Body/Confidence World Inclusion Project

Joan is a dynamic, empathetic speaker who has a dry wit and a truly enjoyable speaking voice and personality. She is highly social media friendly and loves to incorporate media into her events.
She is an expert on the psychology behind body positivity, inclusion, therapy and self confident living..
Learn why you hate yourself in photos - Increase confidence & self-esteem while creating an elevator pitch to match you and propel your self worth AND your career.
• Joan has helped hundreds of women and men about how to love themselves, their bodies and their present humanity ... feeling valuable and confident.
On another note, Joan is a true advocate for the OPTIONs of alternative medicine, especially the utilization of Cannabis and CBD options for multiple medical and therapeutic milieus. Joan is a Breast Cancer and Bladder Cancer survivor and a Psychiatric Nurse who has worked with acute mental health clients in both the hospital and community care environments.
Joan can discuss the issues of pharmaceuticals vs new therapies, and the alternative science that is beginning to be available to everyone. The messages are insightful, humorous, inspiring - but most of all they can reduce the fear and stigma surrounding the alternative options.
Joan is also a delightful emcee capable of keeping a room going strong.
She is looking forward to connecting and enhancing your next event!

ABOUT JOAN BATEMAN
Speaker Profile

Joan is a keynote and workshop expert on the psychology behind

Headshot Therapy 101 or - why you hate yourself in photos.

Increase confidence & self-esteem & productivity while creating images that propel your career.

Joan passionately expresses the importance of creating positive self-esteem changes for the next generation focusing on body positivism, self-esteem and increased self-worth

• Joan has helped hundreds of women and men about how to love themselves, their bodies, and their present humanity ... feeling valuable and confident.

• She explains that what we see in the mirror is what a passport looks like, not the true image the rest of the world actually sees. Beauty is recognized by the perceiver because the perceiver can see the true you, not a static image in the mirror. She helps you to trust the external compliments you receive, because others see you in a truly fluid and confident manner.

Joan can help her audience internalize this message.

On another note, Joan is a true advocate for the OPTION of alternative medicine, especially the utilization of Cannabis and CBD options for multiple medical and therapeutic milieus. Joan is a Breast Cancer survivor and a Psychiatric Nurse who has worked with acute mental health clients in both the hospital and community care environments.

Joan can discuss the issues of pharmaceuticals vs new therapies, and the alternative science that is beginning to be available to everyone. The messages are insightful, humorous, inspiring - but most of all they can reduce the fear and stigma surrounding the alternatives of the cannabis options.

As a Fashion and Runway House photographer in New York City and Canada, as well as a studio owner dealing with psychological therapies with photography as well as a full swing commercial and portrait presence, Joan has developed:

Many streamlined sessions available for leadership/social media and marketing :

• Bereavement therapy /Photographic therapy for bulimics/anorexics and self-esteem issues
• Adobe Photoshop/software and template creative specialist/instructor

• Pin-Up Photography

• Portraiture/Specialist in posing and client satisfaction training
• Celebrity and Journalism Photographer / Art Director for Spotlight Magazine

Joan also brings to her seminars and keynotes the valuable knowledge she has procured as a:
• Psychiatric Nurse
• Aesthetician/ Makeup Artist/ Hair stylist
• Initial work was as a psychiatric nurse dealing with acute adult clients and specializing in storyboard therapy with anorexic and bulimic clients
• Owner/Operator of 1 of the largest and oldest (1918) Photographic Studios in Canada

