ACATA News & Events

2012-02-08T09:44:00.001+10:00

Creative Arts Therapy Workshop

Creative Arts Therapy Workshop

Saturday 11 February, 2012
Jennifer Berlingieri

This short workshop will explore the use of drawing, painting, writing, movement, body awareness and more as tools for gaining inner knowledge and connecting to your creative self. A unique opportunity to get inspired and re-energise! No previous arts experience required.

Workshops are appropriate for personal and professional

development, as well as self care.

Saturday 11 February, 2012

1-4 p.m.

MIECAT, 17 Victoria St, Fitzroy (not Victoria Parade)

$75 including all materials

**Please book in early, as spaces are limited!

Jennifer has a Master's in Creative Arts Therapy and has been facilitating Creative Arts Therapy groups and private sessions for over 8 years.

For Bookings or more info go to creativeartstherapy.com.au

*Private Sessions are also available*

2012 Certificate in Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work with Children, Adolescents and Adults

2011-12-10T15:50:00.000+10:00

2012 Certificate in

Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work

with Children, Adolescents and Adults

For Counsellors, Guidance Officers, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Welfare Workers,

and Chaplains

12 days – 4 x 3-day training workshops, over 6 months

Sandplay Therapy is a hands-on, expressive counselling and psychotherapy modality that has been in use for over eighty years. Sandplay forms a bridge between verbal therapy and the expressive therapies, combining elements of each. Sandplay allows the deeper aspects of the psyche to be worked with naturally and in safety, and is highly effective in reducing the emotional causes behind difficult behaviours.

With an extensive research and literature base, Sandplay is a powerful therapeutic method for use by established professionals. It has been used with children, adolescents and adults, in schools, hospitals, welfare agencies and private therapy practices.

This course provides a thorough training, with extensive practical experience and supervision in the Expressive Therapies approach to Sandplay Therapy and Symbol Work. The method of Sandplay that will be introduced was developed by Dora Kalff in the late 1950s, from Dr Margaret Lowenfeld’s play therapy. Kalff, a colleague of the famous Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, created sandplay based on Analytic Psychology. Sandplay is now taught and practised around the world, supported by the International Society for Sandplay Therapy. Many school counsellors, psychologists and therapists around Australia have now trained with the Institute in the Expressive Therapies style of Sandplay, and find it a highly effective way to work, with many benefits for client and counsellor alike.

Trainer for Victoria: Jo Ablett 0417078792 ablett@waterfront.net.au

www.intoblue.com.au

Creative Arts Therapy Resources

2011-11-06T23:30:00.000+10:00

Creative Arts in Research For Community and Cultural Change

Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change, Editor Cheryl McLean, Associate Editor Robert Kelly is the second book in the CAIP Research Series. The book is divided into four sections:

Part 1 Community Action and Education through Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice

Part 2 Images for Witness, Community Action in Disability and Health

Part 3 Arts Exploring Immigrant Experience and Cultural Identities

Part 4 Human Stories "from the outside in" for Community and Cultural Change.

The groundbreaking book features leading researchers from across disciplines sharing accounts and examples of the creative arts in research for change. Many of the researchers, artists, educators, participants and community members you will read about in these chapters strive for change by joining together in interdisciplinary projects to address the most fundamental of human needs, the need for healthy and safe communities with water to drink and air to breathe, the need for human expression and connection, the desire to be accepted and acknowledged as a human being of value, the desire to voice their personal stories for public witness. The articles in this book will be of special interest to university based educators; artists and researchers; facilitators; practitioners; educators in the social sciences; social work and social justice professionals; activists and community change agents; heritage, cultural and urban planners; healthcare professionals and public health educators; fundraisers and many others.

Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice

The groundbreaking book "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" Editor, Cheryl L. McLean, Associate Editor Robert Kelly, Publisher Detselig Temeron Press, introduces an emerging and rapidly growing field with a dynamic collection of illustrative articles featuring leading academics, artists/researchers, physicians, nurse educators, social work educators, activists, environmentalists and others who actively use the creative arts in research and practice for hope and change.

Invitation - RSVP contact ablett@waterfront.net.au

2011-10-12T11:21:00.001+10:00

Professional Development Opportunity

2011-09-09T11:40:00.000+10:00

8 Week Creative Arts Therapy Group

2011-09-07T10:39:00.001+10:00

Creative Arts Therapy 8 Week Group

with Jennifer Berlingieri

These weekly groups are an opportunity to explore a wide variety of Creative Arts Therapy processes in order to open up and reinvigorate your inspiration, personal growth and self awareness. The group is kept small and consistent, in order to create an intimate and supportive environment.

