Trauma, Creativity, and Healing: The Bird That Wants to Fly, Mind-Body Healing Through the Arts Presentation, New School for Social Research, NY
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Dr. Kaufman is the lead author of the chapter, "Expressive Arts and Practitioner Self Care: Simply Being Human" in the Brush Education Inc. 2014 published text, Creative Arts in Humane Medicine.
The chapter is based upon a research study funded by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation with Dr. Kaufman as the principal investigator. The book is available online and at book stores. |
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International Presentations
The Place of Arts Medicine in Diagnosis and Healing, 6th International Conference on Humanities Therapies, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea, July 2014
Archetypes, Hurt and Healing: The Bird That Wants to Fly (co-presenter Emily Nash, Creative Arts Therapist), 4th Global
Conference on Storytelling: Global Reflections on Narrative, Probing the Boundaries - Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2013
Creative Collaborations: Creative Arts Healthcare Poster (co-presenter Marilynn Schneider, Director of the WAE Center), Living with Uncertainty: Multiplicity as a Healing Pathway through Expressive Arts, International Expressive Arts Therapy Conference, Lima, Peru, August 2011
Patient as Person – Using Creative Arts to Promote Humanistic Practice in End of Life Care; National Symposium for Arts in End of Life Care, (co-presenter Helen Blank, PhD), St. Christopher’s Hospice, London, United Kingdom; 2010
Cracking Up and Back Again: Transformation through Music and Poetry; 8th Global Conference: Making Sense of Health, Illness and Disease, (co-presenter Karen Goodman, MS, RMT, LCAT), Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom; 2009
Poetry and the Evocation of Empathy; Creativity and Madness Conference, Barcelona, Spain; 2009
National Presentations
Keynote Presenter, Trauma and the Work of Art, National Association of Poetry Therapy Annual Conference, Unity Village, Missouri, April 2016
Trauma and the Work of Art, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Piscataway, New Jersey, 2015
Archetypes, Hurt and Healing: The Bird That Wants To Fly, (co-presenter Jodi Rabinowitz, MA), The Second International Health Humanities Conference, Montclair State University, New Jersey, 2012
Creative Arts in Healthcare and The Bird That Wants to Fly, Mini-Gathering and Reunion, Expressive Arts Institute, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, 2012
Archetypes, Hurt and Healing: The Bird That Wants to Fly, (co-presenter Jodi Rabinowitz, MA), The Illumination of Human Experience: How Psychology and Art Help Us to Understand Ourselves, New York State Psychological Association 75th Annual Convention, 2012
The Poetry Prescription: Re-Claiming Soul and Restoring Voice in Trauma and Recovery (co-presenter Sherry Reiter, PhD, LCSW, Registered Drama and Poetry Therapist and Jack Morris), The 44th Annual Addictions Institute – Trauma and Addictions Across the Life Cycle: Assessments and Interventions, The Addictions Committee of the New York City Chapter National Association of Social Workers, New York, 2012
Creative Arts in Healthcare, Essex County Hospital, New Jersey, 2012
Explorations in Music and Poetry Therapy: Reflections from a Substance Abuse Treatment Program (co-presenter Karen Goodman, MS, RMT, LCAT), Creative Arts Therapies: Promoting Wellness Across the Lifespan, New Jersey Coalition of Arts Therapies Associations and the Healing Arts @ Atlantic Health Conference, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey, 2012
Making the Connection: Humanizing the Healthcare Experience for Patients and Providers, (co-presenter Helen Blank, PhD), Humanism Day Conference, The Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, 2012
Creative Collaborations: Creative Arts Healthcare Poster (co-presenter Marilynn Schneider, Director WAE Center) and Poetry in the Treatment of Child Abuse Poster, Humanism Day Conference, The Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, 2012
Transdisciplinary Use of Poetry Therapy and Music Therapy in a Substance Abuse Setting, (co-presenter Karen Goodman, MS, RMT, LCAT), Expressive Therapies Summit, New York, New York, 2011
Patient as Person: Integrating Creative Arts to Foster Humanistic End-of-Life Care, Effective Ethics Tool at the Bedside: Promoting Excellence in Decision Making, (co-presenter, Helen Blank, PhD); New Jersey Health and Hospital Association, 2011
Patient as Person ~ Using Creative Arts to Promote Humanistic Practices in End-of-Life-Care, (co-presenter Helen Blank, PhD), Society for Arts in Healthcare Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, 2011
Opening Remarks, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism Society Induction, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark), 2011
Creative Arts Healthcare, (co-presenter Judy Colorado, RN, MA), Alliance for Arts and Health New Jersey, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton New Jersey, 2011
Poetry and the Evocation of Empathy ~ Patient Creativity in Psychiatric Treatment, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, New York, 2011
Transformational Love and the Healing Process; (co-presenter Helen Blank. PhD), Film and History Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2010
Poetry and the Evocation of Empathy ~ Patient Creativity in Psychiatric Treatment, Behavioral Health Grand Rounds Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, 2010
Guest Speaker with Mary Rizzo, Ph.D. (New Jersey Council for the Humanities) and Suzanne McConnell, BA, MFA (scholar facilitator); University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Literature and Medicine Program, Radio Interview, Farleigh Dickinson University; 2010
From Diagnosis to Death: Essential Communication Skills in Caring For Seriously Ill Patients (co-presenter Helen Blank, PhD), New Jersey Hospital Association, 2010
Guest Panelist, Newark Art Council’s Teaching Artist Showcase and Forum, Newark, New Jersey, 2007
Poetry in the Treatment of Child Abuse Poster, International Society of the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2007
The Art of Healing: Poetry and Medicine, Pre-Medical Honors Program, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, 2007
Journey into Poetry: The Art and Mind of Emotional Healing, Creativity and Madness Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2007
Poetry and the Art of Living: A Personal and Professional Perspective, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, University of Medicine and Dentistry, 2007
Poetry and Medicine, Mini-Med School University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 2007
Poetry and Recovery from Addiction, Language and the Mind Conference, Union County Mental Health Association, New Jersey, 2006
Poetry and Psychiatry, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, 2006
Journey into Poetry, National Expressive Therapy Association Annual Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2006
Poetic Healing, Annual Arts Festival, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School, 2005
Journey into Poetry: The Art of Emotional Healing, Art and Health Initiative Conference, Montclair State University, New Jersey, 2005