How do the arts play a part in the process of trauma healing? Does using the arts help in the trauma-healing process?
About the speaker:
Mary Beth Saurman is an Arts Master Facilitator with the Bible Society’s Trauma Healing Institute. She teaches MA courses in Arts and Trauma Healing and also offers shorter training in Arts in the Healing Process.
She has worked with SIL International for the last 30 years as an advocate for the music and arts of ethnic minority groups and has 13 years of experience working as a Creative Arts Therapist and Music Therapist in clinical settings, including mental health care, geriatric care, and special needs. Her training and expertise focus on Music and Dance/Movement Therapy. She has also used other forms of Creative Arts as therapy such as drama, visual arts, and verbal arts.