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Relevant Publications and Presentations

Johnson, D.R., Lahad, M., & A. Gray (2008). Creative Therapies with Adults. In Foa, E., Keane, T., Friedman, M. & J. Cohen.  Effective Treatments for PTSD: Practice Guidelines from the  International Society for Traumatic  Stress Studies (Second Edition). 2008, The Guilford Press.

“Migration and Mental Health,”  Invited  Speaker to SAMHSA and ORR sponsored conference “The American Experience: A Summit for Arab Muslim Youth.” Hyatt Regency, Dearborn, Michigan, March 25-27, 2008.

“Introduction to Refugee Mental Health, Part 1 and 2,” Trainings provided to area clinicians who comprise NM Department of Health State Referral Network. Training topics include Working with Civilian War Trauma, Working with Survivors of Torture, Complex Trauma and Phasic Approaches to Treatment, Cultural Diversity in the Clinical S etting. New Mexico Department of Health, 2007-2008 (ongoing).

“Managing Stress Under Fire,” full day training provided with Capt. Jimmy Salmon of NM State Police. Training for Law Enforcement Officials and First Responders, Albuquerque, Santa Fe & Nambe, NM, March 28, August 4, and December 6, 2007.

“Experiential Activities for Working with Traumatized Children,” ½ day workshop provided for clinicians working with survivors of trauma. New Mexico Alliance for Child Traumatic Stress, Santa Fe, NM ., November 6, 2007.

“Tending the Helpers Fire,” ½ day workshop provided for clinicians working with survivors of trauma.
New Mexico Alliance for Child Traumatic Stress, Santa Fe, NM September 11, 2007

“Somatic Approaches to Clinical Work with Survivors of Torture.” Primary Presenter for  workshop co-presented at IX IRCT Annual Symposium on Torture, Berlin, Germany. December 9-10, 2006.

“Dance as Healing, Dance as Activism,” Co-presenter for day long workshop intensive given at the Annual conference for the American Dance Therapy Association “Choreographing Collaboration,” October 18-22, Long Beach, CA.

“Dance as Healing, Activism and Social Change,” Keynote workshop  (full day) offered at Soutwestern  College’s Annual Transformation & Healing Conference, “Healing through Therapeutic Arts.” Santa Fe, NM, August 25, 2006.

“Dance and Social Change.”  Workshops presented at the Judith Marcuse project,  World Forum. Vancouver, Canada, June 22 and 23, 2006.

“Managing Stress Under Fire;” Co-Presenter with Law Enforcement Professional at First Annual New Mexico Conference on Child/Adolescent Trauma in Domestic and Community Violence:  Co-sponsored by New Mexico Department of Public Safety and New Mexico Alliance for Children with Traumatic Stress. Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM., April 19-20, 2006.

“Resiliency Practice: Somatic Approaches to Working  with Survivors of Torture” “and “Resiliency Practice: Self Care for Clinicians;” two  workshops given at Center for Survivors of Torture/Dallas  first annual September Survivor Seminar. South Padre Is land, Texas, January 26-29, 2006.

“Dance, Movement and War;” Full day professional workshop given at The Congress on Research in Dance Annual Conference: International Conference on Dance and Human Rights,” Montreal, Canada, November 10-13, 2005.

Fawcett, J., & A.E. Gray (2005).  Going home: A journey of discovery.  In: Ehrenreich, J. The humanitarian companion:  A guide for staff of humanitarian aid, development and human rights projects.  London:  ITDG Publishing.

Guy, J., & A.E. Gray (2005). Spiritual resources for humanitarian workers. In Ehrenreich, J.:  Managing stress. The humanitarian companion:  A guide for staff of humanitarian aid, development and human rights projects.  London:  ITDG Publishing.

Invited speaker, Lessons from the Field: A Conference on Working with New Americans.  Panelist, “Treatment of Torture Survivors: Perspectives from the Field;” Workshop Presenter, “The Application of Somatic and Creative Arts Therapies,” “Experiential Approaches with Traumatized Children around the World,” “Self Care and Secondary Traumatization,” “Spirituality and Treatment.”  F.I.R.S.T Project, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 8-9, 2005.

 “Haiti’s Victims of Violence Project: During Crisis and its Aftermath” and “The Embodiment of Resiliency:  Creative Therapy for Working with Traumatized Children.” Presentation and workshop offered as part of 7th International Society for Health and Human Rights Conference: Resiliency: Recovery: Reconciliation,” February 2-5, Vadodara, India.

Gray, A.E. (2004).  “Web of connection;” “Bouncing for columbine;” “The river of sticks.”  In Carman, R.  Helping kids heal:  75 activities to help children recover from trauma and loss. The Bureau for At Risk Youth. 31, 52, 92.

 “Experiential Activities for Working with Traumatized Children.” Full day workshop, sponsored by Jefferson County Mental Health. May 14, 2004; Arvada Center, Arvada, Colorado.

“The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Adult Life.” Half day training presented to NGO’s partnering with the National Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR) as part of programming to  provide services to Restaveks in Haiti.  Sponsored by NCHR, November 25, 2003, Port au Prince, Haiti.

