Expressive Art Facilitator Training Course

This course is an experiential training course for those who wish to bring this incredibly powerful therapeutic technique into their healing practice or to gain a deep understanding of the techniques for their own healing journey. There will be a balance of theoretical instruction and direct participation on each module to ensure the student feels competent and able in understanding, adapting and using the techniques to suit themselves or their practice and clientele.

 

Course Content

 

6 monthly modules

 

These modules will teach varies techniques of Spontaneous painting, clay, mask making and collage to

•  open up to the subconscious, 

•  release emotions,  

•  visualise/manifest a desire or life goal,  

•  enhance your connection to yourself, others and the world. 

•  deepen your understanding of how past relations and issues can affect and mirror themselves in your current relationships.

 

Therapeutic and Practical skills covered

• Non dominant hand/ verses dominant hand 

• Creating and setting up a well equipped space 

• Colour, symbol, image recognition and their general deeper meanings 

• Relaxation, guided visualisation, movement and breathwork as a pre creative expression activity 

• Inner child connections 

• Perinatal and soul experiences through expressive art

• Sacred art 

• Working with children and couples

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Students assignments

• To commit to all 6 modules 

• Read 3 text books: Life paint and passion - Michele Cassou, Art heals - Shaun McNiff and The art of emotional healing - Lucia Capacchione (also named Living with feeling) 

• present within the group a case study of an individual creative expression session that you have facilitated 

• Jointly with another group member prepare and lead (under supervision) a group creative expression session. 

• To participate authentically in the experiential exercises throughout the course