PSYCHIATRIST PUTS
CRAFTS TO WORK

LOCAL CHILD psychiatrist Dr.

David Berther is planning

10 put art to work when he opens the North Shore's first art

therapy clinic for children.

The clinic is free for teens and
children TS and under upon ceter-
ral froma family physician,

“CATE therapy is a@ non
competitive medium where
children can express their emations
through an art form such as chiy
or through = painting,’ Bertnes
said. “The artis used as a cathar-
sis. For example, you can make
your employer and squish him.’

Bertner will begin offering ther-
apy sessions Sept. [4 for groups of
no more than five children at a
time.

While most can benefit from the
therapy approach, Bertner said
severe pathologies such as manic
depression or schizophrenia are
best handled in one-on-one situa-
tions or with drugs.

“You really can't sit down and
talk things out with kids under

By MICILARL BECKER

Neaey Reprarter

Health Services Centre, two yeirs
combined fellowship at UBC and
Children’s Hospital, and four
years working with the local Union
Board of Health, Bertner setup his
Own practice.

His wife, Barbara Grenituk,
recently graduated from the Van-
couver Art Therapy Institute and
will be joining Beriner at ihe new
clinic.

Said) Bertner, “its a weil
recognized form of therapy,
especially in the east. [t suffers one
large problem, there’s usually a fee
connected with it. But because J}
have an M.D. after my name, doc-
tors can refer their patients to me
and it’s covered by medical ser-
vices."

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NEWS photo Mike Wakellald
CHILD PSYCHIATRIST DR, David Bertner breaks in bis new act therapy clinic with the help of two furry
friends. The clinic is scheduled to open in North Vancouver in mid-September, Bertner's group therapy 2p-
proach allows children Lo vent emotions son-verbally ia non-competitive setting. The service is free of charge

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eight years old,’ he said. ‘'Play
and art are the most effective
modes of communication. You
want to build self-esteem in a
non-competitive arrangement.”
Bertner, 39, trained as a doctor
at the Universtity of Florida. After
three years residency at the Oregon

Although the focus of the ther-
apy is children. Bertner said the
approach can work for adults as
well,

For more information on
clinic, located at 137 West
Street in North Vancouver,
980-1165.

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