Module 1 – Artmentum course and platform
Content:
- What is art therapy?
- What is Artmentum Who are we?
- What can you expect?
- How can you use this course?
Benefits for practitioners:
- Can explain why art therapy and storytelling can be used in trauma treatment
- Has knowledge of the most important concepts
- Has insight into the considerations surrounding facilitation and ethics in work with art therapy
The module contains:
- Why art and health go together
- Intro to art therapy and ownership of one’s own life story
- The 5 art genres and storytelling
- How a session is structured: intro, decenter, aesthetic analysis, harvest
- Theory: the ability to imagine as a healer, embodiment, art dialogue, storytelling
- The relationship between client, group and art therapist