Calendar
of all Courses 2024
Please
ask for our detailed flyers and Registration Forms REDCLIFFE / BRISBANE SECOND WORKSHOP: 21 - 23 February, 2024 Certificate in Expressive Therapies with Children &
Adolescents Somatic & emotion focused, creative arts-based counselling 15
days, spread over five months, as five 3-day training workshops. You can start at Workshop 1, 2 or 3
This highly experiential course offers training in
emotionally expressive methods and Inner-Life Skills that promote emotional
integration, self-awareness, self-esteem and resilience in children and
adolescents. Modalities:
Emotion-focused Processes, Symbol Work, Bioenergetics,
Art as Therapy, Music in Therapy, Expressive Writing, Body Focus,
Visualisation, Role-Play, Relaxation and Meditation. There will be a focus on
developing trust with young clients, encouraging their self-discovery,
introducing emotional processing. WORKSHOP 1: Supporting
Emotional Expression: Art, Music and Movement
22 - 24 February, 2024 WORKSHOP 2: Exploring
Family Issues: Processing Strong Emotions
21 - 23 March, 2024 WORKSHOP 3: Symbol
Work, Group Work and Transforming Trauma
2 - 4 May, 2024 WORKSHOP 4: Balancing
Emotional, Cognitive and Somatic Processes
20 - 22 June, 2024 WORKSHOP 5: Inner-Life
Skills for Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem
25 - 27 July, 2024 Trainer Dr Mark Pearson, each day 9am - 5pm. Each 3-day workshop: $895
SUNSHINE COAST - ONE DAY TRAINING: Thursday 7 March, 2024 9am - 4.30pm $285 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.
Trainer Dr Mark Pearson.
REDCLIFFE / BRISBANE ONE DAY: Friday 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-focussed processes, and with somatic awareness. Trainer Dr Mark Pearson. Fee: $285.
REDCLIFFE - ONE DAY TRAINING: 11 May, 2024
Working
Through Anger & Frustration
– with Young Clients
This highly experiential introductory day will
model practical ways of using creative arts approaches for dealing with anger,
frustration, and the disruptive acting-out of children and adolescents. 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 support young clients to resolve
underlying emotional issues impacting negatively on behaviour and cognition. You
will learn to use Expressive Therapy tools such as drawing, bioenergetics,
emotion-focused activities and relaxation to support resolution of anger and
frustration with young clients. Trainer: Dr Mark Pearson $285
SINGAPORE - TWO-DAY TRAINING: 10 - 12 June, 2024 Exploring Mindfulness Through Expressive Therapies - For professional and Personal Development With Dr Mark Pearson
In this highly experiential weekend workshop, you will learn multiple approaches to developing mindfulness and expressing self-awareness through creative arts activities. Mindfulness is defined as “paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally” (Kabat-Zinn, 1994). For most of us, our surrounding culture in our developmental years trains us to be externally focused, and to re-visit or regret the past and worry about the future. There are many ways to step into the present: in this workshop we explore somatic focusing, gentle movement, emotional awareness, observation of automatic thought processes, as well as ways to use the senses to arrive in the moment. Practice with the activities, observing and sharing internal experiences, and integrating through writing, visual art, claywork, and use of miniatures, provides confidence for both our personal quest and support of others. Mindfulness has been shown to lead to increases in wellbeing and therapeutic presence when we are supporting others.
REDCLIFFE / BRISBANE TWO DAY TRAINING: 28 & 29 June, 2024 9am - 5pm each day $565 Body Awareness in Integrative Counselling Introducing Somatic-focused Expressive Therapies The wisdom of the body has been neglected in the evolution of cognitive and behaviourally focused therapy. Focusing on the body, its sensations, feelings and energies enables clients to enhance their therapeutic gains, achieve clearer cognition and establish a more rewarding relationship to the life of their emotions. This experiential two-day training will introduce a range of creative arts-based therapy skills, including: the use of sensory art, body focus techniques, using movement through bioenergetics for self-awareness and stress release, effective relaxation techniques for those who may struggle to be still and quiet. In this training you will learn to guide clients to use somatic signals to: support self-understanding, combat excessive self-criticism, enhance emotional regulation and improve self-care. While some therapeutic approaches stress the need to recognise and repair cognitive dysfunction, in ET it is equally critical to pay attention to somatic experience and understand the importance of psycho-physiological connections. Rather than aiming for relief of, or diversion from presenting symptomology, ET increases the ways a counsellor can draw the client's attention to the body's messages. Trainer Dr Mark Pearson. Fee: $565.
