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Neurodevelopmental Art Therapy: A Whole Brain Healing Approach for Acute and Chronic Trauma

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We know ART is a right brain creative activity with the power to access traumatic memories and body-based sensations stored in the right brain …

… and when you integrate creative expression with neuroscience, you set your clients on a path to healing and empowerment.

That’s the power of Neurodevelopment Art Therapy, a proven approach to trauma treatment. It’s designed to engage the whole brain, reprogram trauma responses, and build resilience resulting in long-term symptom reduction and overall well-being.

Watch Carey MacCarthy, MA, ATR, LPCC, trauma expert, author, presenter, and voted Top Art Therapist of 2024 (IAOTP) who will teach you how the Neurodevelopmental Art Therapy Trauma Treatment Model will:

  • Provide a proven roadmap to achieve physical, emotional, and cognitive homeostasis
  • Achieve remarkable breakthroughs overcoming PTSD, anxiety, ADHD and more
  • Reverse epigenetics of historical and intergenerational trauma
  • Integrate left/right brain bilateral stimulation techniques crucial for trauma recovery
  • And more!

Through engaging case studies, discussions, and interactive art experiences, you’ll elevate your impact, enrich your practice, and help clients achieve lasting well-being through the transformative benefits of Neurodevelopmental Art Therapy.

Plus, this approach is culturally relevant, effective, and developmentally appropriate for diverse populations to heal and promote the preservation of spiritual and cultural heritage, shown to expedite trauma recovery in indigenous and non-indigenous cultures.

Join the future of trauma treatment today! Purchase now!

From Your Presenter:
”I am so excited to share my 23 years of trauma research and experience that has shaped and expanded the Neurodevelopmental Art Therapy Trauma Treatment Model! I’m taking all the guess work out by giving you step by step guidance for implementing this approach. I look forward to seeing you!” - Carey

Here's What You'll Learn


THE SUPERPOWERS OF ART THERAPY

Art & Neuroscience in the Treatment of Trauma
  • How art therapy is effective in neurobiologically healing trauma
  • Why a right brain approach is important in trauma treatment
  • How Neurodevelopmental Art Therapy (NDAT) differs from standard art therapy
  • Understand types of trauma: Acute, chronic/complex, system-induced, historical, intergenerational, racial, vicarious, development, in-utero trauma
  • Long-term effects of trauma: Physical, emotional, psychological
  • Impact on children, adolescents & adults
Art Therapy and Neuroplasticity for Long-Term Trauma Healing
  • Neurobiology of trauma
  • Structural damage in the brain
  • Epigenetics of trauma
    • Stored and genetically passed down through generations
    • Native American, African American, Jewish cultures, Asian, Pacific Islanders, and more
    • Treat trauma & reverse genetic markers of historical trauma
Neurodevelopmental Art Therapy Trauma Treatment (NDAT)
  • Learn, experience, implement
  • Whole brain healing approach: Bottom-up, left/right integration, top down
  • Bilateral stimulation: Bilateral scribble & bilateral drawing
  • NDAT acute trauma intervention for individual sessions
  • NDAT chronic trauma intervention
  • Proven research outcomes
  • Troubleshoot issues that arise in sessions: Child, adolescent, adults
  • Research, risks and limitations
Practical Applications - Experiential
  • Art therapy trauma assessment protocols
  • Treat trauma with step-by-step facilitators manual integrating:
    • Auditory processing
    • Meditation
    • Bilateral stimulation
    • Art activity engaging specific brain structure (NDAT)
    • Fosters coping skills, emotional release, healthy relationships, boundaries …
    • CBT, NLP, guided imagery, neuroplasticity-based approaches into NDAT
    • Verbal expression/dialogue
  • Facilitators manual designed to:
    • Follow all 4 manual sections corresponding with 4 brain structures
    • Elicit positive mental states avoiding trauma reactions within group setting, classroom or behavioral health
    • Eliminate guesswork in trauma treatment
Cultural Awareness & Cultural Competence
  • Historical, inter-generational and racial trauma
    • Epigenetics & long-term impacts
    • Recognize symptoms
    • Address & respond within the diverse populations you serve in your practice or classroom
    • Treat historical, inter-generational and racial trauma in your practice
  • Culturally responsiveness: Respect other cultural healing traditions
  • Cultural compassion with Native Americans, Latinos, Black and other underserved populations
Case Studies:
  • Dissociative Identify Disorder
  • D.D. female, age 27
  • Aggressive, oppositional, and suicidal
  • F.W. male, age 10
  • Debilitating depression and anxiety
  • N, male, age 30

Everything You're Getting


  • More than 12 hours of video content
  • Up to 12.25 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

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Neurodevelopmental Art Therapy: A Whole Brain Healing Approach for Acute and Chronic Trauma
Digital Seminar
$459.99

Meet Your Experts


Carey MacCarthy, MA, ATR, LPCC

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Carey MacCarthy, MA, ATR, LPCC voted top art therapist of the year 2024, and Who’s Who in America listee Founder/CEO of START UP! Art Therapy to Rewire Your Brain™. Carey is an author, presenter, speaker, and researcher, a Registered Art Therapist with the Art Therapy Credentials Board, and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, active within the art therapy profession since 2001. She is a recognized trauma expert specializing in trauma within children, adults, and Native American Historical Trauma.

Carey co-authored, with Linda Chapman START UP!™: A School-Based Arts Curriculum for Native American Youth and ALL Cultures: Interventions for Development and Learning, Facilitators Manual (2017). Chapman has since passed her work onto Carey to continue its expansion and global reach. Carey has lived in Native American Reservations and trained in the Red Road Approach to Healing for Tribal Nations and is a fluent Spanish speaker. Her mission is to help rebuild the First Nations People. Carey believes that healing should be accessible to ALL People of ALL Ages & ALL Cultures.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Carey MacCarthy maintains a private practice and is the founder of Start Up! Art Therapy to Rewire Your Brain. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Carey MacCarthy is a member of the American Art Therapy Association and Art Therapy Credentials Board.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS150006
Duration:
12 hours, 16 minutes
Copyright:
Feb 27, 2025
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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