Int’l meet on Creative Art Therapies to take off on January 5 in Pune city

PUNE: Sancheti Healthcare Academy is organising a two-day International Conference in Creative Art Therapies at Sancheti Hospital Auditorium from January 5. The theme of the conference is bridging the gap between healthcare and creative art therapies. 

Renowned Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr KH Sancheti will inaugurate the conference and announce the establishment of 'Creative Art Therapy Association'. The conference will include workshops from nationally and internationally renowned experts.  Topics ranging from dance, drama, art, music therapy and some new emerging methodologies being used in healthcare will be discussed during the conference. 

Manisha Sanghavi, Executive Director of Sancheti Group said that the main aim of the conference is to create improved awareness about the importance of using creative art therapies in healthcare. 

“Exhibiting scientific research backed presentations on how to use these approaches in various set ups and deliberating on how to create appropriate assessments and follow up reports to better validate the effectiveness of therapies. About 80 delegates including healthcare practitioners, teachers, dancers, counsellors, clinical psychologists, physiotherapists, artists, drama and theater enthusiasts, poets, healers, therapists, NGOs, doctors, special educators, community health workers are expected to attend the conference,” said Sanghavi.