Psychology Lecture Series: Art Therapy and Expressive Art

We're gonna jump right into it . I wanna introduce today's speaker . Today's speaker is Andrea Baier Petiet . She is an art therapist-- a practicing therapist-- and she's going to share, for you, the application , the practice, the technique , the opportunities in this particular domain in psychology . She did her undergraduate work at Grand Valley , and she did her graduate work at the Center for Humanistic Studies . So, please welcome today's speaker . (applause) Well, hello . I'm Andrea, and welcome . I'm really excited to be here . I'm really curious how many people are interested in art and psychology and-- can you raise your hands-- for art ? Okay, and then, psychology ? All right! Okay, great . Any people interested in puttin' those two together , for art therapy, in a career And you notice, you have some crayons , and so, I'm gonna have you choose two crayons , and put one in each hand-- I'll go over here . So, you have your crayons, up in the air-- I'm gonna demonstrate, first, and then, you'll-- I'll do it along with you, the second time, okay ? So, you have both in each hand , and we're gonna pretend to draw in the air , and we're gonna hum, "Happy Birthday." You can say it to yourself