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Course Title: Art Therapy 5-day intestine Course
This 5-day intensive course offers an opportunity to gain a deeper working understanding of Art Therapy with various client groups and is useful for both personal and professional growth.
CPD POINTS available!
After completion of this workshop participants will be able to:
Define art therapy and the educational steps toward becoming an art therapist.
Explain the basic principles and purposes of Art Therapy.
Explain the history of art therapy in the context of the psychoanalytic tradition.
Understand how art therapy is used with emotional, behavioural, developmental and neurological disorders in both adults and children.
Understand how art therapy evaluates the developmental capabilities of the child.
Identify art therapy approaches including Non-directive and Directive approaches.
Explain the creation and use of transitional objects in art therapy.
Identify ways to use different art materials in an art therapeutic manner.
Explain how to use metaphors and symbols art therapeutically.
Identify different ways art therapists structure art therapy sessions.
Identify appropriate art therapeutic interventions for various diagnoses.
Identify the different ways that art therapy can be used in different settings such as private practise, schools, hospitals and clinical settings.
Demonstrate various art therapy techniques used by art therapists for individual and group sessions.
Participate in the Art Therapy process on an experiential level in both an individual and group context.
Understand how art therapy is used with adults in a group format using psychodynamic group therapy principles.
NO art skill is necessary in order to participate in the course.
What is Art Therapy?
Art Therapy is a combination of art and psychotherapy and involves the use of different art materials (such as paint, clay, crayon, and collage etc.) through which you can express, explore and gain a deeper understanding of thoughts and feelings in the presence of a trained Art therapist.
Target Audience:
The Art Therapy 5-Day Intensive course aims at introducing you to the internationally developed Art Therapy practice. The course is targeted at all adults including professionals, mental health practitioners, therapists, social workers, educators and artists who are interested in and want to learn about Art Therapy. The skills and experiences gained by participants can be adapted to and incorporated in many work spheres. The course does NOT enable you to practise as an Art Therapist.
Course Content:
The Course is comprised of the following modules, namely:
1. Experiential Art Making
Art Therapy in groups is a highly effective, powerful and dynamic process. Working within a group format encourages the learning of new and inspiring creative uses of various mediums as a means of expression. Interaction with other group members provides an opportunity for sharing of feedback and insights around the image making process thereby enhancing the learning experience.
1a) Theme Based Groups
Groups directed by the facilitator work in a more directed manner with specific themes as a catalyst for art making and provide an informal sense of outline, structure, containment and focus.
1b) Psychodynamic Art Therapy Group
Each group inherently is unique and different in being comprised of individual personalities and paves a unique path of exploration and opportunity whereby both the individuals and the group determine the direction in which the image making follows.
1c) Open Art Studio
Time is available voluntarily focusing on one's own art making in an open based studio. This is a self-directed process in that there is no formal group discussion.
1d) Journaling
The use of individual journals compliments one's individual process.
2. Theoretical COMPONENT
2a) PSYCHODYNAMIC ART THERAPY THEORY
Includes lectures, Discussions, Questions and Answers and relevant and new literature
2b) Clinical CASE STUDIES
These consist of:
Clinical information providing material illustrating examples of clinical work with a variety of clients such as Children, Adults, Psychiatry, Educators, Autism, Emotional and Behavioural Problems.
Comprehensive Course Manual, Readings & Creativity Journals are provided
Facilitator Profile:
Registered Art Psychotherapist, Samantha Davis (B.A. PSY UNISA PgD (MA) Art Psychotherapy – U.K.; PR No. 067 000 0143162; HPCSA Reg. No. OTE 0000426) is an internationally trained Art Psychotherapist (University of Hertfordshire, UK) in private practice and has been working with adults and children in both individuals and group settings for the past 10 years. She has worked with a variety of client groups including Autism, ADHD, Developmental Delay, Refugees, EBD, Trauma victims, Educators, Department of Education, Correctional Services and Psychiatry. She also started Art-Café Corporate in 2005, and is the Head facilitator for the Creative Dynamic Intervention workshops which include Corporate Clients such as HP, ABC Banking, BHP Billiton, Bausch & Lomb, HKLM, Pepper Press, BHP Billiton, Blue Chip companies etc.
Groups: Space is limited to 10 people per course so book early to avoid disappointment!
This workshop or modules thereof may be facilitated for Organisations and Groups on request.
Note: if you interested in attending this course but cannot make some or all of these dates, please inform us so we can put you on the list for future course.
Comments from past participants:
“The course went beyond my personal expectations. I came thinking that we would mainly be learning about Art Therapy, which we did, but it was a big transformational experience for me which I was not expecting.” (Megan Main-Baillie honours Psychology student, 2009)
“I enjoyed the course so much that I'm busy re-arranging my private office to include more art” (Daleen Macklin ,Head Clinical Psychologist at Weskoppies Hospital, lecturer in Psychiatry at University of Pretoria, Private practice)
“Thank you for a very special experience. I did not know what to expect and was pleasantly surprised at the self awareness and learning that I experienced during the art therapy programme” (Vasintha, Corporate Facilitator)
“For the first time in my life I have discovered my true identity and can now answer the fundamental question of who I am!” (Nonhlanhla, Educator)
“I really enjoyed this course, it has challenged me in so many different ways and I have found it so valuable to learn so much about myself and learn about other peoples experiences as well. I am really going to miss it!” (Stacey Sewell, Web management and designer)
BOOKINGS ARE ONLY SECURED BY: A COMPLETED APPLICATION FORM PLUS DEPOSIT/PAYMENT.
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