Episode 65 | Barry M. Cohen, Kathryn Johnson, & Anne Mills | The Diagnostic Drawing Series: 4O Years of Research & Application

FEATURED GUESTS: Barry M. Cohen, MA, ATR-BC Retired, authored the Diagnostic Drawing Series (DDS) in 1982; is the author/coauthor of journal articles and chapters; and coauthored/coedited three books, including the workbook Managing Traumatic Stress Through Art. Founder of the Eastern Regional Conference on Trauma & Dissociation in 1989, he cofounded an inpatient dissociative disorders unit in Washington, DC, in 1991. He was recruited to manage the 2006/2007 AATA conferences, then served as Executive Director of Expressive Media from 2008 through 2021. He founded the Expressive Therapies Summit: NYC in 2010, cofounded the Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Training Institute with Eliana Gil in 2013, and with Ping Ho, the LA Summit in 2017. He is currently the Executive Director of the Expressive Therapies Summits.

Kathryn Johnson, PhD, ATR, is an art therapist and licensed psychologist with over 20 years’ experience working in psychiatric and medical facilities. She is a Senior Psychologist at the Everett Clinic, where she provides therapy, psychological evaluation, and neuropsychological testing. Dr. Johnson is also Medical Director of Psychosocial Services at the Providence Regional Cancer Partnership. A former instructor of research and assessment at Antioch University, Dr. Johnson has been instrumental in conducting many DDS research studies. She is Research Director for the Diagnostic Drawing Series and the primary DDS teaching associate.

Anne Mills, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, LCPAT, is Director of the Diagnostic Drawing Series Archive and owner of Art Therapy Services. In private practice for over 30 years, specializations include the treatment of survivors of severe early trauma who are highly dissociative. Anne provides resiliency-focused treatment for adolescents and adults who have experienced difficult transitions such as illness, bereavement, and loss of culture (refugees, international students). Formerly director of the GWU art therapy graduate training program, she has published on assessment and trauma treatment.

 LISTEN & LEARN:

• What the DDS is and why it is different from other arts based assessment tools in use. 
• How the standardization of this assessment tool allowed this art assessment to be taken seriously by professionals outside the niche of art therapy. 
• The three tasks of the assessment. 
• How the assessment was empirically validated. 
• How the DDS is used to identify strengths in addition to a particular mental health diagnosis. 
• The DDS Network is working on developing an algorithm so mental health professionals administering the assessment can easily compare the scores of the art according to the collected research of other individuals with a specific mental health diagnosis. 
• The DDS Archive offers an annual Research Award for research in progress or in current publication using the DDS. 
• What you will learn by attending an 3 day intensive DDS training. 

LEARN TO ADMINISTER THE DDS:
May 12, 13, 14, 2022 3 Day Virtual Intensive Training The DDS: 40 Years of Assessment Through Art

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• www.expressivetherapiessummit.com 
• www.diagnosticdrawingseries.net
• www.diagnosticdrawingseries.info
• To Volunteer, ask questions or seek out support for using the DDS with clients email either Barry at landmarc@cox.net OR Anne at diagnosticdrawingseries@gmail.com