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