Pain and Trauma Drawing Protocols: Research Based Interventions with Dr Noah Hass-Cohen

Dr. Noah Hass-Cohen will show case over a decade of her pain and trauma drawing research. Empirical and case studies and memory reconsolidation underpinnings will be reviewed. The drawing protocol has three or four sequenced prompts. Participants may try out these prompts with paper and markers.  

The trauma and pain drawing protocols demonstrated significant increases in positive resiliency-based experiences and decreased negative ones, as well as generalized favorable follow up outcomes (Hass-Cohen et al., 2018; 2021). Results from participation in online or in versions of the person pain study or before and or during the first three months of COVID-19 pandemic, did not show significant differences. A year later, one participant reported no need for medication (Hass-Cohen et al., 2023). Art making was reported as critical for changes in the meaning of pain experience over time. The showcased imagery will provide some remarkable and striking drawing responses and clinical insights.  

PRESENTER 
Dr. Noah Hass-Cohen, PsyD, ATR is a psychologist and art therapist. Dr. Hass-Cohen is an expert on relational neuroscience art therapy.  She is faculty in the Couple and Family Therapy program at Alliant International University in Los Angeles and she has over three decades of providing neuroscience-based art therapy to people across the lifespan.  Dr. Hass-Cohen is the author of two books: Art Therapy & Clinical Neuroscience; and Art Therapy & the Neuroscience of Relationships, Creativity & Resiliency, the latter of which was published by Norton’s Interpersonal Neuroscience series. In her clinical practice Dr. Hass-Cohen works with individuals and families affected by weight management, pain, grief, trauma and loss. One of her specialties is providing single session therapy. She is certified in several mindfulness approaches. Internationally she provides online therapeutically services and consultations to clients and other therapists. Please view the Bibliography and References.

Start date: Saturday 18 June 2022
Time: 11am AEST (9am HKT, 1pm NZT)
Fri, 17 June 6pm (PDT) (Dr Hass-Cohen’s time)
Duration: 1 and ½ hours
Location: Zoom (link provided 2 days before the event)
Cost: $50 (+GST for Australian members)
Open to: All members (Unlimited number of participants) 

Please note that the recording of the session will not be available due to privacy issues.