Professional DevelopmentThe Introduction to Expressive Arts Course and Workshops are designed to help professionals expand their working skills to include the principles and practice of expressive arts. This course and workshops can be taken for personal as well as professional development.
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"The foundations of EXA course provided me with a comprehensive introduction to both the theory and experiential practice of expressive arts therapy. I regularly use techniques I learned in the course, such as "harvesting", in my private practice work with clients. I learned about concepts such as "expanding one's range of play" or "decentering through art-making" which had been overlooked in my traditional psychotherapy training program."
Lesley Miller, PHD
Lesley Miller, PHD
Introduction to Expressive Arts Course
Description
The Introduction to Expressive Arts Course is a 3-hour weekly class, running for sixteen-weeks, designed to help professionals expand their working skills to include the principles and practice of expressive arts. This course can be taken for personal as well as professional development.
The course will teach the basic principles and practice drawn from core literature in the field of intermodal expressive arts as used in therapy, coaching, education and social change. Because CREATE Institute emphasizes experiential learning, students are encouraged to explore how different dimensions of artistic action can connect to their own work and life.
A reading package will be provided.
The Introduction to Expressive Arts Course is also designed to help students develop their own creative potential by encouraging them to engage in an ongoing artistic practice. Students will be asked to complete 50 hours of studio time during the course and to present in class the work they’ve been doing in their studio.
After finishing all course requirements, students will receive a Certificate of Completion in The Introduction to Expressive Arts Course.
The course will teach the basic principles and practice drawn from core literature in the field of intermodal expressive arts as used in therapy, coaching, education and social change. Because CREATE Institute emphasizes experiential learning, students are encouraged to explore how different dimensions of artistic action can connect to their own work and life.
A reading package will be provided.
The Introduction to Expressive Arts Course is also designed to help students develop their own creative potential by encouraging them to engage in an ongoing artistic practice. Students will be asked to complete 50 hours of studio time during the course and to present in class the work they’ve been doing in their studio.
After finishing all course requirements, students will receive a Certificate of Completion in The Introduction to Expressive Arts Course.
Course Structure
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FALL SESSION: September - February
Classes are held every Monday from 5:30PM to 8:30PM (excluding holidays)
Registration Deadline: tba
Tuition Fee: tba
For more information click here.
FALL SESSION: September - February
Classes are held every Monday from 5:30PM to 8:30PM (excluding holidays)
Registration Deadline: tba
Tuition Fee: tba
- Early Registration Discount: $100.00 (Register by August 31st)
For more information click here.
"I loved my time in Foundations at CREATE. It was energizing, fun, and I met lots of interesting people. It also let me explore lots of different art modalities, and see which I was most drawn to. It also introduced me to a variety of teachers, and to find my way into further art explorations. I'm really glad I did it."
Sandra Flear, Psychotherapist.
Sandra Flear, Psychotherapist.
This eight-week course is designed to support psychotherapists, social workers, front-line staff and other professionals who work with clients who have experienced trauma.
The course uses the basic principles and practice of intermodal expressive arts to guide participants in developing an approach that will help clients shape their relationship to their traumatic experience. Through experiential learning and art making, participants will discover how different artistic practices can help clients engage with their difficult stories. Professionals will also use the arts to explore their own counter-transference and find ways to hold their clients’ suffering.
Participants will learn to:
WINTER/SPRING SESSION: February - April (every Monday 5:30-8:30pm)
Registration Deadline: tba
The course uses the basic principles and practice of intermodal expressive arts to guide participants in developing an approach that will help clients shape their relationship to their traumatic experience. Through experiential learning and art making, participants will discover how different artistic practices can help clients engage with their difficult stories. Professionals will also use the arts to explore their own counter-transference and find ways to hold their clients’ suffering.
Participants will learn to:
- Identify a client’s reaction to a stressful event or memory through sensory-based activities.
- Reinforce a sense of safety by reconnection and self-soothing through art making.
- Use art making to unpack counter-transference to clients’ difficult stories.
- Understand the basic principles of expressive arts therapy and the way that play can ease a client’s experience of trauma.
- Achieve an understanding of how expressive arts can build strength and resilience for clients who have had traumatic experiences.
WINTER/SPRING SESSION: February - April (every Monday 5:30-8:30pm)
Registration Deadline: tba
