Person Centred Creative Arts Practice - Introduction Course
A short experiential course for anyone who wishes to develop their creativity and self-awareness
This Level 1 introduction course to person centred creative arts practice is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will also develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to the therapeutic process and develop some basic skills to enhance your therapeutic practice.
On this course participants will be able to explore the importance of creativity and
- Learn about the person-centred approach to creative arts
- Engage with person centred creative arts
- Develop their self-awareness
- Develop creativity and confidence
- Develop basic skills to enhance their own therapeutic practice
On this course participants will be able to explore the importance of creativity. Students will receive feedback, but there is no formal assessment.
3 sessions plus homework
The course contains a combination of experiential work, theory, discussion, and creative arts practice. Students will need to provide:
- A book to use as an art journal
- Art materials, ideally a set of basic paints, pastels, pencils and paper.
The course is divided into three sessions, with creative home-work activities between sessions 1 and 2.
Tutors
Gerald Webb works as a counsellor and has worked with a range of people in different settings and now works in his private practice specialising in supporting people who are caught up in addiction. He is a person centred creative arts practitioner and tutor. Gerald studied under APCCA founder Liesl Silverstone which has enhanced the way he work therapeutically with people.
Gerald became a valued part of Liesl Silverstone’s tutor group and is a founding member of APCCA, APCCA mentor and tutor. Trainees describe Gerald's way of being as truly person centred and a wonderful anchor to the richness of the course.
Marina Anderson works and lives in Ireland. she is an integrative psychotherapist, a person-centred creative art counsellor and artist when there is time. She combines these skill-sets to create a very unique and creative psycho-therapeutic experience. Marina also has experience of working with groups from self-development with horses to addiction recovery aftercare programs.
Marina is a practitioner member of APCCA and part of the APCCA Steering group.
" Being among such like minded people and connected to the person centred creative art tribe has reconnected me to the magic, flow and wholeness of being on a journey of new imagining and awakening dreams."
With in this course people reconnect with their creative intelligence in varied and meaningful ways, they leave with a different understanding of their creativity and its relevance in their lives.
Course Dates
This wonderful experiential course is facilitated over 3 evenings
- Tuesday November 15th,18:30 - 20:45
- Tuesday November 22nd, 18:30 - 20:45
- Tuesday November 29th, 18:30 - 20:45