This is the first of a series of blogs where Lindsey, Director of Jill Carter Training, and Integrative Sandplay and Trauma Tutor, explores the importance of working creatively with trauma. What Happens Following Trauma? Trauma profoundly affects the brain, body, mind, and spirit. Lasting changes occur in brain structures and the relationships between them. This…
Lindsey, Director, Integrative Sandplay and Trauma Tutor, shares her reflections on the effects of busyness. Many of us have thrown ourselves heart and soul into our pursuits, whether it’s returning to school, diving headfirst into our careers, or pursuing personal goals, only to find that we’re already yearning for the next break. It often…
How can I learn to unblend and unburden parts using miniatures in the sand tray? Our latest sandplay teacher Laura McGuinness, who is also a level 2 trained IFS therapist, explains more … Sandplay is a non-verbal way of working at unconscious levels of the psyche. The non-directive nature allows children, young people, and adults…
Nicola Herd who is a Dance and Somatic Movement Artist, Educator and Lecturer explains .. Authentic Movement is an open-ended movement practice that provides space to deeply listen to and express the voice of the body. Influenced by Carl Jung’s ‘Active Imagination’ and sometimes referred to as ‘moving imagination’ this practice offers support in situations…
One of the most frequent questions we get asked is how do I become an expressive arts therapist? As our tutor Irene Dudley-Swarbrick explains, that question needs to be answered in the context of counselling and psychotherapy training in the UK… In an earlier blog we outlined the differences in the UK between art therapist/art…
You’ve probably noticed sometimes we talk about expressive art therapy, arts therapies, creative therapy or sometimes creative and expressive art therapy? Confused? Let’s rewind a bit! Our tutor Irene Dudley-Swarbrick explains how to make sense of this. We talk about Arts Therapies (in the plural) when we mean an umbrella term under which comes the…
Is traditional Jungian Sandplay Therapy rising to the challenge of an increasingly trauma-focused world? Or is it in danger of being left behind by newer, shinier evidence-based ways of working? Jill Carter looks of the dilemmas that sandplay therapists now face. When I first started teaching sandplay training courses 15 years ago, very few people…
Am I still welcome if I can’t draw? Our tutor Irene Dudley-Swarbrick answers your questions. This weekend event is for practitioners in counselling and psychotherapy, education, or mental health fields. We’ll meet in a small group setting either online or at the Tara Centre in Lancaster. I am an experienced Person-Centred Expressive Art Therapist and…
As we come to the end of the school year and hopefully get some rest during August, Jill Carter reflects on what has been a particularly challenging year for many of us as therapists. How has the move online changed counselling training? And what can we do to avoid burnout? As the pandemic lessened its…
What is Expressive Art or Creative Arts Therapy? The world is showing us the importance of art and creativity. Art is above all an expression of emotion and humanity. The creative and expressive process can therefore help you and your counselling clients communicate your inner experience when you run out of words. Therapists also need…