VFTS 2023 4 | Mindy Jacobson-Levy | SoulCollage® for the self of the therapist

FEATURED GUESTS: Mindy Jacobson-Levy, MCAT, ATR-BC, LPC, LPAT, PAATA HLM is a board certified, registered art therapist, a licensed professional art therapist (NJ), a licensed professional counselor (PA & NJ), and a trained SoulCollage® Facilitator. She is the President of the Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association (2023-2025), and previously received the Honorary Life Member Award (1996) and Innovative Applications of Art Therapy Award (2015); both given by the Delaware Art Therapy Association (now the Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association). Mindy’s art therapy work has included serving individuals impacted by trauma and eating disorders, as well as the gamut of psychological issues from childhood to adulthood. She provides professional supervision and is a national speaker and author. Her most recent publication is Creative Destruction and Transformation in Art and Therapy: Reframing, Reforming, Reclaiming (Jacobson-Levy & Miller, 2022, Art Therapy Journal). In addition to other publications, she co-authored Finding Your Voice Through Creativity: The Art & Journaling Workbook for Disordered Eating (Jacobson-Levy & Foy-Tornay, 2010, Gürze Books) and assisted in authoring the Guidelines for Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder in Adults (ISST-D, 2005 & 2011). Mindy is also a mixed media artist.

LISTEN & LEARN: 

• Mindy's path to working with Soul CollageⓇ and becoming a facilitator. 
• How to use Soul CollageⓇ as an introduction in the therapy session and reflective art-making in supervision.
• The origins of the Soul CollageⓇ  and a bit about Seena Frost who developed the method. 
• The similarity between Internal Family Systems and Soul CollageⓇ . 
• Narrative approaches used with Soul CollageⓇ 
• Using altered books and Soul CollageⓇ as a path to Illumination. 
• How to continue to use cards after they are created. 
• How Mindy honed her niche and developed her practice working with individuals with Dissociative Identity Disorder. 
  
  RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:
• Mindy's website http://artb4words.com
• Finding Your Voice Through Creativity: The Art & Journaling Workbook for Disordered Eating (Jacobson-Levy & Foy-Tornay, 2010, Gürze Books)
• SoulCollage Evolving: An Intuitive Collage Process for Self-Discovery and Community by Seena Frost
• Gretchen Miller's Creative offerings, Mindy shared about a Board Book Workshop she participated in with Gretchen.
• The Official Soul CollageⓇ website https://soulcollage.com/

TRAIN WITH MINDY AT THE EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES SUMMIT:

• April 22nd, 2023 10AM - 5:00PM SoulCollage® as a Pathway Towards Illumination & Balance for Professionals