Art Therapy Training Program for Professionals:
The following courses are facilited by Cornelia Elbrecht and are held in different locations within Australia:
Certificate in Initiatic Art Therapy for 2013
The training program is designed for professionals who wish to integrate art therapy skills into their work. The Initiatic Art Therapy Training Program comprises a series of eight weekends for a limited number of interested professionals and students over the period of two years. The aim of the course is to enable its participants to integrate art therapy approaches into the existing framework of their current practice, be it as counsellor, social worker, teacher, nurse, artist or psychologist.
The focus will be on the experience of ongoing group work with art therapy in an environment suitable for personal development. At the same time the approaches and techniques will be made transparent in order to make it possible to acquire profound techniques of working with visual arts in a therapeutic way.
The aim of the course is not so much to teach one particular approach like Initiatic Art Therapy, but to understand it as a visual principle, an open concept that can be translated into a wide range of different contexts. While a lot of the focus of the training program will be on Initiatic Art Therapy, other art therapy approaches will also be taken into account. The aim is to teach a variety of different tools suitable for a variety of different client groups and inner needs.
The total of 144 group hours will include experiential workshops, seminars, co-counselling and supervision.
ANZATA, The Australian and New Zealand Art Therapy Association, recognises the training as a foundation course
Apollo Bay, Victoria 2013:
- Module 1: March 22nd - 24th, 2013
- Module 2: July 26th - 28th, 2013
- Module 3: September 20th - 22nd, 2013
- Module 4: December 6th - 8th, 2013
Canberra, ACT 2013
- Module 1: August 9th - 11th, 2013
- Module 2: November 8th - 10th, 2013
Currently training groups are running in Apollo Bay VIC, Canberra ACT & Maleny QLD.
International Training in Clay Field Therapy
Training courses outside of Australia offering professional development in Clay Field Therapy are possible upon arrangement. The training is structured to be completed over a two year period with four training courses run over five days. For availability and to enquire about the possibility of training in your locality please contact Cornelia directly.
Certificate in Clay Field Therapy for 2013
The Clay Field is a flat wooden box that holds 10 -15 kg of clay. A bowl of water is supplied. This simple setting offers a symbolic "world" for the hands to explore. In their ability or inability to "handle" the material they tell the client's life story. The hands then can be encouraged to find ways to deal with situations and events, to complete actions that previously could not be coped with. This unique art therapy approach is part of the curriculum in schools for disabled and disadvantaged children in Europe; it is widely used in women's shelters and to facilitate trauma healing. In order to complete the certificate all three weekends have to be attended.
Apollo Bay, Victoria 2013:
Due to high demand there will be two courses running in Apollo Bay in 2013.
- Course 1.
- Module 1: April 12th - 14th, 2013
- Module 2: July 12th - 14th, 2013
- Module 3: September 6th - 8th, 2013
- Course 2.
- Module 1: August 16th - 18th, 2013
- Module 2: October 4th - 6th, 2013
- Module 3: December 13th - 15th, 2013
Caberra, ACT 2013:
- Module 1: April 19th - 21st, 2013
- Module 2: July 19th - 21st, 2013
- Module 3: September 13th - 15th, 2013
Fee: $380 per weekend without accommodation.
Advanced Art Therapy Training for 2013
Advanced training courses are offered to those who have completed the Certificate in Initiatic Art Therapy or have advanced knowledge in art therapy and mental health.
Guided Drawing
This is an advanced course in Guided Drawing, especially for all those who already work with this technique. The aim of the weekend is to expand and refine the possibilities this amazingly powerful and effective tool offers. This is also a good opportunity for supervision.
Apollo Bay, Victoria 2013:
- May 3rd - 5th, 2013
Art Therapy Approaches to Trauma Healing
While long term trauma and stress affect individuals psychologically, the cause of trauma is always something that has happened to our body; it thus needs to be addressed from the therapeutic perspective as a physiological event. Art Therapy can do this in a number of very effective, non-verbal ways; if necessary even without engaging in the story of “what happened”, without stimulating the terror of memory.
Apollo Bay, Victoria 2013:
- April 5th - 7th, 2013
Work at the Clay Field
An advanced training for those who have completed the training in Initiatic Art Therapy to deepen their skills. The focus will be on 'The Nine Situations' at the clay field.
Launceston, TAS 2013:
- August 23rd - 25th, 2013