Consultation and Trainings

Joanna provides consultations to families, schools and treatment programs. Joanna evaluates children who are struggling at home and/or in school, whose behavior has become unmanageable, and for whom medication may not be effective. Joanna uses art therapy and other techniques to evaluate and help these children gain control over their behavior. Joanna also works with children who are acting out sexually, who may have been exposed to sexually explicit material or sexually abused.

Joanna also has provided many trainings (see list below). If you are interersted in having Joanna do a training for your agency contact her directly.

Stress and Mental Health; How Stress impacts our lives and how to Aleviate it ExxonMobil Safety & Wellness Meeting, Houston, TX; November 2008

Making Empathy Concrete: Using Art Therapy as a Tool to explore Empathy
ADAPT Training Institute, Houston, TX; June 2008

Bulling in Schools; How to identify a problem and what to do about it.
Williams Energy training meeting, Houston, TX; October 2006

Art from the Heart: Taking Risks and Finding Opportunity Through the Creative Process Women's Leadership Conference, Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA; March 2005

Making Empathy Concrete: Using Art Therapy as a Tool to explore Empathy
Annual MASOC and MATSA Conference, Marlborough, MA; April 2004 & 2005

Making Empathy Concrete: Using Art Therapy as a Tool to explore Empathy
Annual NAPN Conference, Denver, Colorado; February 2005 & Albuquerque, NM; February 2007

Art Therapy in a Clinical Practice
Western New England College Annual Social Work Conference, Springfield, MA; May 2004

Using Art with Sexually Abusive Youth
Springfield College Graduate Art Therapy Program, Springfield, MA; Fall 2004

Book Making as a Tool for Telling Your Story
University of Massachusetts, Continuing Education Department, Amherst, MA; March 2000

Using Art Therapy in a Day Treatment Program for Adolescents
Pathways Day Treatment Program, Greenfield, MA; May 2000