Importance of Ongoing Clinical Supervision - an el duende and process art informed approach with Sheila Lorenzo de la Pena

Assistant Professor Sheila Lorenzo de la Pena (PennWest University, USA) will introduce the concept of el duende, where a piece is worked on with a focus on process versus product for a determined amount of time – a month, 2 months, a semester. The process is documented through photos and discussed throughout between supervisor and supervisee. As supervisor and supervisee struggle through the layers and successive visits to the piece, insights begin to emerge. Having practised el duende for 3 years, Sheila still continues to learn something new. Supervisees usually have no experience with this method and tend to see more pointed struggles, changes and adaptations (in themselves). Nurturing and helping solidify the connection to/with our creative practice makes us stronger clinicians. As the creative practice deepens and matures, so does how we present that to those we work with.

PRESENTER:

Assistant Professor Sheila Lorenzo de la Pena is a board-certified art therapy supervisor (ATR-BC, ATCS) in the United States and a full-time faculty in the graduate art therapy program at PennWest University, Pennsylvania. She oversees community and virtual studios offered through the program. Sheila is also an associate editor for the Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, serves on the Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education (ACATE) board, and serves as events co-chair of the Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association (PATA). View her work on Instagram.

When: Tuesday 16 April 2024
Time: 10am - 11.30 AEST (8am HKT & WA and 12pm NZT)
Duration/CPD: 1.5 hrs
Where: Zoom
Cost: $40 (+ GST for Australian members)
Open to: All members
Max Participants: 30
Recorded session: Yes (no recording during sharing)

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