IEATA's 14th Annual International Conference

When working with a client’s memory, how do we locate the fleeting, joyful bits so often overshadowed by loss that no new insights can emerge? In this master class, the memory artist and clinical social worker who developed Dreamscaping will introduce her novel technique for arriving at the memory our client needs in order to move from isolation to re-integration in the world. This playful approach begins with excavating a client’s most precious memories—then joining the client there to figure out ways to enhance or build a new (prescriptive) memory from lived experience so that it becomes the place where healing can happen. By workshop’s end, therapists will get an excellent sense of what it takes to be an assured memory artist in mental health care, capable of leading your client to new sources of courage and humor based on their personally-developed imagery.