We will use modalities such as drawing, painting, writing, clay, collage, movement, body awareness, symbols and more to explore authentic expression, and access new insights and understanding.

These groups are suitable for anyone seeking some unique time out each week, especially for you, to connect, nurture, and reflect.

Every group is designed to be different and distinctive, so if you've attended before, your next experience will be just as unpredictable as your last!

No previous arts experience required.

**Please book in early, as spaces are limited!

Term 4 Creative Arts Therapy 8 Week Group

Monday 10 Oct - Monday 5 Dec, 2011
(no group on Monday 31 Oct due to public holiday on Tues)
6:30-8:30 pm
MIECAT, 17 Victoria Street, Fitzroy
(not Victoria Parade! It's a small street between Nicholson St and Brunswick St.)
$345 including all materials

For Bookings or more info please contact Jennifer via her website: creativeartstherapy.com.au

Jennifer has a Master's in Creative Arts Therapy and has been facilitating Creative Arts Therapy groups and private sessions for over 8 years.

2011-09-05T17:06:00.000+10:00

For ACATA members and non members!

ACATA is pleased to present a special

professional development event:

A Creative Voice with Hilde Knottenbelt

This event is being subsidized by ACATA so we can offer ACATA members this exciting professional development opportunity at a discounted rate. If you are interested in this unique opportunity to experience Hilde's workshop please contact ACTATA Secretary secretary@acata.org.au as places are limited, and there is no doubt that the workshop will fill up fast!

Monday 26th September, 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Venue: MIECAT 15 Victoria Street, Fitzroy

Cost: ACATA members - $15, non members $30.

About this workshop

This 3 hour workshop is for practitioners from the creative arts field who are interested in working with voice and singing both for themselves and in their creative arts practice. It weaves together singing, vocal improvisation, spoken word and harmony to enhance creativity, self-expression and spontaneity. There will be time for discussion at the end of the evening.

About Hilde

Hilde Knottenbelt (BA, Dip Ed, Dip Shiatsu, Psychodramatist) has developed and refined Creative Voice since 1987. Originally a teacher of languages, she has an ongoing passion for exploring sound, words, meaning, attunement, expressiveness and improvised singing and storytelling in groups.

There have been numerous influences on the evolution of her work. Among the most significant are the acappella tradition of unaccompanied harmony singing, psychodrama, playback theatre, group work, body-focused therapies including shiatsu and the many many people who have participated and continue to participate in the sessions. The creative integration of these influences continues to inform and contribute to the weaving of a unique body of work.

Hilde runs workshops in Australia and New Zealand. She is currently on the teaching staff of the Australian College of Psychodrama and the Melbourne Institute of Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy. Hilde taught Creative Voice at the Council for Adult Education in Melbourne for many years and was a member of the Living Stories Playback Theatre Company. She has a private practice in voice work and counselling.

Creative Arts Therapy Workshop

2011-09-01T10:53:00.000+10:00

Creative Arts Therapy Workshop

Saturday 1 October
Jennifer Berlingieri

Workshops are appropriate for personal and professional

development, as well as self care.

Saturday 1 October, 2011

1-4 p.m.

MIECAT, 17 Victoria St, Fitzroy (not Victoria Parade)

$75 including all materials

**Please book in early, as spaces are limited!

Jennifer has a Master's in Creative Arts Therapy and has been facilitating Creative Arts Therapy groups and private sessions for over 8 years.

For Bookings or more info go to creativeartstherapy.com.au

*Private Sessions are also available*

Celebrating WoMan Festival!

2011-08-23T16:18:00.000+10:00

Celebrating WoMan

Festival:

Join us for 7 days of celebrating

the Feminine:

a Fundraiser Festival supporting

sex trafficked survivors in Nepal

9th September -

17th September 2011

Prana House Melbourne.

9th - 17th

September 2011

Prana House, Thonbury

www.celebratingwoman.com.au
Celebrating WoMan Festival
9th - 17th September 2011
www.celebratingwoman.com.au
Prana House, Thonbury Melbourne
Celebrating Woman is a 7-day fundraising festival exploring woman’s health, healing & wellbeing. Workshops will be offered by experienced facilitators in the areas of Art Therapy, Yoga, Meditation, Music, Movement and more with all the funds raised going directly to the Art2Healing Project (www.theart2healingproject.org), which assists and empowers sex trafficked woman.

