Photo-Therapy Day 2019: speakers and workshop leaders

Speakers and Workshop Leaders

Dr Michael Pritchard FRPS

Director Royal Photographic Society

Introduction

Ayres Marques Pinto 

Semiologist, “GRIFO” Photo-Therapy Research Group Coordinator, Italy

From Hugh Welch Diamond to PhotographicActs

Rosy Martin 

Pioneer of Photo-Therapy. Artist based in London - UK

Inhabiting the image: Photography, Therapy and Re-enactment Photo-Therapy

Massimo Mari 

Psychiatrist, Responsible Mental Health Department ASUR – Ancona, Italy

Photo/Unconcious Project

Mark Wheeler 

Principal Registered Art Psychotherapist

Nottingham Mental Health Service NHS Clinic

PhotoTherapy: Reversing the Charges

Neil Gibson 

Senior Lecturer/Course Leader BA Social Work at School of Applied Social Studies 

Robert Gordon University – Aberdeen

Therapeutic Photography: Enhancing Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy and Resilience

Jude Wacks 

London-based photographer, storyteller, campaigner Self-Injury Awareness

Best Days of Your Life

Del Loewenthal 

Director of the Research Centre for Therapeutic Education

Department of Psychology at the University of Roehampton 

Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age

Marina Marques

Fine Arts student at Venice Academy, training programme 2018-2019 of FABRICA, 

Benetton Group's Media and Communication Research Centre, Treviso (Italy)

Media Responsible for Last Frame Project – the final picture of a story

Last Frame Project

Ayres Marques Pinto 

Semiologist, “GRIFO” Photo-Therapy Research Group Coordinator, Italy

Integrated Expressive Arts Therapies Workshop

 “Last Frame” 

Roberto Calosi 

Psychotherapist, Art Therapist Member of ICAAT 

International Coordination of Anthroposophic Arts Therapies – Florence

Integrated Expressive Arts Therapies Workshop

 “Passages Through Colours”

Nicoletta Braga 

Artist and University Professor of Phenomenology of the Body at “Brera” 

Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, Italy

Integrated Expressive Arts Therapies Workshop

 “Still Life”