A Few Seats Left for "Expressive Arts and Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents," Kansas Association for Play Therapy, Overland KS, April 21 and 22, 2017
6 APT Approved CE hours daily, total of 12 CE hours available for “Expressive Arts and Play Therapy to Enhance Resilience in Children and Adolescents” by Cathy Malchiodi;
2 APT Approved CE hours in Supervion Training for "How do I help them understand what the child is saying? Sometimes I wonder too!” by Dr. Rick Gaskill (4/20/17 evening)
* All hours are APT Approved #02-118
Registration Limited! Contact grybaevents@gmail.com for information on seating!
Register Here for Anchorage Alaska Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy Level Two, September 6-7-8, 2017
Click here to register! Join us at the beautiful BP Center in Anchorage Alaska for this three-day course presenting the advanced foundations of trauma-informed practice and the latest research and approaches to expressive arts and play, stress reduction and resilience. Participants will learn art therapy and expressive arts therapy strategies and applications to increase their understanding of trauma-informed approaches, enhance resilience in various client populations and reduce stress responses to trauma and loss and engage in a variety of hands-on arts-based experiences using mind-body, mindfulness, wellness and strength-based best practices grounded in emerging research. The essential practices presented in this course can be applied to individuals of all ages and families, groups and communities from a culturally-responsive, trauma-informed approach.
For those who have completed Level One Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy, this will provide the opportunity for you to complete the Level Two Certificate. If you have not taken Level One, no worries-- you can register for this course and receive a Certificate for Advanced Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy [if you wish you can complete Level One online or at a live presentation at another time and location].
Register Here for Ghost Ranch Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy Level One | November 6-7-8 2017
This course presents key trauma-informed arts-based and expressive arts therapy strategies and applications to support self-regulation, enhance resilience and reduce stress responses to trauma and loss. Participants will engage in a variety of hands-on experiences [individual and group] using mind-body, mindfulness, self-regulation, wellness, resilience and strength-based best practices grounded in emerging research. The essential practices presented in this course can be applied to individuals of all ages, but particular emphasis is on families, groups and communities from a culturally-responsive, trauma-informed approach
Three-Day "Visual Journaling for Self-Care and Self-Reflection" Prescott College Expressive Arts Therapies Summer Institute, August 10, 11 & 12th/2017 in historic Prescott Arizona
This is a wonderful two week summer institute in the expressive arts that will introduce you to a variety of approaches in a nurturing setting in the high desert. You can register for the entire institute or take these three days and combine this experience with an online course to complete Level One/Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy. More information coming soon! For Registration, please contact Institute Director Camille Smith at csmith@prescott.edu.
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Have a Slice of Hope Pie-- Art Exchange | Exploring and Inventing New Journaling Approaches | Everyone Needs a Little Hope... |
Have a Slice of Hope Pie-- Art Exchange
Exploring and Inventing New Journaling Approaches
Everyone Needs a Little Hope...
Continuing Education Updates...
And for our current continuing education offerings, please visit our continuing education page for information.
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Complete Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy Level One, Two or Just take a course...
To date, over 11,000 participants have attended one or more trauma-informed expressive arts therapy workshops and/or taken online courses! Thank you for your support! For more information about these courses, please visit this link. Here are a few of the most popular offerings:
- Trauma-Informed Art Therapy® and Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy©
- Resilience, Posttraumatic Growth and Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy Practice
- Art Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy and Positive Psychology
- Expressive Arts Therapy Approaches to Resilience and Stress Reduction
To read more about completing Registration as an Expressive Arts Therapist, please see this link about the REAT.
Inherited Family Trauma | It Didn't Start with You
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Our Universal Search for Meaning...Trauma-Informed Practice is about meaning-making; the iconic words of Viktor Frankl continue to inspire us: "If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete. The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity — even under the most difficult circumstances — to add a deeper meaning to his life. It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish. Or in the bitter fight for self-preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal. Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. See Brain Pickings for an excellent article on Frankl at https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/03/26/viktor-frankl-mans-search-for-meaning/. | Drawing a Picture of Health | Psychology TodayDid you know that picking up a pencil to doodle or making a figure out of clay can help you to relieve stress, depression, and fear, and can even help diminish pain or other physical symptoms? Art therapy uses simple art activities to help people express themselves and develop a sense of well-being through the creative process. Expressing oneself through a drawing, painting, sculpture, or collage makes our thoughts, feelings, and ideas tangible and communicates what we sometimes cannot say through words alone. Through working with art materials, learning new skills, and developing ideas through visual media, often people feel a sense of self-satisfaction, personal achievement, and accomplishment. Read more here... | Mandala Drawing | Healing CirclesCarl Gustav Jung is credited with introducing the Eastern concept of the mandala to Western thought and believed this symbol represented the total personality-- aka the Self. Jung noted that when a mandala image suddenly turned up in dreams or art, it was usually an indication of movement toward a new self-knowledge. He observed that his patients often spontaneously created circle drawings and had his own profound personal experience with mandala images. From 1916 through 1920, Jung created mandala paintings and sketches that he felt corresponded to his inner situation at the time [more about this and Jung's Red Book in a future post]. He believed that mandalas denoted a unification of opposites, served as expressions of the self, and represented the sum of who we are. See this link for more information...https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/arts-and-health/201003/cool-art-therapy-intervention-6-mandala-drawing |
Our Universal Search for Meaning...