The Celebrating Woman Festival was dreamt into being by a group of spirited and passionate Melbourne women in early 2011. The founding member of this group Atira Tan has been working with the Art2Healing Project for the past 8 years and has dedicated her life to offering support and healing to sex trafficked women in the slums and brothels of Asia and the Pacific. The intention behind the Celebrating Woman Festival is to not only raise funding for this vital cause but also bridge the gap between women from the east and west, creating a positive outcome for both parties.

Just four weeks out from the festival and a 7 day fundraising event has been created that offers workshops for both men and woman and most importantly lends a space to celebrate woman from all walks of life. Prana House has kindly offered its location for the 7-day festival and all facilitators running workshops during the week are also volunteering their time and energy for this amazing cause. The workshops offered over the 7 days range from, Expressive Art Therapies, Yoga, Meditation, Dance, Talks & Women’s Health and Fertility. And for the hard core yogi’s there will be a non stop 9 hour Yogathon which will feature a new teacher and style of yoga on the hour.

The Festival will come to a close with the well-known Sisters for Sisters charity event happening at the Northcote Uniting Church, showcasing an amazing line-up of all female performers. Featuring spoken word, dance, and music, the Sisters for Sisters Event reaches into the hearts of all who bare witness to the courageous artists on stage and has established a reputation as a night not to be missed.

Pre-Bookings are required to reserve a space for our workshops and classes. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE & HOW YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HELP GO TO:
WWW.CELEBRATINGWOMAN.COM.AU

For Bookings and Inquires, please contact: Jasmine Abbott –0431 838 796 – onedropmanagement@iinet.net.au or
Atira Tan - 0467 613 562 atcelebratingwomanfestival@gmail.com

Conference in Austria: Call for Presentations, Workshops, Papers

2011-08-08T19:13:00.000+10:00

ACATA Member Movie Pass Giveaway!!!

2011-08-04T07:19:00.000+10:00

ACATA has 5 double passes for preview screenings of PINA!!! Preview dates Aug 12 to 14.

The first 5 members who email ACATA regarding this preview will receive a double pass!

Unfortunately, this offer is only available for members living in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth.

Email: enquiries@acata.org.au

Subject: I want to see PINA!!!

If you miss out, the next 30 people to email ACATA will receive a '2 for 1' ticket to PINA.

Please note, these tickets are valid from August 18th in the following cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

Email: enquiries@acata.org.au

Subject: I want to see PINA!!!

The Dax Centre - Do you know a creator of these art works?

2011-07-28T15:23:00.000+10:00

The Dax Centre,(www.daxcollection.org) fosters understanding of the mind, mental illness and trauma through art and creativity.

It has received 2000 artworks created by children and adolescents, between 1945 and 1986 in psychotherapy sessions with the late Margaret Ericksen, Senior Child Psychotherapist at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.

We invite contact with people who believe their art may be in this collection.

We encourage those who may know a creator of the artworks, to contact encourage them to contact us if they wish to do so.

Contact: Juliette Hanson,03-93422394; or juliette.hanson@daxcentre.org

Art Therapy: The art of possibilitities Exhibition

2011-07-25T13:34:00.000+10:00

Art Therapy: The art of possibilitities Exhibition
art by art psychotherapsits: Bethany Mahadeo, Claudje Lecompte, Jane Griffen, Jannie Olsen Leach, Suzanne Staal, Tabitha Ford
at Percolator Gallery
134 La Trobe Terrace Paddington QLD
10th -15th August 10-5pm
Opening night Fri 12th 6-9pm
www.percolatorgallery.com.au

2011-06-09T15:00:00.001+10:00

Creative Arts Therapy Workshop

Jennifer Berlingieri

This short workshop will explore the use of drawing, painting, writing, movement, body awareness and more as tools for gaining inner knowledge and connecting to your creative self. A unique opportunity to warm up, get inspired, take some time out, reflect, get connected and re-energise! No previous arts experience required.

Workshops are appropriate for personal and professional development, as well as self care.

Jennifer has a Master's in Creative Arts Therapy and has been facilitating Creative Arts Therapy groups and private sessions for over 8 years.

Saturday 2 July, 2011

1-4 p.m.

MIECAT, 17 Victoria St, Fitzroy (not Victoria Parade)

$70 including all materials

**Please book in early, as spaces are limited!

For Bookings or more info go to creativeartstherapy.com.au

*Private Sessions are also available*

Returning to Nepal - A Creative Arts Therapy Experience

2011-05-18T12:30:00.002+10:00

To see the unfoldings of my personal experience of doing creative arts therapy work with traumatised women in Nepal, please visit:

www.returningtonepal.wordpress.com/

It is a personal journey, where images and writing had a great influence on me before I left, and after I returned home.