“The Multiple Realms of Fragmentation Experienced by Torture Survivors.” Half day pre-institute offered as part of 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, October 29- November 1, 2003, Chicago, Illinois.

 “Torture and Spirituality: Inviting the Sacred into Treatment.” Workshop presented as part of 8th European Conference on Traumatic Stress, sponsored by European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. May 22-25, 2003, Berlin, Germany.

“Working with Survivors of Severe Trauma.”  One day training on the neurobiology of trauma and cross cultural intervention, offered as part of 2 day training “Healing the Hearts of Survivors,” co sponsored by Phoenix Arizona Survivors of Torture Treatment Program and Arizona State University (ASU). May 2 & 3, 2003; ASU Downtown Conference Center, Phoenix, Arizona.

“Children and Trauma.”  Workshop on assessment and intervention for children suffering from interpersonal trauma, offered as part of full day training Children and Trauma, sponsored by Centennial Area Health Education Center, Greeley, Colorado, March 5, 2003.

“Political Torture: Complex Issues and Implications for Treatment.” Half day pre-institute offered as part of 18th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, November 7-10, 2002, Baltimore, Maryland.

“The Science of Dance: Rhythm and the Social Engagement Systems.”  Half day training on the application of dance movement therapy to a current neurophysiological theory, the Poly-Vagal Theory (Dr. Stephen Porges) presented at The American Dance Therapy Association Annual Conference, October 25-27, 2002, Burlington, Vermont. 

“Rituals of Healing Encountered Among Street Children in Haiti.” (2002). Stresspoints, the newsletter for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.  pp. 8-9.

“Dance Movement Therapy: The Use of Rhythm as an Intervention for Traumatic Stress.” Presentation and workshop given as part of annual conference: Psychological Trauma: Maturational Processes and Therapeutic Interventions, Sponsored by Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Psychiatry in cooperation with The Trauma Center, A program of Arbour Health System. Boston, MA, May29-June 1, 2002.

 “National Conference on Preventing and Intervening with Violence Against Children and Adults with Disabilities.”  Invited participant for working conference sponsored by SUNY Upstate Medical University, with the Centers for Disease Control, Department of Justice, Department of Education, National Institutes for Health, Department of Health and Human Services, National Council on Disability and Paralyzed Veterans of America . Holiday Inn, Alexandria, VA, May 6-7, 2002.

“The Body as Voice:  Somatic Psychology and Dance/Movement Therapy with Survivors of War and Torture.”  Connections, vol. 3 (2), April 2002.  pp. 2-4.

“Treating Survivors of Politically Motivated Torture:  The National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs (NCTTP) as Agent and Community for Treatment.”  Half day Pre-institute offered as part of 17th Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Conference, December 5-9, 2001, New Orleans, Louisiana.

“The Use of Ritual in Healing.”  Presentation given as part of 17th Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Conference, December 5-9, 2001, New Orleans, Lo. 

“Dance Movement Therapy with a Child Survivor: A Case Study” (2001).   Dialogus,Vol. 6 (1).  pp. 8-12.

“Trauma and the Body.”  Classes taught as part of New York University post-graduate core course on “Trauma: Understanding, Healing and Prevention” and as part of Disaster Response Training Series for 9/11/01.  October 18, 2001, New York University, New York, NY.

“Healing the Relational Wounds of Torture through Dance Movement Therapy” (2001).   Dialogus, Vol. 5 (1).  pp. 1-4.

 “The Body Remembers: Dance Movement Therapy with an Adult Survivor
 of Torture”(2001).   The Journal of Dance Therapy,  Vol 23, (1).  pp. 29-43.

 “The Embodiment of Trauma.”  New York University Trauma Studies Program.  A weekend training conference on innovative approaches to working with extreme trauma.  March 17-18, 2001.  One of four speakers invited.

 “El Cuerpo Roto.”  (The Broken Body).  Psicoanalisis y El Hospital:  El Cuerpo en La Clinica (Psychoanalysis and the Hospital:  The Body in the Clinic).   No. 18. pp.153-156. (Argentina).

“Restoring Culture when Home is Destroyed,” workshop presented at The American Dance Therapy Association annual conference, “The Geography of Belonging,” Seattle, Washington, October 27, 2000.

“Experiential Activities for Working with Traumatized Refugee Children,” one day training at Third Annual  “Caring for Torture Survivors,” presented by The Center for Victims of Torture, October 20, 2000.

Co-Presenter, “Assessment in Working with Traumatized Refugee Students in Schools” and “Support Groups for Traumatized Refugee Children and Youth.”  Second Annual “Caring for Torture Survivors,” presented by The Center for Victims of Torture, October 22, 1999.

“Healing the Relational Wounds of Torture:  Dance Movement Therapy with Adult and Child Survivors of  Torture.”  Paper presented at Eighth Annual Symposium on Torture, New Delhi, India, September 22-25, 1999.

Vio, F., Kain, J., & Gray, E. (1992).  “Nutritional surveillance: The case of Chile.”  Nutrition Research, (12), pp.321-335.


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