Introduction to the Expressive Therapies Continuum for Art Therapy Educators
February 06, 2026 / 5:45-6:45 PM Pacific Time
There are no standards to support teaching students about the Expressive Therapies Continuum in art therapy education
Having a roadmap would facilitate student—and client—welfare
Get guidance for your efforts to educate students about the Expressive Therapies Continuum with fidelity to this responsive, outcome-informed, client-centered framework
You’re on your own, or it feels that way
Teaching students about the Expressive Therapies Continuum can be difficult. Without a roadmap to help you discern what’s around the next bend, you feel unprepared to address student questions that come up or support students who seem lost and unable to connect with your content.
And you wonder how ETC co-creators Vija Lusebrink and Sandra (Kagin) Graves-Alcorn developed this formidable framework and then managed to educate their students about it. How can you teach students about the ETC when no one ever taught you?
You deserve support for educating students about the Expressive Therapies Continuum
Your reassurance comes in knowing that the ETC’s co-creators did teach the model to their students, so you trust that it is somehow possible to convey accurate, essential information about this framework for making responsive, outcome-informed decisions in client-centered care.
If only you had something to guide you and provide you with direction, you would feel that much better about educating with fidelity to the model and concern for student and client welfare.
I can help you make order out of chaos when it comes to teaching students about the Expressive Therapies Continuum
My name is Megan, and I studied under the Expressive Therapies Continuum’s co-creators. I developed knowledge and skills in the ETC through didactic, experiential, and clinical experiences—and my performance was graded by the ETC experts!
These art therapy pioneers shaped my understanding of “responsive”, “outcome-informed”, and “client-centered” long before any of those terms were used to describe the qualities I was trained to embody.
I can honestly say there’s no way I would have understood the Expressive Therapies Continuum without the mentoring process involved in the two years I spent with Vija Lusebrink and Sandra (Kagin) Graves-Alcorn.
Books and conference presentations don’t offer the depth of learning needed to master concepts, and they don’t provide the constructive and corrective feedback necessary for shaping critical thinking and in-the-moment action.
Both of these are crucial in the provision of art therapy services. That’s why I now find myself supporting art therapists (and other expressive therapists) through learning opportunities that level up and straighten out inaccurate or incomplete beliefs about the Expressive Therapies Continuum.
Perpetuating erroneous ideas about the ETC affects client care and scholarly research, and I see educators as playing an important role in reigning in misguided efforts. And who will support the educators?
I will. I spent some time teaching in a graduate art therapy program and know the competing demands you have to juggle, and I also know the pressure you face as students expect your expertise without fail.
Trying to educate students about a comprehensive framework that you were never trained in yourself is like trying to guide a client toward a level of psychological functioning you’ve never achieved.
You don’t have to fuel your own imposter syndrome; I see you, I feel you, and I can help you make order out of chaos when it comes to teaching students about the Expressive Therapies Continuum.
Get guidance for teaching the Expressive Therapies Continuum—at last!
Are you ready to level up and straighten out your understanding of the ETC so you can teach students with fidelity to the ideas of the framework’s co-creators? Are you looking for guidelines to help ensure that you and other art therapy educators are consistent in your messaging about the ETC?
The absence of educational standards concerning the Expressive Therapies Continuum has contributed toward your confusion about the model and your efforts to share it with others. Come to a one-hour webinar and learn (or re-learn) the basics of this comprehensive model so you can evaluate your own teaching focus and your expectations of students.
Join me for an exploration of guidelines that can serve as your roadmap. Not an educator? All (yes, you too, students!) are welcome to participate in this learning experience.
Learning Objectives: Attendees will be able to
define five (5) scaffolded concepts at the core of the Expressive Therapies Continuum.
identify five (5) steps involved in the Expressive Therapies Continuum’s continuous improvement feedback loop.
correct four (4) myths that serve as obstacles to the provision of accurate and uniform information about the Expressive Therapies Continuum in art therapy education.
describe three (3) suggested competencies for art therapy educators to help them evaluate personal strengths and challenges in teaching students about the Expressive Therapies Continuum.
Investment: $20.00 USD
CE hours: This live event does not qualify for credit through the NBCC (National Board for Certified Counselors). Megan VanMeter PLLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Are you missing a roadmap to help you navigate teaching students about the Expressive Therapies Continuum?
Hope to see you there!
More information about the webinar
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Megan VanMeter
LPC (AZ), LMHC (IN), LPC-AT/S (TX), ATR-BCMegan is licensed by the counseling boards in the U.S. states of Arizona, Indiana, and Texas, and she also holds board-certification status through the Art Therapy Credentials Board. She has developed an online private practice using the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC), a nervous system-informed framework, as a basis for assessment, treatment planning, intervention, progress monitoring, and case conceptualization. Megan earned her master’s degree in art therapy with a specialization in grief and medical counseling from the University of Louisville, where she studied under ETC co-creators Vija Lusebrink and Sandra (Kagin) Graves-Alcorn.
She has served on professional boards and committees at local, regional, and national levels. A scholar at heart, Megan enjoys doing research, giving presentations, and writing about the Expressive Therapies Continuum. She is hopeful that a new generation of therapists will have the opportunity to learn the ETC via methods similar to the ones her professors used. Megan is cultivating a community of ETC enthusiasts and provides ETC supervision and webinars to help others develop appreciation for both the basics and the nuances of this important framework.
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