Class 1: Child Centered Art Therapy in a Family Systems Model (AT/FS) | Friday, September 5, 2025 | 8:00am-4:00pm, E.S.T.

Presenter: Mike Fogel, MA, ATR-BC, LPC

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

• State at least 4 obstacles to child therapy and at least 4 solutions provided by the AT/FS model.

• List the objective and structure of each of the 4 sessions in the AT/FS assessment procedure.

• Outline the 6-step sequence of family-murals and verbal processing in the AT/FS family art therapy assessment session.

• Define the rationale and implementation of the two segments of a typical AT/FS individual therapy session: “parent-child talk-time” and “child-centered art-therapy time”.

• Describe at least five different therapy strategies that may be used during the “parent talk time” and “child-centered art therapy time” segments of AT/FS individual therapy.

Course Agenda

• Art-making experiential reflection: Metaphoric hybrid animal drawing to convey participants’ experience of the joys and challenges of outpatient therapy with children

• Foundations of the Art Therapy in a Family Systems Context (ATFS) approach

• Compare and contrast individual child therapy and family therapy goals, benefits, & limitations

• Integration of individual art therapy and family systems theory in one comprehensive treatment approach

• Introduce the structure and implementation of the AT/FS treatment model by defining parent-child “talk time”, a.k.a. “reality time”, child centered art-play therapy time, & breakout collateral parent meetings

• Rationale and eclectic theories and techniques employed during parent-child “talk-time” in AT/FS, including solution-focused therapy, narrative therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, inter-subjective dynamic psychotherapy, child-centered therapy, family systems theory and techniques, & parent-training

• Rationale and theories employed in child centered art-play therapy segment of each session of AT/FS, including art therapy, play therapy, child-centered therapy, developmental/dynamic psychotherapy, Jungian psychotherapy

• Rationale and strategies employed during breakout collateral parent meetings, including exploring parent resistance, building collaborative partnership, monitoring progress and treatment planning, building or enhancing parents’ executive skills, communication-listening skills, discipline techniques, installing supportive home structure including behavior-modification reward programs and limits/consequences

• Client surveys: what children experience; what parents/caregivers experience

• Case examples with artwork

• Great therapy begins with a great assessment: the 4 session AT/FS Assessment Procedure overview

• Session 1 structure and sequence: parent-caregiver intake meeting: the Bio-Psycho-Social Interview, without client or children present

• Session 2 structure and sequence: Family Art Therapy Assessment Session with entire household

• Session 3 structure and sequence: Individual Art Therapy Assessment

• Session 4 structure and sequence: Parent-Caregiver Feedback and treatment planning session

• Case examples from patient assessments

Child and Family Art Therapy Center (CFATC)

“CHILD-CENTERED ART THERAPY IN A FAMILY SYSTEMS MODEL (AT/FS)”

NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider™ ACEP No. 7373

Feel free to contact CFATC with any questions or concerns at:

600 Haverford Rd. Ste. G-101 Haverford. PA 19041,

(610) 649-1080 x1 or at candice@childandfamilyarttherapycenter.com.