Creative Tools for Psychedelic Practitioners: An Art-Based Workshop 3 CECs

Visiting Psychedelic Art Therapists Rebecca and Alyssa will be leading this hands-on workshop and share how to use concrete art techniques during different phases of the psychedelic process. Through interactive teaching, experiential exercises, and guided conversations with peers, you'll learn how to facilitate creative practices and talk about imagery in ways that help people find their own meaning in what they’ve made (rather than us projecting our interpretations onto their work). We'll pay special attention to a "process over product" approach. No creative or artistic background needed. In order to receive CECs for this workshop, you must be present for the entire event.

This workshop is designed for psychedelic and non-psychedelic therapists, guides, integration specialists, and mental health practitioners who want to bring art-therapy informed practices into their work. Valuable for art therapists looking for specialized applications and non-art therapists who wants to feel confident safely and ethically incorporating creative tools within their scope of practice.

“The inner language of the psychonaut is visual and spatial. It knows through seeing, through watching the dance of forms and the play of colors.” - Ann Shulgin

Walk Away With:

• A clear sense of how to use the creative process throughout psychedelic healing work.
• Progressive exercises to designed for different stages of psychedelic work.
• Skills for talking about imagery and respectfully helping amplify what it means to the person who made it.
• Opportunities to engage in the creative process yourself and to explore your own imagery.
• Useful handouts with specific strategies for implenting creative practices in your work with clients.

Learning Objectives:

• Attendees will differentiate among psychedelic preparation, psychedelic administration and psychedelic integration in psychedelic therapy.
• Attendees will list 3 clinical applications for working with clients using psychedelics.
• Attendees will list 3 ways that art and art therapy have played a role in the world of psychedelics.
• Attendees will list two art/expressive therapies interventions for the preparation and integration phases of psychedelic works.

Note: There are very limited parking spaces on the farm. We encourage carpooling or taking Lyft/Uber to the farm (you can park at Bart). If you drive, you'll need to purchase a parking pass before arriving (under "Add-ons").

About Alyssa B. Gursky:

Alyssa B. Gursky, LPC is a Transpersonal Art Therapist living in Portland, Oregon and Brooklyn, New York. They are the owner and operator of Psychedelic Art Therapy LLC, a private psychotherpy practice specializing in therapy and education for individuals and groups exploring non-ordinary states and creative practices to foster resilience and well-being. Alyssa is trained in psilocybin-assisted therapy, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. They received their graduate training at Naropa University. They serve as a researcher and study therapist at the Social Neuroscience and Psychotherapy Lab, where they worked as a lead therapist on a clinical trial exploring MDMA-assisted group therapy for transgender and gender diverse adults, and as a co-therapist on a psilocybin trial for Major Depressive Disorder. As a co-founding director of the Psychedelic Art Therapy Network, Alyssa is passionate about building community and education around the intersection of psychedelics and creativity—their most favorite topics. They love connecting with others in this field and can be reached at QWx5c3NhIHwgUHN5Y2hlZGVsaWNBcnRUaGVyYXB5ICEgY29t.

About Rebecca Wilkinson:

Rebecca Wilkinson, LPC, LCPAT, ATR-BC is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Professional Art Therapist with over 30 years as an art therapist, scholar, and educator. Rebecca has received extensive training in psychedelic-assisted therapy and is the co-founder of the Psychedelic Art Therapy Network. She has taught on the topic through the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (Canada) and the George Washington University Graduate Art Therapy Program (Washington, DC). Rebecca and Alyssa are co-authors of a seminal article Psychedelic Art Therapy in press (AJAT). Rebecca is also managing director of Creative Wellbeing Workshops, which provides therapy, support, and continuing education on stress management, burnout prevention, and improving wellbeing. She is author of Positive Art Therapy: The Intersection of Art Therapy and Positive Psychology and author/illustrator of the Desert Mandalas Coloring Book. She can be reached at cmViZWNjYSB8IFBzeWNoZWRlbGljQXJ0VGhlcmFweU5ldHdvcmsgISBvcmc=.

Creative Wellbeing Workshops has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6566. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Creative Wellbeing Workshops is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Continuing education workshops will be clearly identified. Creative Wellbeing Workshops will be providing the CECs and the Shulgin Foundation is hosting the event.

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