I've got my art supplies...
what do I do next?
We get it, grad school didn't prepare us for the real world...the one where clients don't like to talk or do worksheets all the time! Introducing art into therapy sounds like a good idea, until you realize you just don't know how to introduce concepts, process or expand a metaphor. The Got Art? Series will help alleviate those frustrations and get you on track for creating with your clients. This module focuses on the basics of art materials, how to introduce them and is the building block for the subsequent Got Art? Series. We highly recommend this course as a prerequisite for other courses in the series. This is an interactive video - please bring art supplies to create alongside the presenter!
By the end of the workshop participants will be able to:
- Define Art Therapy and the ethical use of the term Art Therapy
- Identify at least 5 art materials
- Define the Media Dimensions Variables
- Introduction to the Expressive Therapies Continuum
- Incorporate at least 3 activities into therapy services
2.5 Non-Contact CE/CEU's - APT Approved Provider #20-618 & Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling BAP#50-20533
Play therapy credit may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals
Introduce Materials
Art media will be introduced, including where to find high quality but low cost materials, along with the look, feel and experience of using materials.
Lines, Shapes & Colors
Get your art supplies out - it's time to learn and practice alongside the presenter! This interactive portion will have you creating a vocabulary of lines, shapes and colors to reduce art anxiety and increase future metaphors.
Create a Mandala
The presenter will lead participants on a hands-on art making experiential - creating a mandala. This is an excellent way to learn the basics of incorporating art materials. Come ready to create - leave with messy hands!
Example Curriculum
Your Trainer - Marla Berger, LMHC, ATR, RPT-S™, Eagala Advanced Certified
Marla is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Registered Art Therapist, Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor™, EMDR Trained, Qualified Supervisor, Natural Lifemanship Intensive Trained and an Eagala Advanced Certified Professional. In other words, she loves experiential therapies! Marla founded Berger Counseling Services in 2009 and has presented locally and nationally on experiential services, trauma and bereavement.