Namaste!

Tricia Ong, M.C.A.T.
E: tmong@iinet.net.au

Creative Arts Therapy Workshop and Weekly Groups

2011-04-04T11:47:00.000+10:00

Creative Arts Therapy Workshops and Weekly Groups
Jennifer Berlingieri

Creative Arts Therapy Workshop
This short workshop will explore the use of drawing, painting, writing, movement, body awareness and more as tools for gaining inner knowledge and connecting to your creative self.
No previous arts experience required.

Workshops are appropriate for personal and professional development, as well as self care.

Saturday 16 April, 2011
1-4 p.m.
MIECAT, 17 Victoria St, Fitzroy (not Victoria Parade)
$65 including all materials

For Bookings or more info go to creativeartstherapy.com.au

Creative Arts Therapy Weekly Groups

The weekly groups are an opportunity to explore a wide variety of Creative Arts Therapy processes in order to open up and reinvigorate your inspiration, personal growth and self awareness. The group is kept small and consistent, in order to create an intimate and supportive environment.

No previous arts experience required.

Term 2 Creative Arts Therapy 8 Week Group

Monday 2 May - Monday 27 June, 2011
(no group on Monday 13 June due to public holiday)
6:30-8:30 pm
MIECAT, 17 Victoria Street, Fitzroy
$345 including all materials

**Please book in early, as spaces are limited!
For Bookings or more info go to creativeartstherapy.com.au

**Private sessions are also available.**

Handling sensitive ethical issues in research....Thursday March 24th 1.00-4.00pm MIECAT

2011-03-09T10:19:00.009+10:00

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Endometriosis: Online Arts Project

2011-01-16T19:56:00.002+10:00

Link to project site

CATs In Conversation

2011-01-16T19:43:00.000+10:00

CATs in Conversation is an open and informal get-together for creative arts therapists, allied health professionals and for anyone interested in the arts in healthcare. The group meets once a month in various locations in Victoria to share information, discuss pressing topics and to provide the social support needed to further our emerging field.

Please contact us to find out when our next next meeting will be on:

E-mail Helen Sawyer: sawyerhelen10@hotmail.com

Testimonials:

"This is just what the field has been wanting for. A monthly gathering where you can come together, hear about the work of others and share your own experiences as a CAT. The professional challenges and positive experiences. I think it's excellent." Julie McDonald

"Saturday afternoon food for the creative spirit and fodder for the inquisitive questioning minds of passionate pioneers!!" Carla van Laar

"Meeting with Friends of ACATA. I found an afternoon with warm, friendly faces and like-minded creative people in a cozy corner of the world - inspirational, interesting, fun and uplifting. I even gained some clarity regarding my professional direction just by having a chat about future possibilities. All in all I ask myself, why wouldn't I go again? Next time I will fit in a gallery or two before coffee with 'Friends of ACATA'." Lee Agius

"I always learn so many amazing new things when I come to CATs in Conversation. I am challenged to think outside my little square and filled with inspiration when I hear what other CATs do." Helen Sawyer

"Satisfying." Tim Bourke

"How lovely to connect with the group again - instead of being a solo oddball." Felicity Albrecht

"Great to catch up and toss around ideas." Lyn Wall.

ACATA News & Events

Creative Arts Therapy Workshop

2012 Certificate in Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work with Children, Adolescents and Adults

Creative Arts Therapy Resources

Invitation - RSVP contact ablett@waterfront.net.au

Professional Development Opportunity

8 Week Creative Arts Therapy Group

Creative Arts Therapy Workshop

Celebrating WoMan Festival!

9th - 17thSeptember 2011Prana House, Thonbury www.celebratingwoman.com.au

Celebrating WoMan Festival

9th - 17th September 2011

www.celebratingwoman.com.au

Prana House, Thonbury Melbourne

Conference in Austria: Call for Presentations, Workshops, Papers

ACATA Member Movie Pass Giveaway!!!

The Dax Centre - Do you know a creator of these art works?

Art Therapy: The art of possibilitities Exhibition

Returning to Nepal - A Creative Arts Therapy Experience

Creative Arts Therapy Workshop and Weekly Groups

Handling sensitive ethical issues in research....Thursday March 24th 1.00-4.00pm MIECAT

Endometriosis: Online Arts Project

CATs In Conversation

9th - 17th

September 2011

Prana House, Thonbury

www.celebratingwoman.com.au