Psychotherapy beyond talking-29.10=Dr.Sayandeep
SCOPE OF ART-THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS
The 3rd annual seminar on Art Therapy was held at Hotel Golden Park on 2nd November 2014. The session started with an introductory talk by Dr.Amal Kumar Mullick followed by a short talk by Dr.Amit Chakraborty on the work being done at DANA The first presentation was on the cases and picture analysis of 2 patients from Paripurnata halfway home titled. The next was a presentation by Dr. Sayandip Ghosh, Mr.Hareet Basu and Mrs. Subhra Banerjee Pal on the case study of 4 patients at DANA titled Psychotherapy beyond talking. There were 2 sessions, one by Ms.Trina Lahiri on working with cancer patients through Art Therapy and one session by Ms. Fahmida Manju Majid on Art Therapy through story telling. The post lunch session was an interactive session where the discussion was on treatment through non-drug therapy. Dr.Tultul Ghosh talked on psychoanalysis, Dr.Pritha Mukherjee discussed cognitive behavior therapy and Professor Amita Dutta talked on Dance therapy. Dr. Amit Chakraborty was the moderator. The discussion was followed by an interactive session and a vote of thanks.