Integrative paper articulates each student's philosophy and approach to expressive arts therapy. Case study includes a clinical case presentation integrating expressive arts therapy and other clinical approaches. Focus on applications to psychotherapeutic practice with children and adults, and possibilities for integration into a multi-modal expressive arts therapy context. Exploration of the nature of masks, mask-making, and the process of masking our essence or true self. Includes creating and painting of a mask, studying theories to understand how masks function, and performance of a final mask ritual.
Emphasis is on the journey from personality and body armor to essence, aliveness and creativity.
Touch drawing is a visual arts process of drawing with your fingers and hands on a sheet of paper that has been placed over a smooth surface of oil paint. Lines and images come directly from the fingertips and hands, and are seen upon lifting the page. This course teaches the process experientially and explores how it promotes expressions of creativity and deeply held feelings, and how it can be integrated into a multi-modal expressive arts therapy practice. Exploration of the devices of poetry and their value in the therapeutic process, and possibilities of integration into a multi-modal expressive arts therapy practice. Continued practice and theory of sandplay therapy as developed by Dora Kalff and others.