Art Therapy : impact and application for Children and Adults

Note: This course does not qualify the recipient to perform any form of therapy or counseling for any other person

Sections included:

• Brain changes and the impact of paintings

• The Art activist section

• Having a positive impact on people

• Children creativity and the coronavirus

• Stress art and Covid 19

• Art Therapy for Children

• 12 art therapy exercises in the sun

• Nature

• Learning and Mind Maps

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Brand new section featuring three artists and digital activism.

This unique course on therapeutic art (paintings) looks at four areas:

• The impact on the brain of viewing art

• Various paintings – some famous, some not – and their impact on you

• Opportunities for you to create art

• Art Therapy and Children

Art therapy can serve various purposes when used with children, providing a unique approach to emotional and psychological support. Examples discussed include:

• Emotional Expression

• Special needs and disabilities

• Grief and loss

• Stress Relief

• Building Self-Esteem

• Cognitive Development

• Social Skills Enhancement

• Trauma Processing

• Behavioural Regulation

• Fostering Empathy

• Encouraging Mindfulness

• Facilitating Communication

We also consider:

• Structuring Sessions

• Themes and Directives

• Open-Ended vs Directive Approaches

• Confidentiality and Ethical Considerations

• Engaging Parents and Siblings in Art Therapy

Why is this course unique?

-   It includes artwork that is nowhere else on the Internet – and this work is then analysed looking in particular at symbolism.

-   A clip from a film in which the Instructor appears is included as part of the course

100+ lectures covering the following:

-   Introduction

-   Brain changes

-   Making sense of shapes

-   Embodied cognition

-   Effectively viewing

-   Returning to the Science

-   Therapeutic paintings - Kadimali

-   Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies

-   The twilight of life

-   Venetian glass

-   Sorrow

-   At the Linen Closet

-   Meeting of cultures

-   Appreciation

-   The Agony in the Kitchen

-   Consumerism

-   Actually DIY

-   Art and the NHS

-   Emotions

-   Brexit

-   Changing the world

Art Therapy Workbooks:

• Coping with the 2020s

• Bringing joy

• Art Therapy at Christmas

• Therapeutic Art workbook

• Art therapy and Depression