ONE-DAY TRAININGS IN REDCLIFFE / BRISBANE
Please ask for
detailed flyers and Registration Forms
Morning and afternoon refreshments provided. BYO
lunch.
ONE DAY TRAINING: 10 May, 2024 9am – 4.30pm $285
Introduction to Symbol Work
Catalysts for Therapeutic
Conversations
A practical workshop using projective techniques developed in Australia
over the last thirty years by mark and Helen, the founders of Expressive
Therapies Australia. Learn to use a collection of miniatures to support clients
to open up, symbolise their inner world, talk about self and resolve issues.
Symbols can be used to increase communication, activate creativity, clarify
cognition, process emotions and enhance problem-solving. In this innovative
program you will gain confidence in using miniatures with art, with movement,
with life narratives, with emotion-focused processes, and with somatic
awareness.
Trainer
Dr Mark Pearson.
ONE-DAY TRAINING: 11 May, 2024 9am - 4.30pm $285
Working Through Anger and Frustration
Expressive Therapies with Young Clients
This highly experiential introductory day will model practical ways of dealing with anger, frustration, and the disruptive acting-out of children and adolescents. Expressive Therapy tools such as drawing, bioenergetics, emotion-focused activities and relaxation will be introduced. As well as presenting the framework and principles of Expressive Therapies, there will be a focus on understanding symbolic expression of anger, bringing closure after expressive work and supporting cognitive and somatic integration.
These approaches have been developed from emotion-focused and psychodynamic theory, and use creative arts approaches to support young clients to resolve underlying emotional issues impacting negatively on behaviour and cognition. Trainer: Dr Mark Pearson
ONE DAY
TRAINING: 19 July, 2024 9am -
4.30pm $285
Expressive
Therapies in Cognitive Behavioural Approaches
Creative
arts for linking sensations, emotions, thoughts and actions
In this one-day experiential professional development workshop you will
learn multiple creative arts-based and mindfulness ways to support clients’
self-awareness and discover how their sensations, emotions, thoughts and
behaviours are linked. The focus will be on Expressive Therapies additions to
the therapist’s toolkit, including therapeutic writing, use of art, use of
miniatures and somatic focus. The multiple ways ET can support integrative CBT
approaches will be discussed. A number of worksheets created by the directors
of ETA will be provided for: functional analysis, articulation of beliefs,
problem solving and goal-setting. Relaxation activities as supports for anger
management wil be explored.
Trainer
Dr Mark Pearson.
ONE DAY TRAINING: Friday 1 November, 2024
Finding Freedom from the Inner Critic
Increasing Self-Compassion
This highly practical training offers creative arts-based and self-reflective approaches for identifying and disempowering automatic negative thoughts critical of the self. The Expressive Therapy tools of visual art, symbol work, self-discovery worksheets, emotion-focused role-play and dialoguing with parts, will be introduced. Along with mindfulness and self-compassion practice, we will explore understanding of, and separation from, self-criticism. This day for therapy professionals, while focused on supporting adult clients, provides much that can also be applied with younger clients.
VENUE: 137 Sutton St., Redcliffe. Trainer Dr Mark Pearson. Fee: $285. For further details please refer to flyer, and for the Registration Form call Mark 0419 492 713 or email: info@expressivetherapies.com.au