Visual Journaling as a Therapeutic Intervention

Visual Journaling is a creative exploration of the internal world. It is a way to record one’s unique inner worlds as they can be experienced in colors, shapes or images. Visual Journaling allows one to create what cannot be described in words and access different areas of the brain to process one’s own struggles. The act of visual journaling allows us as practitioners to see how an individual internally experiences emotions. In this seminar we will discuss setting up a visual journal using basic materials. We will explore the roots of visual journaling and how it came into our therapeutic wor...Read moreld. We will discuss how to approach specific journaling activities in ways that empower clients to express their internal world rather than feel pressured to create art. This is an interactive seminar where participants will participate in their own visual journal entry in order to conceptualize how to utilize visual journaling in their own practice. Less...

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to identify the therapeutic roots of visual journaling
Participants will be able to discuss several ways to set up a visual journal using basic art supplies
Participants will be able to identify four basic steps in establishing their and their client’s first visual journal entry
Participants will participate in a specific journaling activity to help conceptualize how this would transpire in their own practice.

Wednesday, February 02, 2022

Live Interactive Webinar

12:00 PM EST - 01:00 PM EST

EARN 1 CE Credit Hours

About the speaker

Alexis Rae Burrow LPCC-S (she/her/hers)

Clinician, Clintonville Counseling and Wellness

Alexis Rae Burrow LPCC-S (she/her/hers) graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Community Counseling. Alexis has worked with children, teens, and adults since 2006. She has been employed as a clinician, supervisor, and educator, in community mental health agencies, private practices, and universities. Currently, she is a Clinical Therapist at Clintonville Counseling and Wellness where her focus is on the treatment of trauma through multiple modalities including EMDR, Expressive Arts and Strength-based approaches. Alexis operates as an on site supervisor and EMDR Consultant in Training for clinical professionals and hopes to expand this program in the upcoming years. Her certifications include: Certified EMDR Therapist, EMDR Consultant in Training; Certified Expressive Arts Therapist, Dancing Mindfulness Facilitator, Street Yoga Facilitator. Alexis is available for individual consultation and can be reached at alexis@clintonvillecounselor.com.

CE Information - Earn 1 CE Credit Hour

CE Approvals

Ohio Counselor Social Worker Marriage and Family Therapist Board

Clintonville Counseling and Wellness is approved by the state of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist board as a continuing Professional Education Provider for Counselors, Social Workers, and Nurses (#RCS012001) and Marriage and Family Therapists (RTX082001).

CE Process Info

A Continuing Education Certificate for this program will be obtained using the website CE Go. Approximately 3 days after the event, you will receive an email with a link to CE Go. This link will be emailed to the account you used to register for this event.

Upon accessing the CE-Go website, you will be able to:

Complete the mandatory evaluation forms for the event
Download your CE Certificate in PDF form

Program Approvals:

This program is approved for 1 hour of Continued Education. Clintonville Counseling and Wellness is approved by the state of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist board as a continuing Professional Education Provider for Counselors, Social Workers and Nurses #RCS012001, and Marriage and Family Therapists RTX082001

For questions regarding this program and its content, please contact April Cunningham, LPCC-S at april@clintonvillecounselor.com.