The American Psychological Association Convention in Toronto
Dr Joshua L Cohen, Dr. J. Lauren Johnson , Carolyn McGurl, Elizabeth Hamilton, and Benjamin Patton all attended APA in Toronto this month.
Dr. J Lauren Johnson is doing work with first nations populations. She presented on our panel at the American Psychological Association Conference in Toronto. Dr. J. Lauren Johnson coined the term “therapeutic filmmaking” after doing a pilot study on the use of video-making as therapy for her master’s thesis and it was published in the Arts and Psychotherapy in 2008. She found, in a qualitative study that used the phenomenological method, that 11 themes emerged in the research. The they included themes of mastery and “changed perspective on interactions with others.” Later she wrote a dissertation on hope. Both themes of hope and mastery in her body of research have been supported to be effective with technological interventions in an empirical study by Carolyn McGurl, MA, Winston,Seegobin, PsyD,Elizabeth Hamilton, PhD, and Mark McMinn, PhD. We need to continue to do both qualitative and quantitative research methods in this field like Dr. Johnson’s and Carolyn's , so that others like Benjamin Patton, who are working with veterans using digital storytelling can use it in practice. With further research and practice, we can focus future practitioner's skills on the lived experience as well as to know precisely what works in both clinical and digital storytelling settings.
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RT @APADivision46: https://t.co/RnR2BXQcdq Virtual Social Hour starts in 15 min! Join our discussion with David Castro-Garcia.
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RT @heads_together: "The truth is no-one is invincible" Prince Harry urges people to have conversations about mental health… https://t.co/KeZ1TzPyo6
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RT @billclinton: On #PresidentsDay, reaffirming Lincoln’s words in his 1st Inaugural Address: “This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people…”
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RT @sovhealthofca: #SovHealth will host Joshua Cohen, Ph.D., to present “Film/Video-Based Therapy and Trauma”. Register now:… https://t.co/2vwFran2hr
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To hire Dr. Cohen to lecture on Film/Video-based therapy please visit https://t.co/1ZHMKAzoeU and for a ce credit : https://t.co/NDSFl9TfV9
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RT @DalaiLama: President Barack Obama greets HHDL at the entrance of the Map Room of the White House on June 15th. Photo/Pete Souza https://t.co/vurMscMADd
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Job opportunity https://t.co/eSpnrD8XZx
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You should join me at this Meetup. Check it out and RSVP! https://t.co/5f8Mfj256q
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