Mental Health KC Presents…
Mental Health KC Presents is a series of free webinars intended to extend the education and training provided by the Mental Health KC Conference.
The views and opinions presented are those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Metro Council.
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Trainings and Webinars
Title: Arts and Mental Health
Presenter: Dr. Rebecca Lepping and Jordan Graves
Thursday December 11th, 2025 from 12-1pm Central Time (US and Canada)
Objectives:
1. Understand how art functions to benefit mental health outcomes, generally and in treatment settings.
2. Describe the scope of practice for using art therapeutically, including ethical considerations, how to document the use of art, and when to refer clients to a licensed creative arts therapist.
3. Explain the research behind arts for mental health and how evidence-based practice is determined.
In this webinar, the presenters will share research evidence and clinical expertise on how the arts benefit mental health. Their presentation will cover how individuals can benefit from their own arts practice to improve wellbeing, as well as the scope of therapeutic practice to help attendees determine how they can ethically incorporate the arts into their own work and when to consult a licensed creative arts therapist. Local and national resources for neuroarts, arts and health, and arts on prescription will be shared.
Zoom Registration for this webinar:
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Dr. Rebecca Lepping is Director of the Power of Music (PROMUS) lab, Director of Research for the Human Brain Mapping Program, and Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and is an Advisory Group Member of the Kansas City Community NeuroArts Coalition. She is a cognitive neuroscientist (Ph.D.), musician (M.A.), and music psychologist (M.A.) who is passionate about the power of music to affect us, improve our well-being, and make our lives better. Her PROMUS lab research examines the links between music and mental health, music and pain, music and lung health, and music and Alzheimer’s disease with a body/mind/brain approach. Dr. Lepping and her research team combine rigorous scientific methodology, medical imaging techniques (MRI, PET, CT, EEG), and music theory in their research to investigate how music impacts human physiology, psychology, and well-being.
Jordan Graves (she/her), LCPC, LMAC has been a therapist in community mental health since 2019, specializing in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, LGBTQIA2S+ populations, and ecotherapy. She has been an artist her whole life. She is interested in the indigenization of mental healthcare systems, liberation-based therapy, and global justice work. She is on the board of Kansas City NeuroArts Coalition, and recently completed a master’s degree in art therapy after finding that it was effective for the communities she serves. She oversees ArtMakers Place, Wyandot Behavioral Health Network’s therapeutic art studio, in which she provides group and individual art therapy and coordinates art-based psychosocial, case-management, peer support, therapy, and attendant care services.
Replays of webinars are often made available on our YouTube Page after the live webinar takes place.
Mental Health KC (Metro Council) hosts free educational webinars the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month.
Would you like to be a presenter? We take webinar proposals on a rolling basis throughout the year.
These webinars are a great way to spread information or share research that helps educate either the general public or clinicians/therapists/social workers/others in mental health fields.
