courses
The following are non-degree arts therapy courses on offer in Australia and New Zealand. For ANZATA recognised degree courses please go to the Professional Training page
CECAT Centre for Educational and Clinical Art Therapy – 2010 Workshops
Art Therapy in Newcastle/Heatherbrae
One or Two Day Introductory Courses or One Year Certificate Training Program
When:
• Introductory Level Courses (Saturdays and Sundays: 9am to 4pm)
One or Two Day Introductory Weekends: 20 & 21 March and 1 & 2 May 2010.
• Certificate in Art Therapy (Saturdays and Sundays: 9am to 4pm)
Ten Weekends of the One Year Intensive Course: 5 & 6 June, 24 & 25 July, 14 & 15 August, 18 & 19 September, 16 & 17 October and 27 & 28 November 2010.
Further dates in 2011: to be advised
Where: Country Comfort, Sir Francis Drake Inn, 2259 Pacific Highway, Heatherbrae, NSW, 49871444, www.sirfrancisdrake.com.au
Cost: Introduction day/weekend: Securing a place is a non-refundable full payment of $110 (Saturday only) or $220 (weekend).
The one year course fee is $3,200 which includes material costs. Securing a place is a non-refundable deposit of $640. Fee payable per weekend: $320.
More info: visit www.arttherapycourses.com.au
Contact: Robert Gray cecat@internode.on.net
Art Therapy Workshop
Understanding and practicing the creative arts in psychotherapy with Camille McDonald
This two day professional development workshop introduces art therapy through the framework of relational gestalt psychotherapy. The Art Therapy workshop will explore interaction, inquiry and meaning making using the creative arts. The workshop covers theoretical principles that provide a rationale for the use of the arts in psychotherapy, is experiential in nature and will offer the opportunity for participants to use a variety of art materials including pastels, paint and clay.
When:Friday 19th & Saturday 20th November 2010
Where:GTA, 333 Heidelberg Road, Fairfield, Melbourne, Victoria
For more info:contact GTA on: Ph: 03 9489 6300, E: gta@ozonline.com.au or visit our website at www.gestalt.com.au
Certificate in Initiatic Art Therapy – Maleny QLD
This 2-year Initiatic Art Therapy Training Program comprises a series of 8 weekends for a limited number of interested professionals and students. The aim of the courses is to enable its participants to integrate art therapy approaches into the existing framework of their current practice, be it as counsellor, social worker, teacher, nurse, artist or psychologist... The focus will be on the experience of ongoing group work with art therapy in an environment suitable for personal development. At the same time the approaches and techniques will be made transparent in order to make it possible to acquire profound techniques of working with visual arts in a therapeutic way. The 144 group hours will include experiential workshops, seminars, co-counselling and supervision.
Participants are asked to commit themselves to all eight weekends. The maximum group size will be 16. All sessions will run from Friday 5.30pm to Sunday 5.00pm.
Dates:July 30 – August 1; November 5 - 7
Cost:$350 per weekend
Venue:Worldview Centre; 42 Brooks Road; Balmoral Ridge; Maleny QLD 4552
Facilitator:Cornelia Elbrecht ATh cornelia_elbrecht@claerwen.com.au www.arttherapy.net.au
Certificate in Clay Field Therapy – Perth WA
Clay Field Therapy encourages the proximal sense of touch, which is developed during the earliest stages of infancy; and reignited in all physical and sexual encounters. It plays a mayor role in the experience of trauma, which is always experienced as something that happens to “my body”. Such haptic perception differs profoundly from visual perception and cognitive processing. Sensory-motor movements of the hands in the clay field can bypass the ego, especially the damaged and injured ego, and reconnect an individual with a primal source of identity, a personal core from which wholeness and healing can emerge. This unique art therapy approach is recognized in Europe as a discipline in its own right. It is practiced in numerous institutions. It is part of the curriculum in schools for disabled and disadvantaged children; it is widely used in women's shelters and to facilitate trauma healing.
The workshop will look at the application of Clay Field Therapy:
• Experientially
• Via videoed case histories
• Through understanding core aspects of its theoretical basis
Date:Starting Friday 29 October at 1.30 pm until 8 pm; Saturday and Sunday from 9.30 am – 5.00 pm
Cost:$400 for 20 workshop hours. The group size will be limited to 14 participants.
Venue:WorkSpace Unlimited 139 Claremont Crescent, Swanbourne WA 6010
Facilitator:Cornelia Elbrecht ATh cornelia_elbrecht@claerwen.com.au www.arttherapy.net.au
MARI – Mandala Assessment Research Instrument
MARI Practitioner Training now available in Australia
MARI (Mandala Assessment Research Instrument) – based on Jungian concepts (especially the mandala) reveals a remarkable inner connection between colour, symbols, and what is going on in an individual’s life on the Great Round of Life. Developed by Joan Kellogg in the US - Strengths focussed using Active Imagination & Guided Drawing, we explore our own colour & symbol language alongside the universal language of the MARI. A meaningful and authentic personal experience that you can then use with clients.
MARI Practitioner Course x 3 Trainings:
1. Mandala My World
2. MARI/ Mandala Beaming – Dancing with Symbols
3. MARI/ Mandala Transformations
Training Opportunities
Launceston:27-29 Aug / 5-7 Nov/ Apollo Bay:13-15 Aug / 19-21 Nov
Hobart: 3-5 Sep / 29-31 Oct /10-12 Dec Dorrigo:8-10 Oct
Costs:$400 per Training ($350 Early Bird)
More info:Wendy Nash, M.Couns/ Cert.Init AT/, Reg.MARI Prac/Teacher Pvt. Practice/ Prof.Development /Art T. Mental Health, Com Arts/ Cult.Devel.
Email:wendy@wendynashstudio.com Mob:0409703779
Wendy's website: www.wendynash.com
US Web: www.MariCreativeResources.com
Sandplay Therapy training , Auckland NZ
3 experiential practitoner levels
FACILITATORS:
Jean Parkinson – Registered Art Therapist, ANZATA
Lisabeth Toomey – Registered Music Therapist, ANZSMT
Sandplay Therapy:28-29-30 September 2010
Sandtray & Symbol work:5-6-7 October 2010
Sandtray & Symbol work:25-26-27 January 2011
When:Dates to be confirmed
Open to qualified Art Therapists, Counsellors, Psychotherapists, and Psychologists.
Limited to 6 people per group.
For more info:contact Jean on jeanpark@xtra.co.nz