Introduction to art therapy with people who experience psychosis
The introduction course will briefly look at modern understandings of psychosis, from brain disease to stress disorders. We will then focus on introducing service user-informed approaches to working with people who experience psychosis including acceptance, compassion-focused, stabilisation, and Open Dialogue models.
Introduction to art therapy with people who experience psychosis
The introduction course will briefly look at modern understandings of psychosis, from brain disease to stress disorders. We will then focus on introducing service user-informed approaches to working with people who experience psychosis including acceptance, compassion-focused, stabilisation, and Open Dialogue models.
Art therapy with people who experience psychosis
What do people need to know when they experience hearing voices? They need to know that others with similar experiences have found ways to live. Although many services are stretched, and clients with experience of psychosis are often vulnerable to societal stresses, art therapy has the potential to work collaboratively with them.
As art therapists, we can educate ourselves about knowledge that comes from service user experience and research. This knowledge can inform how we formulate individual and group art therapy sessions. Our use of relationship and artmaking may add a helpful dimension, contributing to a person’s sense of agency and ability to compose themselves.
What you will learn
The course will introduce you to service-user-informed models that can support you to develop collaborative art therapy practice including:
- The acceptance model used by the Hearing Voices Movement
- A compassion-focused approach to ‘strange’ experiences
- Stabilisation approaches in a difficult world and the avoidance of self-stigma
- Open Dialogue model
How you will learn
Learning will be through preparatory reading, presentations, brief video clips of discussion points, discussion groups, and the opportunity to talk and practise in small peer groups using art making.
Also of interest
You may also be interested to read our evidence page on art therapy and psychosis and tutor Dr Chris Wood’s article on Working as an art therapist in the NHS alongside people who experience psychosis in the spring issue of InSight magazine.
Tutor
Dr Chris Wood
Frequently asked questions
Bookings for our online Introduction, Foundation, ARTiculate, CPD and Masterclass courses close one week before the start date, at 10.00am.
Joining instructions and materials will be available in your Memberzone, under bookings, once bookings have closed. A reminder email will be sent out to delegates one week before the course.
It is the attendees’ responsibility to check they have access to the joining instructions before the course. Contacting the office on the day or evening before the start date will not always be responded to prior to the course starting.
Employer funded bookings are available for our online Introduction, Foundation, ARTiculate, CPD and Masterclass courses.
These bookings can be made on our website by paying by card at no extra cost. The booking should be made on the delegate’s account as we will need their contact details for the course. If they don’t have an account they can create one for free here. The employer will be required to provide their credit/debit card details to complete the payment. Please also tick the employer funded option at checkout.
If your employer wants to pay by invoice, you will need to complete our Invoice Details Request – Course Booking Form, and return it to us along with a PO number. Please note, we cannot accept the form without a PO number. Please note, there is an additional £20 admin fee for bookings via invoice.
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