Art Therapy Retreat
Time & Location
About the Event
- Registrants can obtain their CPD /OPD hours (non-endorsed activities)
AASW CPD hours
ACA OPD hours
PACFA CPD hours
ART THERAPY RETREAT for Therapists, Psychologists, Counselors, Artists.
November 5th, 6th, 7th, 2021
Psychologists, Counselors, Artists and any person who wants to use Art techniques in a Therapeutic way, all are welcome!
• At this Art Therapy Retreat, you will be able to learn and enjoy creative ways of working with clients and groups, using Clay, Paintings, Land Art, and more.
- And also an opportunity for your own personal growth.
• Enjoy this ART THERAPY RETREAT in magic and warm place in HEART & SOUL RETREAT SPACE (NSW), Healthy Food, plenty of Nature, relaxing time and Artwork, they are the best ingredients to experience an amazing weekend!
Facilitated by Yaro Starak & Gemma Garcia, Artists and Directors of the Gestalt Art Therapy Centre
WE WILL PROVIDE ALL THE ART MATERIALS
Get some ideas from this Art Therapy Retreat like, how to use Art Techniques with clients in an Art Therapy session and/ or for your own personal process.
• Discover different art techniques and adapt them in the therapeutic context.
• Express yourself, play, investigate with all art media and materials; this is the only way you will gain ways of working creatively with a client or group.
• Learn when, why and how to use specific techniques in the context of the client's age, situation, level of the therapeutic process or working theme with your client.
• At this ART THERAPY RETREAT you will practice:
o Working with Acrylic paints, inks, Gelli plate. Stencils
o Art Journals
o Masks
o Exploring Land Art
o Mixed media
o Performance
o Spiritual Rituals
• The Artwork as the focus of Art Therapy:
o Working with Self-esteem
o Working with the polarities of the light/ shadow aspects
o Trauma work
o Inner Child
o Working with the family (like a Constellation)
o Working with kids, adolescents, families
o Sandplay Therapy
o Groups work
Note: We are not doing Individual or Group Art Therapy. This Art Therapy Retreat has the purpose of training in Art Therapy skills. We have a Gestalt focus, but the goal of the Art Therapy retreat is investigating materials used in Art Therapy sessions that can apply to any style of therapy.
All the participants are welcome, if you are a Psychologist, Counselor, Social worker, Artists, Therapist or not, you are welcome!
This ART THERAPY RETREAT would offer you the Art therapy skills if you are a Mental Health professional, if not, you will be able to experiment with Art as a Therapeutic approach.
INVESTMENT FOR THE ART THERAPY RETREAT: 3 days, 2 nights:
Included:
- Fully catered
Delicious vegetarian meals, gluten-free options
(Friday: dinner, Saturday: breakfast, lunch, dinner, Sunday: Breakfast, Lunch)
- Accommodation:
Friday and Saturday night.
Sharing rooms
Bed linen, bathrobes, insect repellent
- Workshops Retreat participation conditions:
Alcohol and smoking not allowed
Not included
- Travelling / returning to/from the Art Therapy retreat venue. Any kind of transport.
- Individual room (All are sharing room)
COSTS
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Members of the Gestalt Art Therapy Centre payments before September 30th, 2021
$880.00
Member of the Gestalt Art Therapy Club, payments after September 30th, 2021
$920.00
Non- members payments before September 30th, 2021
$905.00
Non- members payments after September 30th, 2021
$945.00
Note:
GST not included. Not Registered for GST. Credit card Paypal fees
Ask us for PAYMENT PLAN please.
SEE HERE PICTURES OF OUR LAST ART THERAPY RETREAT 2019
Cancellation and refund policy:
Cancellations made before September 30th 2021 refund of 100% of the deposit or full payment.
Cancellations after September 30th 2021 no refund will be done, (non-refunded fees will be to cover accommodation reservations and catering reservations). Registering to this event and make any kind of payments, means that you accept these conditions and cancellation policy. Credit card links payments have applied 4% of Paypal commissions.
If cancellation is made by the organizers of the event, because the borders between QLD and NSW will be closed, and/or weather issues in the area, the Organizers will offer another dates for the retreat. In participants can not participate in the new dates and if the organizers did not pay the fees for the event (Chef and rental house fees) the Organizers will refund to these participants 100% of payment made.Once the organizers have paid the ArtTherapy fees to the reterat venue, unfortunately after that, if participants cancel their participation, and/or they can not participate in the new dates, due to Organizers cancelation, no refund or exchange of money or for other activities will be made to participants , regardless of the cause of the participant's withdrawal.
Discounts only for Gestalt Art Therapy Members (Other Associations not included)
ART THERAPY RETREAT PROGRAM
Friday, November 5th, 2021
5:00 pm Arrival
6:00 pm /7:00 pm Dinner & free time
7:30 pm/ 8:00 pm Welcome and group meeting.
Saturday November 6th, 2021
8:00 am/ 8:30 am Yoga Class
8:30 am/ 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am/ 11:30 am Art Camp activities
WORKSHOP 1: Art Journals Painting with Acrylics, Gelli plate, stencils
11:30 am/ 12 noon Break
12:00 noon/ 1:00 pm Art Camp activities
1:00 pm/ 3:00 pm Lunch & free time
3:00 pm / 6:00 pm Art Camp activities
WORKSHOP 2: Body Work Painting, Dance, Movement
6:00 pm /8:00 pm Dinner & free time
8:00 pm Group Rituals
WORKSHOP 3: Masks Mixed Media. Performance
Sunday November 7th, 2021
8:00 am / 8:30 am Yoga Class
8:30 am / 9:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am / 11:30 am Art Camp activities
WORKSHOP 4: Sand Play and Land Art Mixed media
11:30 am / 12 noon Break
12:00 noon / 1:00 pm Art Therapy Retreat Closing. Group Ritual
1:00 pm/ 2:00 pm Lunch
Note: The activities times & activities topics, could be changed due to event adjustments.
HEART & SOUL Retreat
The retreat is situated 1 hour and 52 minutes from Brisbane.
The location is a haven of peace and tranquillity and provides the opportunity to relax from your busy life; to rest and recharge your batteries. Heart and Soul Retreat is set on 22 acres guaranteeing privacy. Nestled in the forest at the end of the valley in beautiful Nobby’s Creek, which lies at the outer edge of the Mt. Warning Caldera.
Stretching from Byron Bay to the Gold Coast and West towards the Great Dividing Range, this vast caldera has been named the Green Cauldron and has been listed by Tourism Australia as one of Australia’s National Landscapes which are nominated for their cultural, natural and spiritual significance. Please read cancelation policy
More info:
gestaltarttherapy@gmail.com