NADTA 2024 Conference

NADTA 2024 Conference

Welcome to the NADTA 2024 Annual Conference

8:00am EDT

Badge pick-up/registration Churchill Court - 2nd Floor Family Lactation Room James - 3rd Floor Play Space/Art Hive Turner - 3rd Floor Quiet Space Austen - 3rd Floor Breakfast/Networking Churchill Ballroom - 2nd Floor

9:00am EDT

Cultural Bridges in Drama Therapy: Expanding Rehearsals for Growth to a Global Stage Wren A/B - 3rd FloorDaniel Wiener, PhD, Lic. Psychologist, RDT/BCT • Mark Beauregard • Additional Contributions by: Jing Zhao LMFT, RDT Restoration and Transformation via Commedia dell'arte Masks, Expressive Masks and Larval Mask by Reversing Lecoq's Physical Theatre Pedagogy Scott - 3rd FloorShiu Hei Larry Ng Understanding the challenges of evaluating treatment for people with intellectual disabilities: following a manualised model of dramatherapy to guide practice. Wren C - 3rd FloorJane Bourne Dare to be Me - A Psychodrama Experience Carlyle - 3rd FloorKim Irvine-Albano MA, RP, TEP Introduction to Drama Therapy Rossetti - 3rd FloorAdam Stevens MA, RDT, LCAT-P • Chyela Rowe Pre-Conference Retreat with Polaris DvT Midwest Training Institute Stevenson - 2nd FloorWhitney Sullivan LCSW, RDT/BCT • Jennifer Johnson MA RDT/BCT • Sarah Hartung, LPC, RDT/BCT Transforming the Face of Death Through the Restorative Practices of Drama Therapy Seymour - 2nd FloorPatricia Jauchler, PhD Candidate, MA, MS, RDT/BCT

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Break Churchill Ballroom - 2nd Floor

1:00pm EDT

Networking Churchill Court - 2nd Floor

4:30pm EDT

Break Churchill Court - 2nd Floor

5:00pm EDT

Clinician, RDT, Teacher...all roles lead to healing Scott - 3rd FloorLisa Moreno M.Ed., M.A., LPC, RDT, NCC, IPT-CST

6:00pm EDT

Newcomer Dinner

8:00am EDT

Breakfast and Networking Churchill Ballroom - 2nd Floor Family Lactation Room James - 3rd Floor Play Space/Art Hive Turner - 3rd Floor Quiet Space Austen - 3rd Floor

8:30am EDT

Opening Ceremony - Land Acknowledgement & Keynote Churchill Ballroom - 2nd FloorLaureen (Blu) Waters • Kyle Sipkens

10:00am EDT

10:15am EDT

Costuming in Drama Therapy: Design, Build, Mend, Heal Scott - 3rd FloorAmanda Sasser Dis/ability Justice and Restoration for Dis/abled Drama Therapists: Creating Space in the Classroom and the Profession Rossetti - 3rd FloorCaitlin McFann • Maria Hodermarska • Angelle Cook • Sho Glick Liberation-based Peer Supervision: Confronting Colonialism, Capitalism, and Racism Using Role Carlyle - 3rd FloorRowena Tam, MA, CCC • Amanda Rothman MA RDT LCAT Poetry in Motion - Balade Poetique Stevenson - 2nd FloorValerie Chatain, MA We Need to Talk about Psychedelics Seymour - 2nd FloorCarlos Rodriguez Perez, LCAT RDT/BCT

11:45am EDT

12:00pm EDT

Celebrating Research: Marking 10 Years of Drama Therapy Review and Research in the Field Churchill Ballroom - 2nd FloorAngelle Cook • Jason S. Frydman, PhD, RDT/BCT, NCSP • Calli Armstrong, MA, PhD, RDT • Nisha Sajnani, PhD, LCAT, RDT/BCT • Dr. Christine Mayor