Trauma-Informed Practice is about meaning-making; the iconic words of Viktor Frankl continue to inspire us:
"If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete.
The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity — even under the most difficult circumstances — to add a deeper meaning to his life. It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish. Or in the bitter fight for self-preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal. Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. See Brain Pickings for an excellent article on Frankl at https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/03/26/viktor-frankl-mans-search-for-meaning/.
Drawing a Picture of Health | Psychology Today
Did you know that picking up a pencil to doodle or making a figure out of clay can help you to relieve stress, depression, and fear, and can even help diminish pain or other physical symptoms? Art therapy uses simple art activities to help people express themselves and develop a sense of well-being through the creative process. Expressing oneself through a drawing, painting, sculpture, or collage makes our thoughts, feelings, and ideas tangible and communicates what we sometimes cannot say through words alone. Through working with art materials, learning new skills, and developing ideas through visual media, often people feel a sense of self-satisfaction, personal achievement, and accomplishment. Read more here...
Mandala Drawing | Healing Circles
Carl Gustav Jung is credited with introducing the Eastern concept of the mandala to Western thought and believed this symbol represented the total personality-- aka the Self. Jung noted that when a mandala image suddenly turned up in dreams or art, it was usually an indication of movement toward a new self-knowledge. He observed that his patients often spontaneously created circle drawings and had his own profound personal experience with mandala images. From 1916 through 1920, Jung created mandala paintings and sketches that he felt corresponded to his inner situation at the time [more about this and Jung's Red Book in a future post]. He believed that mandalas denoted a unification of opposites, served as expressions of the self, and represented the sum of who we are.
See this link for more information...https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/arts-and-health/201003/cool-art-therapy-intervention-6-mandala-drawing
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Visit Our Website! Visit our website and enjoy our articles page and resources. The Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute is dedicated to providing professional education that promotes greater understanding of creative, trauma-informed practices. The Institute offers continuing education courses and workshops and convenient distance learning courses for mental health professionals and master's and doctoral students. Courses emphasize approaches that are based on best practices, integrative methods and current research in expressive arts, creative arts, and trauma-informed care and complement mind-body, somatic, sensory integration and neurobiology-informed methods of trauma intervention. | What Does a Duck Have to Do With It? Many of the thousands of participants in Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy Level One courses are familiar with this duck! And you know why it is one of many creative approaches to trauma-informed, expressive arts practices with not only children, but also adults, groups, families and communities. For more information on courses that will add to your practice with individuals of all ages who have traumatic stress, please visit this page for descriptions of the core courses given online and through live intensive presentations and workshops. | ...and Free Articles for Download Here! Find downloadable articles on a variety of topics here. Enjoy a variety of downloadable articles and links to a variety of topics with an emphasis on trauma-informed practice and expressive arts therapy, play therapy, mind-body approaches and neurobiology-focused concepts. Check back often for new articles and resources; also visit Books for more information on published materials on a wide variety of topics including art therapy, creative interventions, mindfulness, positive psychology, counseling, and play therapy. |
Visit Our Website!
The Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute is dedicated to providing professional education that promotes greater understanding of creative, trauma-informed practices. The Institute offers continuing education courses and workshops and convenient distance learning courses for mental health professionals and master's and doctoral students. Courses emphasize approaches that are based on best practices, integrative methods and current research in expressive arts, creative arts, and trauma-informed care and complement mind-body, somatic, sensory integration and neurobiology-informed methods of trauma intervention.
What Does a Duck Have to Do With It?
For more information on courses that will add to your practice with individuals of all ages who have traumatic stress, please visit this page for descriptions of the core courses given online and through live intensive presentations and workshops.
...and Free Articles for Download Here!
Expressive Arts Therapy and the Window of Tolerance
