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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:
- Introduction To The Course
- Using Art Therapy To Understand the Self
- The Self According To Ancient Philosophy
- Broken Connection
- Entry and Expansion
- Gentle Beginnings, Learning & Forgetting
- Foetus
- Seven Years Old
- Socratic Philosophical Concepts Surrounding The “Self”
- Caging The Beast
- The “Selves” That I Am
- New Energy
- Plato’s Understanding of the “Self”
- Love The Meaning of Love
- Self Portrait
- The “Self” As Told By Rene Descartes
- The Playground of Mind and Beyond
- Outside of The “Self”
- Carefree Me
- The “Self” As Told By David Hume and John Locke
- Who Am I
- Coming In and Out of Form
- Experiencing Harmonious Colour in All and Nothing
- Sense of Spirit
- Psychologically Constructing The “Self”
- With Flying Colours
- Being Present
- The Importance of Social and Peer Influences
- Here, Now and Always
- Expectation of Reality of Differences
- Understanding The “Self” As Told By Heinz Kohut
- The Daughter of The Cosmos
- Elizukileyo - The Grand
- The “Self” As Told By Donald Winnicott
- The “Self” By Julia Stueber
- Me, Myself and I
- The “Self” As Told By Eric Berne
- Old Oak Tree
- Inside My Heart
- Integrity
- Jung and The Ego
- Exploring Jung By Kate Woodley Smith
- Afire Beneath
- Memories and Their Role
- I Can’t Remember Anymore
- Memory and The “Self”
- Introducing Tony Wright
- Group Piece By Bamburgh School
- Accepting The Self
- Balancing Act
- Self Knowledge and Self Concepts
- I, Me, Myself
- Self Perception and Social Comparison
- Inner Workings
- Life At 54
- Memories Brewing Over Cold Tea
- Transcending The Darkness
- The Need To Know Our Own Self
- I Find My Light
- Agent Self
- One Person, Many Hats
- Facets Of All Selves
- Influences On The Self and Understanding Them
- Vitality
- The Workings of Colour Psychology
- Connection With The Unknown
- Energy and Colour
- The Field
- Personality and Colour
- The Joy of Life
- Self Reflection
- Personality and Colour
- Anger
- What’s In My Heart
- Gentle Dreams
- More on Personality and Colour
- Beautiful and Strong
- Deconstructed Phoenix
- Everything From The Harvest
- Final Lecture on Personality and Colour
- Blue Becomes You
- Understanding Why We Like Things
- Colour: The Affects System
- Exploring Life
- The Sky’s The Limit
- Where There is Darkness, There is Light
- Pre-Life
- Tree of Life
- Spiral Soul
- Island in The Sky
- Exploring Digital Art
- Water Nymph, Guardian of Life
- Margaret
- A Phoenix is Rising- A Reflection of The Self
- My Self By Kati Cowan
- Communication, Creativity and Identity
- Me. Framed
- Self Worth Portrait
- My Selfie
- Yourself In A New Light
- Pieces of Me
- The Context of Creation
- Trust The Process
- Circle
- Beneath The Waves
- Understanding Zentangles
- The Healing Hug
- Zendoodles
- Two Fish In The Sea
- Looking For Something
- Mandalas
- Time Of Our Life
- Colouring Mandalas
- Look Up, Look Down, Take It All In
- New Life
- Exploring and Understanding Your Mandala
- The World In Your Hands
- Connections and Perceptions
- What The World Sees
- Break Through To The Other Side
- Seeing You
- The Mad Puppy
- Amnesia 1967
- Different Perspectives
- A Modern View of Self
- Yogi
- Moments in Time
- Mindful Art Spill
- Grateful
- The Influences of Marketing on The Self
- Material Thoughts
- Fashionista
- Introduction To The Final Section
- “I Am Committed To….”
- Coffee Fox
- Mahina
- Photography And The Self
- The Self And Mixed Media
- Poetry
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LIBBY SEERY - Ad.Dip.Psych, PGDip.CBT, Dip.Couns, Dip.NLP, Dip.Psych.Coach
I am a Psychotherapist, Counsellor, and Therapeutic Art Practitioner.
I run a very successful practice in Harley Street, London which is recognised the world over as a centre of medical excellence.
I am a highly trained specialist with a wealth of experience, working with people from all walks of life; including referrals from charities, I'm involved in, to very high profile clients from all over the world.
As well as my client work, I have had a number of works published and have appeared on TV and radio.
All of my online courses are fully accredited with the CPD Standards Agency and offer students the opportunity to gain CPD credits/hours.
I am also the founder of Renaissance Life Therapies Training Academy, which offers courses in art therapy, counselling, CBT and other areas of self-development.
As an accredited CPD training provider, I have more than 120,000 students, from 190 countries, and have been honoured with a number of awards for my contribution to education.
I also write and lecture on my subject, as well as training other doctors and counsellors in specialist areas of counselling and therapeutic art.
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