The 2025 Office of Victim Services (OVS) Conference has 3 webinar offerings, which will lead up to the main event! This is the second webinar.

Webinars are free of charge, and open to all OVS-funded advocates and allied professionals. You do not need to be registered for the OVS Conference to attend these free events. Registration for each webinar is required.

Speaker: Shirin Mazdeyasna, Trauma Therapist, REACH Center of MHACG

Creative arts therapy offers a powerful and innovative approach to trauma recovery, providing individuals with a non-verbal medium to process and heal from the emotional and psychological wounds caused by abuse and crime. This presentation explores the role of art therapy in facilitating the recovery of survivors, particularly in the context of a rape crisis center. Drawing from personal experience as an art therapist working with adult survivors of sexual violence, the presentation will delve into the various ways art therapy can foster emotional expression, support the processing of traumatic memories, and empower clients to regain a sense of safety and agency.

As a result of this session, attendees will: gain practical insights into how rape crisis centers function, gain practical insights into what art therapy is and how it's used in this context, examine the use of art in trauma therapy in three different ways and different levels of skills.