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• No previous experience necessary
• Suitable for all levels - even beginners
• Diploma course
• Become fully accredited with the CPD Standards Agency 
• Gain 10 hours of CPD / CE Credit
• 139 Lessons
• 116 Download resources
• Tutor support 365 days
• Exclusive interactive sharing gallery
• Fully accessible on mobile and tablet devices
• Study at a time that suits you

Who is this course for:

• People wanting to use art therapy for the purpose of self-healing and discovery
• For those people wishing to train in using therapeutic art and art therapy techniques to help support others
• For existing counsellors and therapists, who may wish to further their learning and add to their existing practice by incorporating new techniques

Art Therapy For Greater Understanding of The Self

Through the application of its lessons, this course will allow the student to fully explore and uncover their true “Self”.

As well as a self help model, it can also be used in a therapeutic setting by professionals, such as counsellors and support workers, wishing to integrate art therapy techniques into their client work.

On completion of the course, students will receive three professional certificates.  These include a fully accredited diploma, full accreditation with the CPD Standards Agency and the addition of 10 hours of credit.

The course can be used for specific areas of self development as well as for the purpose of recreation and enjoyment.

Here are just some of the things the course can help with:

• Improve confidence and self esteem
• Acceptance and exploration of Self
• Explore issues surrounding identity
• Illness and trauma
• Expression and communication skills
  
  

The course is focussed on the benefits of the creative process rather than the end result and encourages the student to be expressive without fear of judgement.  

The course feature real-life students’ artwork, who have interpreted the lessons in their own unique way, choosing the materials and style of art that called was personal to them.  The result is a hugely rich tapestry of incredible art, created by students from all walks of life, spanning some 192 countries.

Through the students’ interpretations, you will see examples of the lessons come to life in the form of mixed media, abstract, photography, poetry, clay and many more besides.

Working through the lessons, you’ll learn about the Ancient philosophical concepts surrounding the idea of Self, as well as the more modern philosophers and their beliefs as to what constitutes the Self. 

This includes looking at the work of Socrates, Plato, Rene Descartes, John Locke, David Hume, Heinz Kohut, Donald Winnicott, Eric Berne, and Jung.

We’ll look closely at both nature and nurture and how they impact on the Self, as well as social and peer influences.

The course also covers issues around introspection and self-perception and how we can work towards a greater acceptance of the Self for a happier, healthier version of who we are.

We spend some time understanding personality through the use of colour and colour psychology, and as we progress through the course, we’ll start to look at the big questions of life, including pre-life, death and spirituality.  We’ll also be studying the role of memories in creating who we are today.

Next we’ll be considering digital art and exploring the value it has on creativity and communication.

Zentangles, Mandalas and even Zendoodles, can be easily incorporated into our daily life to bring us some much needed relaxation and in the course, we’ll be doing exactly that.  We’ll also be looking at the history, context and the many uses that these art therapy techniques can afford us.

Materials Needed

All you need is an internet connection to get started.  In terms of art supplies, we recommend basic materials such as paper, pencils and pens etc.  It isn’t necessary to invest in expensive equipment to get full benefit from the course.

Course Syllabus:

1. Introduction To The Course

2. Using Art Therapy To Understand the Self

3. The Self According To Ancient Philosophy

4. Broken Connection

5. Entry and Expansion

6. Gentle Beginnings, Learning & Forgetting

7. Foetus

8. Seven Years Old

9. Socratic Philosophical Concepts Surrounding The “Self”

10. Caging The Beast

11. The “Selves” That I Am

12. New Energy

13. Plato’s Understanding of the “Self”

14. Love The Meaning of Love

15. Self Portrait

16. The “Self” As Told By Rene Descartes

17. The Playground of Mind and Beyond

18. Outside of The “Self”

19. Carefree Me

20. The “Self” As Told By David Hume and John Locke

21. Who Am I

22. Coming In and Out of Form

23. Experiencing Harmonious Colour in All and Nothing

24. Sense of Spirit

25. Psychologically Constructing The “Self”

26. With Flying Colours

27. Being Present

28. The Importance of Social and Peer Influences

29. Here, Now and Always

30. Expectation of Reality of Differences

31. Understanding The “Self” As Told By Heinz Kohut

32. The Daughter of The Cosmos

33. Elizukileyo - The Grand

34. The “Self” As Told By Donald Winnicott

35. The “Self” By Julia Stueber

36. Me, Myself and I

37. The “Self” As Told By Eric Berne

38. Old Oak Tree

39. Inside My Heart

40. Integrity

41. Jung and The Ego

42. Exploring Jung By Kate Woodley Smith

43. Afire Beneath

44. Memories and Their Role

45. I Can’t Remember Anymore

46. Memory and The “Self”

47. Introducing Tony Wright

48. Group Piece By Bamburgh School

49. Accepting The Self

50. Balancing Act

51. Self Knowledge and Self Concepts

52. I, Me, Myself

53. Self Perception and Social Comparison

54. Inner Workings

55. Life At 54

56. Memories Brewing Over Cold Tea

57. Transcending The Darkness

58. The Need To Know Our Own Self

59. I Find My Light

60. Agent Self

61. One Person, Many Hats

62. Facets Of All Selves

63. Influences On The Self and Understanding Them

64. Vitality

65. The Workings of Colour Psychology

66. Connection With The Unknown

67. Energy and Colour

68. The Field

69. Personality and Colour

70. The Joy of Life

71. Self Reflection

72. Personality and Colour

73. Anger

74. What’s In My Heart

75. Gentle Dreams

76. More on Personality and Colour

77. Beautiful and Strong

78. Deconstructed Phoenix

79. Everything From The Harvest

80. Final Lecture on Personality and Colour

81. Blue Becomes You

82. Understanding Why We Like Things

83. Colour: The Affects System

84. Exploring Life

85. The Sky’s The Limit

86. Where There is Darkness, There is Light

87. Pre-Life

88. Tree of Life

89. Spiral Soul

90. Island in The Sky

91. Exploring Digital Art

92. Water Nymph, Guardian of Life

93. Margaret

94. A Phoenix is Rising- A Reflection of The Self

95. My Self By Kati Cowan

96. Communication, Creativity and Identity

97. Me. Framed

98. Self Worth Portrait

99. My Selfie

100. Yourself In A New Light

101. Pieces of Me

102. The Context of Creation

103. Trust The Process

104. Circle

105. Beneath The Waves

106. Understanding Zentangles

107. The Healing Hug

108. Zendoodles

109. Two Fish In The Sea

110. Looking For Something

111. Mandalas

112. Time Of Our Life

113. Colouring Mandalas

114. Look Up, Look Down, Take It All In

115. New Life

116. Exploring and Understanding Your Mandala

117. The World In Your Hands

118. Connections and Perceptions

119. What The World Sees

120. Break Through To The Other Side

121. Seeing You

122. The Mad Puppy

123. Amnesia 1967

124. Different Perspectives

125. A Modern View of Self

126. Yogi

127. Moments in Time

128. Mindful Art Spill

129. Grateful

130. The Influences of Marketing on The Self

131. Material Thoughts

132. Fashionista

133. Introduction To The Final Section

134. “I Am Committed To….”

135. Coffee Fox

136. Mahina

137. Photography And The Self

138. The Self And Mixed Media

139. Poetry

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