(Oxford) Diploma in the Tools of Art Therapy

🎨 (Oxford) Diploma in the Tools of Art Therapy: Mastering the Creative Palette for Healing and Self-Discovery

🚀 Course Headline: Unlock the full potential of art therapy with a diverse toolkit! 🖌️✨

👩‍🏫 Your Instructor: Chris Sivewright, an esteemed figure in the field of art therapy, will guide you through this transformative journey.

🔥 Course Description: Embark on a comprehensive exploration of the tools that Art Therapists skillfully utilize to facilitate healing and personal growth. This course meticulously dissects each tool, providing ample examples to illustrate their impact in therapeutic settings.

📚 Tools at Your Fingertips: Our curriculum covers a broad spectrum of art forms that Art Therapists employ:

• 👉 Painting and its profound effects when both creating and viewing.
• ✏️ Drawing, a fundamental building block in expressive therapy.
• 🏛️ Sculpture, which brings form to our inner world.
• 📄 Collage, for piecing together the fragments of one's experiences.
• ✍️ Writing, to articulate thoughts and feelings.
• 📸 Photography, capturing moments that tell a story.
• 🧵 Textiles, weaving narratives with threads of emotion.
• 💻 Digital media, expanding the canvas beyond its physical limits.
• 🎭 Masks, to explore facets of identity and self.
• 💃 Movement, using the body as a vessel for expression.
• 🩞 Poetry, with several examples to inspire and provoke thought.
• 🎬 Role-play, with short films that delve into character exploration.
• 🖼️ Self-Portraiture, an intimate journey of self-discovery.
• ⭕️ Mandala, for the meditative process of creation and coloring.
• 🎬 Film-making, where we analyze existing films to understand their therapeutic potential.

🤝 Approaches in Art Therapy: We delve into three distinct therapeutic approaches:

• 🧠 Cognitive Behavioural techniques for structuring thought processes.
• 💬 Psychodynamic methods to uncover the unconscious mind.
• 💖 Humanistic strategies, centered on personal growth and self-actualization.

🖌️ Interactive Exercises: The course is enriched with a variety of long and short art therapy exercises designed for real-world application.

Special Sections:

1. 🎬 Film-making: Engage with a short film, dissecting its segments to explore the therapeutic dimensions of cinema through reflective questions.

2. 😄 Cartoons: Analyze and brainstorm how humorous and visual storytelling can be utilized in Art Therapy sessions.

3. 📖 Poetry Therapy: Submit your poems and receive feedback, with the option to enhance them with film for a multimedia experience.

🧠 Emphasis on Application, Reflection & Discussion: Each lecture is enriched with mind-maps and links to resources such as film clips, studies, images, poems, and works from various artists. Two contributing artists have committed to engaging with students' ideas and suggestions.

Join us on this artful adventure into the depths of Art Therapy, where healing meets creativity! 🌈🎨