REDCLIFFE / BRISBANE ONE DAY TRAINING: Friday 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. Fee: $285.
SUNSHINE COAST - ONE DAY TRAINING: 15 August, 2024 Expressive Therapies in Trauma Recovery with Young Clients A practical workshop to introduce the methods and frameworks of Expressive Therapies, and provide hands-on experience, theory, some research and case stories of counselling distressed and traumatised young clients. There will be a focus on the care needed in supporting those with long-term emotional problems or who are affected by trauma, prolonged duress stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorders. Topics covered: trauma-informed care; expressive activities for young clients; use of therapeutic writing; use of miniatures (Symbol Work); role-play for a stronger self; use of relaxation; matching treatment to types of trauma victims; the evidence base for using client-centred, activities-based approaches.
Trainer Dr Mark Pearson Fee: $285.
REDCLIFFE - THREE-DAY TRAINING: 29 - 31 August, 2024 $895 Advanced Sandplay Therapy Training Wonder, Awe and Nourishment in the Land of Sands With Dr Helen Wilson Prior
completion of the ETA Certificate in Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work
(or equivalent), is a prerequisite for registration. Sandplay opens the door to full
connection with our human experience in all its complexity, light and shade.
Importantly Sandplay very obviously also shines direct light on the beauty,
purpose and meaning of life. We should
not miss focusing on these. During these three days, we will
explore what Katherine May (2023) speaks of as a desire to “reawaken our innate
sense of wonder and awe”. In this course
our journeying in the Land of Sands can lead us to something akin to a ‘walk
into the wilds’ of our uniqueness. That walk ensures we find our way ‘home’ to
peace and tranquillity – a state in which we can observe easefully, with wonder
and awe, the often-mysterious unfolding of a client’s process. As well as professional
and personal refreshment, this training will offer time for restorative
nourishment and reconnection with wonder and awe, through the power of time
spent in the Land of Sands.
Contact
Helen at turnaround2@bigpond.com or 042 112 9117 Fee: $895
REDCLIFFE / BRISBANE: 2024 2nd Intake: Starts 119 - 21 September, 2024 Certificate in Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work With children, adolescents and adults 12 days, spread over four 3-day training workshops, with 3 individual sessions and online supervision.
This course provides a thorough training, with extensive practical experience and supervision in the Expressive Therapies approach to Sandplay Therapy and Symbol Work. The method of Sandplay Therapy introduced was developed by Dora Kalff in the late 1950s, based on Dr Margaret Lowenfeld's play therapy, Jung's Analytic Psychology and mindfulness. Sandplay Therapy is now taught and practiced around the world, supported by an international society, and a fast-growing evidence base. WORKSHOP 1: Foundation Skills One 19 - 21 September, 2024 WORKSHOP 2: Skills Two: From Theory to Practice 7 - 9 November, 2024 WORKSHOP 3: Symbolic Expression, Trauma Care, and The Individuation Journey 16 - 18 January, 2025 WORKSHOP 4: Transpersonal Contexts, Supervision 6 - 8 March, 2025
Trainers: Dr Mark Pearson, Dr Helen Wilson and Andrea Snow. Each 3-day training workshop: $950. For further details please request detailed flyer or call Mark 0419 492 713 or email: info@expressivetherapies.com.au
REDCLIFFE - THREE-DAY TRAINING: 4 - 6 October, 2024 $895 Enhancing Couple & Family Connections
- Expressive Therapies as Awareness & Communication Catalysts Trainer Dr Mark Pearson. Fee: $895. This three-day
training will empower you to use Expressive Therapies in counselling with
couples and families. You will learn ways to invite couples and families to
engage with creative arts, somatic focus, symbol work, and role-play as part of
their journey in counselling. The program builds on the long history of
activity-based interventions from the many schools of family and couple
therapy. Given the highly charged atmospheres encountered in family and
couples’ sessions, it makes sense to include a range of interventions that
engage deeper self-reflection and emotional awareness, to bring clarity to
interpersonal dynamics. Experiential understanding motivates development of new
positive relating.
