SPRING WORKSHOP AND NETWORKING EVENT

Utilizing Art Therapy in the Exploration of Gender Expression and Identity
led by Bren Boseman, LPC and art therapist

Sunday, May 21st, 2017
​12:30-4:00

12:30-1:00 Registration/Networking
1:00-3:30 Workshop
3:30-4:00 Networking

Q Center
​4115 N. Mississippi
Portland, OR 97217

$20 Professional
$15 Student
$45 Professional with 3 CEs
3 CEs available through PCC Climb Center
On site registration will be available the day of the workshop.
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Utilizing Art Therapy in the Exploration of Gender Expression and Identity
Join CATA for an afternoon workshop with Bren Boseman, LPC. We will engage in discussion about the current, appropriate and respectful language to use when it comes to the transgender experience with acknowledgement of the ever-changing nature of this language. Participants will gain knowledge of local and national resources for working with trans clients. We will investigate the pressure of gender stereotypes and the potential for using Art Therapy to help clients free themselves from these constraints. We will discuss the relationship between the "true self" and the use of Art Therapy. An experiential will be presented where workshop attendees will use guided visualization and art materials to explore their own experience and presentation of gender.​​
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Bren Boseman, LPC graduated from Marylhurst University with a masters in Art Therapy in 2006.  She began her clinical work with transgender clients during her internship and has continued to work with transgender clients since that time.  Bren works at the Owls Nest North Counseling Joint which has a focus on serving the LGBTQ community.  She uses both Art and Talk Therapy in her work with adult clients.  She is also a clinical supervisor at the clinic where she supervises the clinicians working toward their LPC license. 
www.owlsnestnorth.com

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