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For more than a decade, the Expressive Therapies Summit has offered unparalleled experiential continuing education, bringing together a distinguished multidisciplinary faculty of clinicians and educators from around the world. In Sedona, participants will engage in extended-format workshops that move beyond lecture into embodied practice, creative exploration, and immediately applicable clinical skills.

Set against Sedona’s powerful natural environment, the Summit invites participants to deepen clinical practice while reconnecting with creativity, community, and the restorative potential of the expressive arts.

Hands-on experiential sessions include:

• Repairing the Broken Bowl®: A Kintsugi-Inspired Approach to Restoration & Resilience — Christa Brennan, LCAT, ATR-BC, CADC, LPC (2 dates available)

• Becoming the Parent You Never Had: Narrative Sand Therapy with Parents and Families — Tim Mewmaw, MS

• Spiritual Storymaking: Enhancing Intuition through Transgenerational Narrative — Marshall Lyles, LMFT-S, LPC-S, RPT-S™ 

• Mask Making, Body Casting: A Jungian Approach to the Torn Edges of Grief & Loss — Sharon Strouse, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT & Evie Lindemann ATR-BC, ATCS, LMFT 

• The Art of Resilience: Using Expressive Arts to Transform Grief into Growth — Loni Fagel, MA, MeD, LPCC

• Creating Journey Sticks for Navigating Trauma and Grief — Karen Fignon, MAAT, ATR-BC, LCAT 

• Narrative Sand Therapy: Dreams, Drama and Active Imagination — Dee Preston-Dillon, PhD, MA & Tim Mewmaw, MS

• Integrating Dollmaking with Parts Work in the Treatment of Severe Trauma & Dissociation — Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW-R, RPT-S™ 

• Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®) — Laury Rappaport, PhD, MFT, REAT, ATR-BC & Doreen Meister, MA, LMFT

• Meaning Making: Processing Traumatic Grief & Loss in Play Therapy — Leslie Baker, MFT, NCC, RPT-S™

• Rewilding Play: Foundations and Practices in Nature-Based Child Therapy — Courtney Glickman, PhD, LCPC, RPT-S™

• Expressive Arts Coaching: Befriending Resistance, Cultivating Persistence — Christine Brooks, PhD, BCC 

• The Courage to Turn Inward: Sandtray Play and Internal Reflection for Renewal — Stefani Misiph, LMHC, RPT-S™

• Radical Crafting for Enhanced Self-Management & Resilience — Mikey Anderson, LCPC ATR-P 

• Heal & Harmonize: Trauma Release, Grief Processing, and Gratitude in Motion - Dora Henderson, LMHC, RPT-S™, RST/CT, EMDRIA Approved Consultant

What Sets the Expressive Therapies Summit Apart

What sets the Expressive Therapies Sedona Summit apart is our commitment to a truly multidimensional learning experience. Our sessions are not only multimodal, highlighting the full spectrum of creative arts therapies, but also intermodal, encouraging meaningful collaboration across disciplines.

By bringing together pioneers and practitioners from diverse clinical and creative backgrounds, the Summit fosters a dynamic environment where ideas intersect, innovation emerges, and participants experience the expressive arts as an integrated approach to healing. Rather than learning modalities in isolation, attendees engage in a rich exchange of perspectives that expands both clinical skill and creative possibility.

Unwind in spacious accommodations that combine the comfort of home with the convenience of a full-service hotel. Plunge into the heated outdoor pool or relax in our whirlpool spa. Indulge at our full service spa with a massage and other self-care services. Refine your backhand on one of four tennis courts, or work out in the state-of-the-art fitness center. Enjoy when you're not in session.