Art reveals how one perceives the world, one’s cognitive and emotional functioning level, and is used as a fun outlet for self-expression and self-discovery!
Patricia Isis – Expressive Therapies
Overview
- Current Neuroscience Research
- Ethical Implications: Working within a Scope of Practice
- Art Therapy and Therapeutic Artmaking
- Population and Setting
- Selecting Art Materials
Clinical Experiential Applications and Techniques to:
- Create Safety
- Build Connections
- Presence
- Engagement
Cultivate Mindfulness of Challenging Emotions
- Create Intention
- Focus Attention
- Kind Attitude
- Breathing Practices
- Guided Visualizations
Therapeutic Art Interventions for Self-Awareness
- Movement for Body/Boundary Awareness and Appreciation
- Imagemaking
- Focusing
- Present Moment Awareness
- Empowerment
- Mindful Doodling
- Positivity
- Self and Social Awareness
- Compassion
- Mandala Drawings
- Concentration/Focusing
- Self-Direction
- Motivation
- Aluminum Foil Sculpture Figures
- Promote Body Awareness/Acceptance and Empowerment
Case Examples Throughout the Day
- Utilizing Mindful Doodling, Mandalas, and Foil Sculptures
Challenges as Opportunities
- Maintaining Safety and Containment
- Promoting Presence and Success
- Countertransferential Indications and Strategies/ Response Art
- Art Review
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Description:
Art reveals how one perceives the world, one’s cognitive and emotional functioning level, and is used as a fun outlet for self-expression and self-discovery!
Watch this recording and learn from well-known art therapist, author, and trained mindful self-compassion instructor and practitioner, Dr. Patricia Isis. You will experience simple, success oriented sociodramatic exercises, along with the utilization of breath, intention and attitude to cultivate mindfulness for challenging emotions. Also discover user friendly therapeutic movement, imagery, mindful doodling, mandalas and aluminum foil sculpture.
Through case examples, experiential activities and dialogue, you will identify a rich menu of mindfulness-based artmaking tools and techniques designed to enhance moment to moment awareness and emotional regulation for inside and outside your practice.
You will be amazed at the transformation with your clients, and no background in art therapy is required as you will be shown tools to use within your scope of practice.