Art and Creative Therapy

For groups and individuals

FAQ

• Gain an insight into their personal difficulties and motivations
• Find release from past and current emotional difficulties
• Develop an alternative ways to cope with overwhelming feelings.

• Self-understanding and awareness.
• Self expression through learning to be creative.
• Confidence and development of skills.

• Creatively removing blockages
• Working creatively with the environment
• Awareness of the senses
• Using the imagination
• Creating with and for others
• Understanding how to use Inspiration and Intuition
• Creating personal happiness
• Living creatively
• Learning various creative skills and the applications of materials.

Both courses will also include:

• A pre-assessment meeting.
• Written handouts, covering the information that is given through out the course.
• Practical individual and group exercises, including some to be done at home.
• Collective working out using a flip chart.
• Personal support and feed back.
• Concluding with a discussion and encouragement for further development.
• A written report can be requested for appropriate parties.

Confidentiality is respected at all times.
 

A. Creative therapy has only recently been recognised a few years ago as it is an alternative to main stream therapies. Since my training I have worked with many people and organisations using this, including running courses for the N.H.S.

Creative therapy is based on the philosophy that everyone is innately creative and by exploring this further a client is able to gain an insight to their creative nature, weather that is in the form of creative writing, dance or craft work. Its aim is to ‘bring into being by the means of friendly help’ and to promote a response to the need to be creative. Through self discovery, fun and exploration, a further understanding of who we are as individuals and our human natures can be gained.

Art therapy is a more established form of therapy. It has long been recognised that by using the medium of art with a client on a therapeutic basis for the purposes of counselling, a connection to the subconscious can be achieved. This in turn can reveal hidden motives and feelings that are not being recognised. Its aim is to help address these by further using art to identify and find release.

Q. How will it help?

A. For groups of people and individuals, the creative therapy course is a fun and collective way of exploring and developing by using a variety of different materials in a new and exciting way. Art Therapy is an established alternative to counselling that uses the medium of Art to understand personal difficulties.

Q. Who is it for?

A. Groups and individuals that want to explore the self through creative means.

Q. How is it different?

A. Both forms of Therapy are different as they offer an alternative and agreeable approach form main stream therapies.

Q. How long is the course?

A. Creative therapy - for groups up to six people = six 1.5 hour long sessions or one day course.   Art therapy = 6 sessions

Q. How much will it cost?

A. Total £200.00, inclusive of all materials.