September 18, 2000 – A first congress in arts therapy will be held in Montreal, from October 20 to 22, on the Loyola campus of Concordia University. Interdisciplinary, this event brings together for the first time in Canada more than ninety (90) practitioners and researchers working in this field of therapy and research which includes art therapy, dance therapy, drama therapy. and music therapy.
Under the theme Convergence: Common Ground and New Perspectives in Art Therapy, the conference presents a unique and original program of activities. No less than seventy-five (75) events including more than sixty (60) communications, workshops and round tables, both in French and in English, will allow all participants to discover what is unique and common these various therapeutic modalities. Emerging theories in these growing disciplines will also have pride of place.
It is professionals, practitioners in arts therapy in Quebec who initiated this Quebec premiere and it is no coincidence. It will mark an important passage in the history of the teaching of arts therapy in Quebec since it will simultaneously mark the 20th anniversary of the master’s program in art therapy at Concordia University, the 15th anniversary of the first year program. cycle in music therapy at UQAM, the 5th anniversary of the Institut de formation professionnelle par art de Sherbrooke and the opening of a Postgraduate Diploma specializing in art therapy at the University of Quebec in Abitibi – Témiscamingue and a Graduate Diploma specializing in expressive movement analysis from UQAM.
Art therapy has very ancient roots going back to the earliest healing rituals that used graphic representations, masks, music and dance. With the advent of modern psychotherapy in the early twentieth century, the arts continued to play an important role. The concept of art as an effective therapeutic agent gave birth to professional disciplines when training programs appeared: in music therapy in the 1940s, in art therapy and dance therapy in the late 1960s and in drama therapy at the end of the 1970s. Today there are many arts therapy training programs in both Europe and North America.
Currently, these graduates work in hospitals, institutions specializing in mental health, addiction centers, correctional services, reception centers, shelters. It also happens that psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, psychologists and psychotherapists integrate these approaches in the exercise of their functions.
A development day for arts therapy professionals, educators and mental health workers will precede the conference.
Convergence will promote the creation of international links since nearly 15% of presenters come from abroad. Participants will therefore be exposed to the most recent research developments, both abroad and at home.
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CONVERGENCE CONFERENCE
DATE: October 20-21-22, 2000
Telephone: (514) 848-7384
Email: cats2000@concordia.ca
Conference website: http://fofa.concordia.ca