Tentative Schedule for the 2022 ATRA Annual Conference (subject to change)
Creative Resilience: Arts-Based Applications of Resilience Theory for the CTRS
Session Description/Research Abstract
The term “resilience” has been incorporated heavily into our culture, especially since the pandemic. We are told that we need to find it, and as an effective CTRS we need to help our clients see it in themselves. But what, exactly, is resilience? First, we will spend time exploring the origins of resilience in the research and Richardson’s model representing how it manifests in our clients. Then, we will examine how building resilience through the protective factors is a part of a trauma informed care approach. Rather than assessing client deficits through a pathogenic model, we will approach building resilience from a salutogenic, health and wellness model, building upon the strengths that moved them to the place they are today, helping them continue to find ways to adapt these strengths into useful tools. Through experiential learning, attendees will practice ways to use drawing, song, and movement to assist clients in building the protective factors that lead to resilience. Participants will walk away having experienced moments of self-regulation, co-regulation and community building. These moments will be explicitly noticed by the group so that attendees are able to replicate in their own practice. Research shows that the arts, and specifically music, expedite connection and build resilience. Learn from a trauma responsive care trainer and board-certified music therapist how to utilize the arts to build connection and foster resilience.
Primary Presenter
Betsey Zenk Nuseibeh, Indiana University Bloomington
Credentials
MM, MEd, MT-BC
Biographical Information
Betsey is currently a PhD student at Indiana University School of Public Health, Department of Health and Wellness Design, and is pursuing her CTRS. She is also a music therapist through UC Center for Integrative Health and Wellness and is teaching the course, Music and Health through the Center. Her research focuses on the use of music as a means through which to decrease depression/anxiety and improve connection. Betsey believes that nothing equals the power of music to ignite relationships and move communities to action. Her work is rooted in the intersection of music performance and music therapy, trauma responsive care and asset-based community development.
Betsey has worked in the field of music and music therapy for 20 years. In 2008 Betsey founded the Cincinnati-based non-profit, Melodic Connections. She spent the next 12 years building a team of music therapists, music educators and musicians at Melodic Connections. Together they created partnerships with key institutions in the city like the Cincinnati Symphony Orchersta, The Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Cincinnati, Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati and Cincinnati Public Schools. In 2020, 2021 and 2022 she has been a regular speaker at professional conferences, conceptualizing the intersection of music and resilience for the practitioner.
Betsey received her BM in Music Therapy from the University of Iowa. She has an MM in Oboe Performance from University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music and her MEd from University of Cincinnati in Special Education.
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