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Art Therapy
Paints for Sale
Workshop paints are available for sale please email
for more information.
Art Therapy
and Provocative Therapy
In the 1960's an American social worker by the name of Frank Farrelly
was working with Carl Rogers at Mendota State Psychiatric Institute. In
his 93rd interview with a schizophrenic patient, tired of incessant threats
and delusions, Farrelly tried a provocative approach, using humour. He
documented and published this work and this was the beginning of the therapeutic
discipline known as Provocative Therapy. (www.provocativetherapy.com)
Provocative Therapy incorporates the use of reverse psychology and humour into the therapeutic encounter to catalyse cognitive behavioural change. Since discovering this way of communicating with clients, I have been attending training workshops with Farrelly, and with The British Institute of Provocative Therapy (www.provocativetherapy.co.uk) Provocative Therapy training has enabled me how to use my sense of humour in a therapeutically-directed way, to help my clients.
I have written
up a short case history,
with the client's images, to show how the direct, and sometimes crude,
dialogue has enabled the client to move from a state of fragmentation
to one of integration. The images the client made are both an illustration
of this, and stand in their own right as an art therapy intervention.
Provocative Art Therapy: a case history click
here.
Art Therapy
and Homeopathy
CPD workshops for -
* The Homeopathic Physicians Teaching Group
* The Royal London Homeopathic Hospital
* Homeopathy Talks: The Art of Taking the Case
* Alliance of Registered Homeopaths: Art Therapy and the Case
* Berlin Homeopathic Association
Publications
2005 Homeopathy in Practice: The Journal of the Alliance of Registered Homeopaths How do art therapy and homeopathy work together?
Art Therapy
and Whole Person Medicine
Hephzibah was invited by the existential philosopher and therapist, Dr.
Eric Ledermann, to write an article on Art Therapy and Whole Person Medicine,
www.wholepersonmedicine.co.uk
Art Heals
- How creativity cures the soul by Shaun McNiff. Book Review for
Newsbriefing The British Association of Art Therapists Ltd.
The creative
urge is within us all Thompson Dunn Psychology in Management Newsletter
www.thompsondunn.co.uk/newsletter2/page6.html
Art Therapy
in the News
----Articles are updated on a regular basis----
Draw Out Your Emotions by Katreya Somerville: Natural Health Magazine
Art Therapy by Margaret Rignell: Health and Fitness Magazine
Painting is Great Therapy by Mary Atkinson: Womens Realm Magazine
Healthy Options that Help your Kids by Priti Gudka: Express Woman, Daily Express
The Power of Art Therapy by Caroline Duggan: Complementary Health Magazine
Boost your Mood: Essentials Magazine
Get Creative: Standard Life Magazine
Here's Looking at You: Health and Homeopathy Magazine
Art Therapy by Carol Muskoron: www.handbag.com/healthfit/complementary/arttherapy/
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of nursery environments Anna Freud Centre and the Freud Museum Conference
www.freud.org.uk/Nursconf.htm
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