VFTS 2022 4 |Dr. Mimi Savage | Drama Therapy and Diversity

FEATURED GUESTS: Mimi Savage, PhD, RDT-BCT, is the Education Chair of the North American Drama Therapy Association, core faculty in the MA Counseling Psychology & Expressive Arts department at CIIS, as well as founding faculty of UCLArts and Healing SEA program. Mimi created various drama therapy programs in acute psychiatric in-patient units for children and adults, facilitated programs for developmentally delayed youth, the formerly homeless, and youth in residential rehab. Lecturing and publishing on the intersection of identity in youth experiencing adoption and foster care, she is Director-founder of the SoCal Drama Therapy Center in LA, leads professional development workshops, and trains those who want to become drama therapists.

LISTEN & LEARN:

• How social justice work influenced Mimi to become a drama therapist. 
• The importance of the pause and silence in dialogue, therapy and education. 
• Action based drama therapy approaches for community work. 

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• Graduate Program in Counseling Psychology, Expressive Arts Therapy at California Institute of Integral Studies Www.ciis.edu/academics/graduate-programs/expressive-arts-therapy 
• The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
• Teaching to Transgress by Bell Hooks 
• Materials & Media in Art Therapy; Chapter Groundswell The Nature and Landscape of Art Therapy by Catherine H. Moon
• SoCal Drama Therapy Center founded by Mimi Savage
• Contact Mimi Savage at msavage@ciis.edu or mimisavage@sfeala.com
• UCLA Arts & Healing 

SESSIONS OFFERED AT THE 2022 LA EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES SUMMIT:

• March 24, 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training through Embodied Creativity with Mimi Savage & Danielle Levanas
• March 25 & 26, 2022 2 DAY INTENSIVE Social Emotional Arts on a Shoestring for Individual and Groups in Any Setting (Certificate Program) with Ping Ho, Stacie A. Yeldell, Mimi Savage & Kathy Cass
• April 10, 2022 Authentic Self-Construction: Creating Safe Holding Spaces Through Intermodal Arts & Assemblage with Mimi Savage