The emphasis is on
how creative interventions support the essential areas of trauma - informed care — safety, empowerment, resilience, and self - efficacy in the practice of expressive arts therapy with a variety of individuals, groups and settings.
Founded by Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, the Institute's mission is to promote understanding of
how creative interventions mediate trauma reactions.
Not exact matches
Kalm notes that the exhibition theme «plays off the traditional roll of painting as the recorder of history, and
how, through
creative intervention, it's used to create and distort that function.
Resisting a linear canon of art history, the Symposium will question
how these histories have been woven into the fabric of mainstream consciousness, and have been reconsidered anew, featuring panels, performative
interventions, screenings, and book signings with some the city's most influential
creative figures.
Our goal is that you leave this training with an expanded understanding of
how and why to use different
interventions at different times, and to support you in being
creative within the structure of the dialogue process.
Learning Objectives of Workshop The participant will: • Understand the history and theory of expressive therapy and
how it is used in a therapeutic setting • Understand the use of art, drama, music, writing, puppetry and other expressive modalities in psychotherapy • Learn
creative interventions that can be used with a variety of therapeutic populations • Learn the role of imagination and creativity in the healing arts • Understand the limits of Expressive Therapy • Understand
how expressing inner feelings by creating outward images helps in the healing process
At the end of the workshop participants will be able to: • Explain the history and theory of expressive therapy and
how it can used in a play therapy setting • Assess the use of art, drama, music, writing, puppetry and other expressive modalities in play therapy • Demonstrate at least 5
creative interventions that can be used in play therapy • Explain the role of imagination and creativity in play therapy • Discuss the limits of expressive therapy in a play therapy setting • Demonstrate
how expressing inner feelings by creating outward images helps in the healing process in play therapy
This two - part article reviews five key areas in
creative arts therapies and attachment; this first part discusses
how creative arts therapies are sensory - based
interventions and are forms of non-verbal communication.
The course emphasizes
how to apply the expressive arts as brain + heart-wise, sensory - based and embodied
interventions, integrating contemporary principles of Focusing, somatic psychology, mindfulness, trauma - informed practice, neurobiology and
creative process within psychotherapy and counseling.