We will integrate
evidence-based methods from Emotion-Focused Therapy, Experiential Family
Therapy, as well as research insights from the Gottman’s. While expressive,
creative counselling methods support clients of all ages, this training will
also include ways to effectively include children in family sessions. There
will be a focus for couples on ways family-of-origin experiences and attachment
patterns can influence current relating.
SUNSHINE
COAST
- ONE DAY TRAINING: Wednesday 16 October, 2024
9am – 4.30pm $285 Exploring
Mindfulness Through Expressive Therapies In this highly experiential professional and
personal development training, you will learn multiple approaches to developing
mindfulness and expressing self-awareness through creative arts activities.
Mindfulness is defined as “paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in
the present moment, non-judgmentally” (Kabat-Zinn, 1994). There are many ways
to step into the present: in this workshop we explore somatic focusing, gentle
movement, emotional awareness, observation of automatic thought processes, as
well as ways to use the senses to arrive in the moment. A feature of the program is integrating mindful practice through writing,
visual art, and use of provides confidence for both our personal quest and
support of others. Mindfulness has been shown to lead to increases in wellbeing
and therapeutic presence when we are supporting others.
Trainer Dr Mark Pearson
SUNSHINE COAST ONE-DAY TRAIING: 17 October, 2024
9am to 4.30pm $285 Introduction
to Symbol Work Catalysts
for therapeutic conversations Trainer: Dr Mark Pearson A practical one-day training workshop using projective techniques
developed in Australia over the last thirty years to enhance client
communication, 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 experiential program, you will gain confidence in
using miniatures with art, with movement, with life narratives, with
emotion-focussed processes, and with somatic awareness. This program is based on material in Mark and Helen’s book: Sandplay
& Symbol Work, 2001. About Symbol Work: -
Generates catalysts for therapeutic conversations -
Allows the session topics and format to be co-created -
The focus of the activity tends to be on a specific
issue or theme -
Supports client to discuss explicit situations and
feelings -
Encourages non-threatening, open discussion
-
Supports sharing of information that will assist the
counselling process
REDCLIFFE - TWO-DAY TRAINING: 19 - 20 October, 2024 $565 Exploring Mindfulness Through Expressive Therapies - For professional and Personal Development With Dr Mark Pearson
In this highly experiential weekend workshop, you will learn multiple approaches to developing mindfulness and expressing self-awareness through creative arts activities. Mindfulness is defined as “paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally” (Kabat-Zinn, 1994). For most of us, our surrounding culture in our developmental years trains us to be externally focused, and to re-visit or regret the past and worry about the future. There are many ways to step into the present: in this workshop we explore somatic focusing, gentle movement, emotional awareness, observation of automatic thought processes, as well as ways to use the senses to arrive in the moment. Practice with the activities, observing and sharing internal experiences, and integrating through writing, visual art, claywork, and use of miniatures, provides confidence for both our personal quest and support of others. Mindfulness has been shown to lead to increases in wellbeing and therapeutic presence when we are supporting others.
REDCLIFFE / BRISBANE ONE DAY TRAINING: Friday 1 November, 2024 9am - 4.30pm $285 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. Trainer Dr Mark Pearson.
REDCLIFFE
ONE-DAY TRAIING: 2 November, 2024 9am to 4.30pm
$285 Introduction to Expressive Therapies with Adult Clients Expressive Arts for Growth & Wellbeing Trainer: Dr Mark
Pearson This training is designed to introduce a
specialised approach for counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers,
psychologists and those who support mental health and wellbeing of adult
clients. It introduces the theories, principles, and methods for applying
Expressive Therapies in counselling with adult clients. The Expressive
Therapies approach was developed from Creative Arts Therapies by Mark and
Helen, weaving together creative arts, person-centred therapy, emotion-focused
and somatic therapies, applied to client issues such as: relationships, grief
and loss, anger, and self-judgement. For many adult clients, identity, spirituality, meaning and purpose may
be areas of concern: ways to explore these concerns will be explored in this
training.
Modalities explored: Symbol Work
(miniatures), Creative arts worksheets, Therapeutic writing for
self-reflection, Music and rhythm for emotional and somatic reconnection.
Contact us for a pdf of the 2024 Calendar or details of specific programs: info@expressivetherapies.com.au
For detailed flyer and Registration Form: Phone 0419 492 713 or email: info@expressivetherapies.com.au
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