How Artists Work, Now
The Dance Program hosted two public conversations on art and healthcare, November 8 & 9, 2022.
The first panel discussed dance, health and the military, spotlighting the collaborative complexities at play in building participatory arts programs in US and Australian military mental health contexts.
Sue Steinberg-Oren is a clinical psychologist working in Integrative Health and Healing. She has worked at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System for the last 32 years, serving in many capacities including as a Staff Psychologist in the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program, Director of Training for the Psychology Pre-doctoral Internship Program, Lead Psychologist in Women’s Mental Health, and now as part of the clinical team in Whole Health. She teaches seminars for mental health trainees in clinical supervision, brief psychodynamic therapy, and mindfulness, and has published in the areas of Substance Abuse, Assessment, Integrative Health, and Feminist Psychology. Dr. Steinberg-Oren and Christine Suarez have collaborated for many years, providing the Express Yourself group (based on the Dance for Veterans curriculum) in the Women’s Mental Health program and now in the Domiciliary, a residential program for unhoused Veterans and those recovering from Substance Abuse and Dependence. She is delighted to be a part of this symposium and is especially excited to collaborate with Dr. Sarah Wilbur, her original mentor for Dance for Veterans.
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