Expressive Arts Therapy Training Program
*** NEW Expressive Arts | Online-Training ***
Beginning FEB 2021
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Both Dr. Yvette & Carla have years of experience in Expressive Arts Therapy. They have trained, therapists, company leaders and other professionals to use the arts and the creative process to enrich their lives and their careers. Now we are teaming up to offer you a lifetime of experience in one training program.
Mindfulness Therapy/Coaching Certificate
This Certificate is a combination of Mindfulness Practices woven into the Expressive Arts Training to provide you with the tools nessary to confidently work with clients. You learn how to be fully present for them and provide them with training based in personal-empowerment and wellness.
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!
Expressive Arts Therapy is a multi-modal approach to healing, self-actualization, social healing and collaboration. It incorporates a combination of Art, Music, Movement, Writing to help in a multitude of areas, personally, socially and globally.
In my Expressive Arts Training I also combine SandTray World Play Therapy, and MARI (Mandala Assessment Research Inventory) training.
At the Live Your Art Studio on Saturdays and Sundays 9-5PM. We will meet one weekend per month for 10 months.
Training Overview
Weekend 1: Feb 6/7, 2021
Creativity and the Brain
Your brain on Art, Music, Movement
The Language of Image
Archetypes the Blue Print for our Unconscious
Weekend 2: Mar 6/7, 2021
Visual Art Therapy as a Multi-Modal Approach
Art combined with other art modalities as a healing tool
How art is incorporated into the multimodal approach to healing when working with various groups in various venues
Color, image and form in Expressive Arts Therapy
Art and the brain and resilience
Multi-media art techniques
Weekend 3: Apr 3/4, 2021
Sound Healing and Music as a Multi-Modal Approach
Drumming for personal, social and global change
Music combined with other art modalities as a healing tool
The use of musical tools
Sound Bath Healing and Instrument Exploration
Music as a non-verbal language
Working with music in different venues with multi-modal techniques
Weekend 4: May 1/2, 2021
Movement as a Multi-Modal Approach
Movement combined with other art modalities as a healing tool
Theoretical approaches to movement:Gabrielle Roths 5Rhythms;
Continuum Flow ~ Emily Conrad
Authentic Movement ~ and Body Mapping
Movement, Art and Music techniques combined in working with various populations
Embodiment; breathing; centering; grounding
Weekend 5: June 12/13, 2021
Creative Writing and Storytelling as a Multi-Modal Approach
Storytelling as a Healing and Communication tool
Poetry, Myth, FairyTale and Expressive Arts
Archetypes & Mask Making and Expressive Arts
Mythology and the Hero's Journey
Weekend 6: July 17/18 , 2021
Mindfulness, Mandalas & Transformational Healing
Mindfulness Based Expressive Arts Therapy (MBEAT) Using Expressive Arts as a Mindfulness Practice
MARI ~ Introduction to the Mandala Assessment Research Inventory
Mandalas as a transpersonal and community art modality
Healing on a Transpersonal level
Weekend 7: Aug 14/15, 2021
Group Dynamics, Group Leadership & Community Building
Working with Groups and Group Dynamics; Group Leadership and working in different venues, Community, Corporate, Schools, Families, Couples
Weekend 8: Sep 18/19 , 2021
Expressive Arts in different venues with various populations
Taking the Expressive Arts into the world
Working in different environments
Working with a variety of people
How to put it all together
Weekend 9: Oct 16/17, 2021
Expressive Arts Coaching; Business Plan & IEATA
Identifying the difference between Expressive Arts Therapy and Expressive Arts Coaching; Making a plan for your Expressive Arts Business and Exploring the International Expressive Arts Therapy Assoc. (IEATA)
Weekend 10 & 11: Nov 13/14, and Dec 18/19, 2021
Final Student Presentations
During this last Module, students will be asked to facilitate an Expressive Arts Exercise as their final project.
Included in the Training
All Art Materials and other Materials needed for training
Expressive Arts Therapy Manuel
Group Workbook
Supervision Meeting
Meeting via GoTo Meeting; Six (3) one-hour long supervision meetings after the training to provide a gathering where participants can:
Check in and Consult
Ask Questions
Share Stories and Case Studies
Get support and feedback from Group and Supervisor
Private Facebook Page
A private FB page for your training group will be included in this program. This FB page will be a safe confidential place where participants can meet in-between weekends to have ongoing support and interaction. This facebook page will be monitored by the instructor. During the month people can share their work and ask questions get feedback and collaborate.
Who will you learn to use the arts to help?
Adults
Children & Adolescents
Creative Aging
Employee Enrichment
Community Building
Systems Theory
You will learn about how the creative process is used to help deal with:
Emotional Issues: Anxiety
Depression
Physical Issues: Chronic Pain
Trauma and PTSD
Parenting & Childhood issues
Clinical work
Skill Building
Transformational Healing
And also how to use the arts for:
Motivation
Relaxation
Goal Direction
Problem Solving
Communication
Enrichment
Leadership
Creative Enrichment
Who is this program for?
ANYONE who wants to used the creative process and the arts for personal healing and personal growth
ANYONE who would like to include the arts in what you do in the world.
ANYONE who would like to incorporate the Expressive Arts into their Counseling Practice
Whether you are in the Therapeutic community, the Corporate world, the Educational world, or simply want to learn to incorporate the arts into your world and the world of others.
JOIN US!
FOR THIS ENRICHING JOURNEY!
Yvette Lyons, Ph.D. | 760-805-5556 | ylyonsphd@aol.com
Carla Bittencourt, M.A. | 619-408-4413 | calbittencourt@gmail.com
Program Cost: $4000.00
Level 1
Program Cost: $4000.00
*Paid in Full Discount: $200 off
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Level 2
6 Month Training Program
Number of payments 1
It is a combination of Mindfulness practices woven into the Expressive Arts Training to provide the trainee with tools of how to work with clients being fully present for them and providing them with a training based in personal empowerment and wellness.