1:30pm EDT

1:45pm EDT

Class and identity: ideas that can help us to think about repair and change. Seymour - 2nd FloorAnna Seymour, PhD PFHEA HCPC reg. Dramatherapist The Multiverse of Grief: A Multicultural + Expressive Arts Approach to being in relationship with diverse grief narratives Scott - 3rd FloorAdam Stevens MA, RDT, LCAT-P • Jakob von Eichel, MA Can theatre reduce bias in healthcare service delivery? Rossetti - 3rd FloorNisha Sajnani, PhD, LCAT, RDT/BCT • Sheila O'Keefe-McCarthy • Valerie Michaelson • Anamarija Vuic, MA • Kevin Hobbs, MA • Sherri Vansickle, MEd, OCT • Margot Francis, PhD • Mona Sawhney, PhD, NP • Camryn Hafner, MA • Andrea Cordova McCadney How to Talk to Children About Death: The Training of The Truth Wren - 3rd FloorStephanie Omens, MA, RDT-BCT, LPC, LCAT Turning Points! Unearthing and Transforming wounding life-scripts! Carlyle - 3rd FloorArmand Volkas LMFT, RDT/BCT, • Ornelia Kapetani, RDT, TRT

3:15pm EDT

Break Churchill Court - 2nd Floor

3:30pm EDT

A Mirror, A Threshold, A Song: Medicines of Healing in Theater Arts and Restorative Justice Stevenson - 2nd FloorTatiana Chaterji Integrating Consent-Based Practices and Drama Therapy Scott - 3rd FloorAlivia Holkesvig, B.S., B.A • Sabrina Rodriguez, M.A.

5:00pm EDT

Attitudes Toward Research Among North American Drama Therapists Seymour - 2nd FloorAngelle Cook Education Forum Wren A/B - 3rd FloorChyela Rowe Ethics Forum Carlyle - 3rd Floor Family, Art and Storytelling at Home Rossetti - 3rd FloorAnabelle Segovia Reyes, MA • Caroline Beauregard, PhD, MA Student Forum Scott - 3rd Floor

6:00pm EDT

Dinner on your own Required BCT Annual Meeting & Policy/Procedure Updates Churchill Ballroom - 2nd FloorChyela Rowe

7:30pm EDT

2 Women, 2 Mothers: Stories of Mother/Daughter Transformation Rossetti - 3rd FloorMerry Ross MFT, RDT • Vicki Dello Joio Always Have Been: A Staged Reading from Qualitative Research. Stevenson - 2nd FloorMichelle Yadon, MA, RDT/BCT, CTRS • Stephen Lewis

8:00am EDT

Drama Therapy as a Clinical Treatment Modality for PTSD in Combat Veterans Churchill Court - 2nd FloorLevon William Alldredge, B.S. Psychology (candidate), PSS • Deborah Coehlo, PhD, C-PNP, PMHS, CFLE Emotional Literacy Through Social Media for Students at the Threshold: Drama Therapy and Postsecondary Young Adults with I/DDs Churchill Court - 2nd FloorAaron Tilson Dore, MA (candidate) • Anish Nakahara, MA (candidate) Networking Family Lactation Room James - 3rd Floor Play Space/Art Hive Turner - 3rd Floor Quiet Space Austen - 3rd Floor

9:00am EDT

Canadian Region Meeting Rossetti - 3rd FloorCindy Coady, MA, RDT Central Region Meeting Scott - 3rd FloorLisa Moreno M.Ed., M.A., LPC, RDT, NCC, IPT-CST Eastern Region Meeting Carlyle - 3rd FloorAbbie Truax, MA, LCAT, RDT Western Region Meeting Wren - 3rd FloorRyan Lisman, MA, LPCC, RDT, PsyD Candidate

10:00am EDT

10:15am EDT

A Conversation between Two Drama Therapists on their Autobiographical Performance Projects about Racism Rossetti - 3rd FloorStephen Eddy Snow, Ph.D., RDT/BCT • Michelle J. Buckle, MA, Ed. D (ABD), RDT • Nisha Sajnani, PhD, LCAT, RDT/BCT Decolonizing Drama Therapy: An Exploration of How Our Ancestors Impact our Work and Lives Today Wren - 3rd FloorAtlas Lowry Embodied Supervision: Enhancing Psychotherapy Practice through Somatic Awareness Carlyle - 3rd FloorErica Craig Mann • Kaitlynn Cornell-Mullane LCAT, RDT, MA Mending The Wall Between Us: Authentic Movement, Music, and Drama Therapy Scott - 3rd FloorJordan Stewart • Jermain Johnson, MA, RDT Research and Practice: Relationships Among the Core Processes in Drama Therapy Stevenson - 2nd FloorAngelle Cook • Jason S. Frydman, PhD, RDT/BCT, NCSP • Rebecca Versaci, RDT, LCAT, CCLS UR Creative: The Impact of a Therapeutic Theatre Production with Youth in a Hospital-based Outpatient Certified Community Behavioral Health Center . Seymour - 2nd FloorMaggie Powell MA, LCAT, RDT