About Joan

Joan is an enthusiastic and creative marketer/ speaker and photographic specialist, she has the personality and expertise to tactfully .... and fact-fully help clients and individuals face their biggest personal self-esteem challenges; head-on. Joan is passionate about creating a positive professional reputation for photographers. She believes that photographers have a responsibility to empower and encourage their clients' self-esteem.
Joan helps individuals and photographers "create positive self-esteem experiences." With over a dozen years of experience as a photographer, psychiatric nurse, speaker, educator counselor and aesthetician, Joan will help you gain personal confidence, develop client relationships, and earn a positive reputation in your community. Her extensive knowledge, combined with a refreshing, honest and open-minded approach, makes Joan incredible and unique. She can teach you how to market yourself, new programs for your clients and innovative and exciting marketing ideas, along with the ability incredible photoshop techniques.
Joan's photographic interests began as a passion while she worked as a psychiatric nurse with acute adult psychiatry in a hospital setting, as well as having her own private practice in the community. She had a special interest in anorexic and bulimic issues. She developed a therapeutic technique that utilized her camera to storyboard the inner emotions of her clients. Starting with the inner child, and working up to confidence and self esteem / control issues in adulthood. She's discovered since giving up her private counseling practice, that these same techniques are incredibly effective in creating an environment of confidence and self esteem in clients. These techniques have made her one of the most successful portrait photography studios in Canada. She has worked for the past 10 years as house photographer for "Couture Fashion Week," in New York City. These events hosted at the iconic Waldorf Astoria/New Yorker and Times Square Crowne Plaza Hotels.
She accepted the role of creative art director for Spotlight Magazine. This allowed her to create an extensive portfolio of celebrity work and journalistic endeavors.
Joan has travelled extensively, loves to entertain, and is a bit of a foodie. Her other interests include charitable work with orphanages in Uganda, NILMDTS and organizations devoted to the abolishment of the sex slave trade. Whether she's speaking with an individual, a team, or a company, Joan has a knack for inspiring confidence, professionalism, and respect. A truly unique style translated into stunning art images. Her artistic motto is simple, " Photography should illuminate not only the aesthetics of the subject, but it's true character as well."
Joan is an involved, proud and active member of the PPOC (Professional Photographers Association of Canada) as well as the PPA (Professional Photographers of America) as well as numerous other professional organizations

RESUME:
Presently: Owner and lead Commercial, Fashion and portrait photographer of Gainsboro Studio since 2006 - a Full Service Photography Studio:
Portrait /Fashion /Family /Wedding and Special Events /Maternity and Newborn /Destination and Travel /Celebrity
Artistic Director for Spotlight Magazine

 Art Dir./Lead Photographer for Spotlight Magazine and/The Fashion Files/ Working out of New York City twice yearly since 2011
 Keynote Speaker for multiple professional organizations
 Photo /Therapy/Self Esteem specialist with a private practice Peace of Mind Counsel.
 Previously trained and Registered Psychiatric Nurse until CRPNA and RPNAA for AHP (Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury)
 Emergency Response Instructor
Details
• House Photographer for Couture Fashion Week New York City (phone number hidden)4 (present)
• Public Speaker – Illuminating Confidence and self esteem. (Registered with CAPS Canada)
Keynote: Making the Intangible Tangible
• Workshops for photographers esp. those dealing with body dysmorphic disorders. Speaker for the Professional Photographers Association and endorsed speaker for Fundy and ACI (Photographic Industry)
• Served as Area Coordinator and grief photographer in Alberta for NILMDTS x 12 years –
(a photographic service for families grieving the loss of an infant.)
• Previously trained and Registered with (CRPNA/RPNAA) and worked as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse
( 1987 – 2012 ) Working with clients from all spectrums of the mental health field, including and Acute and Chronic Adult Psychiatric Clients at Alberta Hospital Ponoka and trained at U of A’s pilot program for Community Mental Health and subsequently opened Peace of Mind Counsel in med Hat/Private Practice.
• Acted as the In-House Emergency Response Trainer for 4 years, worked as the Lead Instructor to update all staff in CPR and Emergency Response, and as such was certified as an ACLS Instructor via U of A and Grant MacEwan ACLS Instructor Training Program.
• Owned and operated Peace of Mind Counselling and Research Services – Providing Personal and group Counselling in a private practice milieu.
• -Developed a Body Dysmorphia program utilizing Photography and Storyboarding techniques to assist those with self esteem and eating disorder issues.
• Served as a Union Steward and Secretary for AUPE during my employment at Alberta Hospital Ponoka
• Served as Co-Chair locally on The Arts And Heritage Committee of Medicine Hat for 3 consecutive years.