
Exploring the rainbow: How LGBTQIA+ friendly is your practice?
Generously provided by the European Federation of Art Therapy (EFAT)
(Recorded October 9th, 2023)
Presented by:
Laura Henderson (she/her) & Rivkah Hetherington (she/her)
Description:
In this Introductory webinar the speakers will demonstrate how awareness of LGBTQIA+ issues is valuable at 360’ and not only when working with LGBTQIA+ people. It will introduce the following key ideas: intersectional approach; power sensitive relationship, microaggression, minority stress, being an ally. It will explore the implications of being an LGBTQIA+ ally, introduce awareness of somatic discomfort regarding these issues, and introduce basic terminology : gender identity, intersex identity and sexual orientation.
River of Life: LGBTQ+ (Documentary Film)
Generously provided by Grace Walcott
Password to view: Riveroflife3339
Directed by:
Grace Walcott (she/he)
Brief Description
This documentary film follows a 10-week drama therapy workshop, with 13 multigenerational queer participants, coming together to unpack internalized queerphobia and the evolution of the LGBTQ+ community.
Director Statement
River of Life LGBTQ+ is a workshop and film project that emerged from my love of the queer community. I feel sadness when I see prejudice, exclusionary behaviors and infighting between queer folk. These are times when our democracy is being threatened. My thinking is that bonding within LGBTQ+ communities is crucial to queer peoples well-being and survival. I am trained in drama therapy, and have led groups that felt so exuberant, it was like everyone was falling in love with each other. I wanted that same exuberance in a multi-generational LGBTQ+ group wherein younger queers could meet their elders, and vice versa. For many queers, bonding experiences can be stolen from us by external forces and internalized oppression. We never get to meet our trans grandpa or lesbian great-aunt. I was interested in capturing on film moments of unpacking trauma, and collective purging of internalized queerphobia, while all the while celebrating LGBTQ+ evolution.
For more: https://riveroflifelgbtq.com
Speakers
Laura Henderson
(she/her)
Laura has worked with the Czech National Institute of Mental Health to deliver training to psychologists/psychiatrists in the Czech Republic on the specificities of working with transgender/nonbinary/intersex clients.
Rivkah Hetherington
(she/her)
Rivkah has delivered trainings on the topic of art therapy with LGBTQIA clients for the British Association of Art Therapists and had recently an article published on Somatic Art Therapy with an LGBTQIA+ teenage service user, as part of the special issue on gender diversity and cultural humility on the American, International and Canadian Art Therapy Journals.
This article has been selected to be granted open access for a
limited time. It is still available to read only at the journal's homepage at the following link:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07421656.2023.2186687
Grace Walcott
(she/he)
Grace Walcott (she/he) is a Director, Actor, Healer, and the author of “Wide Open: My Adventures in Polyamory, Open Marriage and Loving On My Own Terms” She/he is a graduate of California Institute of Integral Studies in Drama Therapy. She/he has been a principal on “Nash Bridges”, and numerous local TV and commercials. Her film “Ginger Snaps” was shown at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Outfest in Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Germany, Seattle, Orlando, and on PBS. Her plays have been produced by ‘Brava! For Women in the Arts”, The Climate Theater, Solo Mio, The Chi Chi Club, The Fringe Festival, The Marsh, Josie’s Juice Joint, and WOW Cafe in New York City.