11:45am EDT

Lunch on your own

12:45pm EDT

Redefining Professional Intention: 2024 Diversity Forum Churchill Ballroom - 2nd FloorChabreah Alston, LCAT, LMHC, RDT

2:15pm EDT

Break Churchill Court - 2nd Floor

2:30pm EDT

A New Approach to Theory and Practice: Therapeutic Cabaret Theatre Seymour - 2nd FloorMaude Davis PhD(c), Licensed Psychoanalyst, RDT, REAT It's Not a Barbie World for Everyone: Using Drama Therapy to Deconstruct Eurocentric and White Supremacist Notions of Beauty Carlyle - 3rd FloorAdam Stevens MA, RDT, LCAT-P • Jakob von Eichel, MA • Andrea Cordova McCadney • Daniel McRath • Alayna Hester, M.A., LCAT-LP • Opher Shamir Beyond Shame: A Dramatic Embrace of Radical Empowerment Scott - 3rd FloorRyan Lisman, MA, LPCC, RDT, PsyD Candidate Playmaking as a Primary Process: CoAction and Co-Production as a Mechanism for Transformation Rossetti - 3rd FloorLaura Wood PhD, LMHC, RDT/BCT, CCLS • David Mowers Some Things Cannot be Mended: The Case for an Anti-Carceral, Abolitionist Drama Therapy Wren - 3rd FloorBritton Williams, PhD, LCAT, RDT-BCT • Dr. Christine Mayor • Shreya Jalan, MA We Are Not Your Asian Representatives: Understanding Intersecting Nuances in the Drama Therapy Field Stevenson - 2nd FloorTa Wei Chen, MA, LCAT • Naomi Saikachi MA, RDT, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher • YU Hon Kit (Eddie), MA, DMT, RDT/S, BSW, RSW • Additional Contributions by: Jing Zhao LMFT, RDT

4:00pm EDT

Exploring Human Sexuality and Shame: A Psychodrama and Sex Therapy Perspective Seymour - 2nd FloorGerman Sanchez • Jon DeAngelis Trippingly on the Tongue: Language, Trauma, Silence, and Code-Switching in Drama Therapy Praxis Carlyle - 3rd FloorMeaghen Buckley MA, RDT, CCC

5:30pm EDT

Student Meet & Greet w/ BOD Seymour - 2nd Floor

6:30pm EDT

Dinner on Your Own

7:30pm EDT

Le Carnivale Piquant: Gala de Costumes du Président or Le Spicy Carnivale: President's Costume Gala Churchill Ballroom - 2nd Floor

8:00am EST

How to Move from Talk Therapy to Drama Therapy Churchill Court - 2nd FloorEllora Kothare Networking Churchill Court - 2nd Floor Understanding the P-RDT & RDT Credentialing Process Seymour - 2nd FloorChyela Rowe

9:00am EST

Unconference Community Brunch Churchill Ballroom - 2nd Floor

10:30am EST

Different Ways to Play: Drama Therapy Theory and Practice Beyond Clinical Settings Scott - 3rd FloorKaitlynn Cornell-Mullane LCAT, RDT, MA • Sean Paul Carleton, MA, LCAT, RDT • Erica Craig Mann • Dana Trottier, MA, LCAT, RDT/BCT Expanding the Knowledge Base: New Books in North American Drama Therapy in 2024 Seymour - 2nd FloorLaura Wood PhD, LMHC, RDT/BCT, CCLS • Adam Reynolds, PhD, RDT/BCT, LCSW • Nisha Sajnani, PhD, LCAT, RDT/BCT • David Mowers • Stephanie Omens, MA, RDT-BCT, LPC, LCAT Fighting Hermeneutical Injustice: PCW ("Post-Covid" World) Edition Carlyle - 3rd FloorJacqueline (Jaq) Victor MA, LMFT, RDT

12:00pm EST

Final Goodbyes Churchill Ballroom - 2nd Floor