Kim Traina-Nolan, MA, LAC, LCAT, ATR-BC, ATCS is an art psychotherapist with a private practice, The Art in Therapy, LLC, in Boonton, NJ. She specializes in serving Millennial and Gen Z population. She is an adjunct professor for the clinical mental health counseling degree program with specialization in art therapy at Caldwell University.
She is a graduate of New York University and received a Master’s degree in Art Therapy. She also holds an MA in Mental Health Counseling from Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. She is currently an advanced candidate of Modern Psychoanalysis at ACAP in Livingston, NJ.
Art Therapy Workshop Description:
Materials: 4×4 white ceramic tile, Sharpie markers (50-75 multiple colors)
Title: H.O.P.E. honoring our pandemic experience
2020 was a year like never before in our lifetime. We experienced loneliness, isolation, tremendous loss, fear and displacement. A year into the pandemic; we as community find ourselves in a more hopeful mindset. Now is the time for reflection, to honor our collective pandemic experience and our resilience as community.
-How do you express HOPE? Create and image of your Pandemic experience.
Participants will create an individual piece of art using sharpie markers a 4×4 tile as a base for the artwork. The collected pieces of finished art from workshop participants will be assembled into a larger collaborative community piece demonstrating community and strength in HOPE.