Seminars
Seminar series
Series of seminars are available for delivery and can be adapted for Art Psychotherapy or Counselling. Bespoke training can also be delivered.
Art Psychotherapy: Introduction & History
Content normally includes topics such as:
Definitions
Regulatory context
Art Therapy profession
Core principles
Meet the ancestors
Art?
Art Therapy pioneers: USA, UK, Northern Ireland
Past, present, future
Art Psychotherapy / Counselling: Theory & Practice
Content normally includes topics such as:
Introduction to Art Psychotherapy or Counselling
Definitions & regulatory / registration context
Biopsychosocial paradigm
Trauma-informed practice
Pluralistic practice
Relational foundation. therapeutic alliance, co-production
Core principles, skills & process
Assessment, contracting, formulation, reviews, endings
Risk management, record keeping, own art, using supervision
Art materials, media
Key theories
Psychodynamic, Humanistic
Art Psychotherapy or Counselling:
Development of Theory & Practice
Development of Theory & Practice
Content normally includes topics such as:
Developments in Art Psychotherapy or Counselling
Diverse settings in art therapy
Practice across the Stepped Care model
Neurosequential Model of Processing, neuroscience
Expressive Therapies Continuum
Eco-practice
Online practice
Social action, social justice
Group work
Key theories
Object relations, CBT, Transpersonal, Attachment, Mentalization
Art Psychotherapy or Counselling:
Working with Diversity
Working with Diversity
Content normally includes topics such as:
Diversity
Biopsychosocial paradigm
Diversity frameworks, e.g. ADDRESSING framework:
E.g. age & developmental, disability, religion / spirituality, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, heritage, national identity, gender
Intersectionality
Systems theories
Non-discrimination, anti-oppression, language, power
Ritual, traditions
Social justice
Cultural competency, cultural humility
Art Psychotherapy or Counselling:
Continuing Professional Responsibility
Continuing Professional Responsibility
Content normally includes topics such as:
Quality Assurance & Clinical Governance
Treasure seeking, 'golden understanding'
Systematic Routine Evaluation of Practice
Clinical Audit
Partnership working & Co-production
Collective Leadership
Information Governance
Risk Management
Education and Training: Career-long Learning
Art Psychotherapy or Counselling:
Introduction to Research & Praxis
Introduction to Research & Praxis
Content normally includes topics such as:
Research
Reflexive practitioner
Research ethics, integrity & governance
Dissertation / thesis
Identifying a topic
Research design: research question, hypothesis
Research process:
Introduction
Literature review
Methodology: mixed, qualitative, quantitative, art-based
Methods
Data collection
Analysis of findings
Discussion
References
Research dissemination