The workshops below can be facilitated on demand- you get the group (minimum 6) together and we do the rest!
Participants reported loving the interactive style where we brainstorm together and balance the theory with hands-on creativity.
Please contact Soul Images for more information, or to book.
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goes the Archetype
Exploring popular culture through an archetypal lens.
This full day professional development workshop will explore the use of popular culture for self-understanding and growth through the lens of the archetypes (as defined by Carol S. Pearson).
We all know we can be inspired by Yoda and Winnie the Pooh, but what lessons can be learned from Gru (from Despicable Me) or the Mad Hatter? Do you have a little of Jack Sparrow in you, or maybe some of Wonder Woman? How can we employ this treasure trove of icons, heroes, helpers, sages – or whatever names they go by – in our work with clients – especially children?
In the morning we will focus on the 12 archetypes (as defined by Carol S. Pearson) – who are they, how do they apply to our lives? You will discover your own composition of archetypes with the Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator®, and further explore what that means for you personally through creative arts. How do the archetypes manifest in you in particular? What do they have to say to you?
After lunch we will focus on using the archetypes to look at our popular culture heroes and villains, who’s who really? How do we use them in communicating with clients? This part of the workshop will be facilitated mainly as an interactive brainstorm, with everyone contributing and sharing, followed by an open ended creative activity – where you can create a resource based on what inspired you.
This workshop is aimed at counsellors and therapists.
Arts for Connection
Connecting with Children through the Arts
A hands on workshop for teachers, social workers and counsellors working with children
One of the biggest issues that hamper kids’ development and causes problematic behaviours is their difficulty making contact, or connecting – with parents, teachers, peers, or books (Violet Oaklander).
Engaging in arts making provides a way to communicate, connect and explore relationships in a non-threatening way. In this hands-on workshop we will explore the use of art, using a variety of media and processes, as a way to connect and engage with children.
Please note that this is not an introduction into arts therapy, neither is it a training in social work, teaching, counselling or arts therapy. It is an exploration of how you can use expressive arts to connect with children within your current profession.
This workshop is aimed at counsellors, therapists and teachers working with children.
Facilitator
Elske Reyneke-Barnard – MA (Arts Therapy), MOL (Organisational Leadership)
Elske works as arts therapist in private practice from her Expressive Arts Studio in Hamilton. Elske has four years’ experience in working as arts therapist with children who experience learning, social and emotional difficulties and many years’ experience of facilitating a variety of learning and creative experiences for children and adults, always with the hope of inspiring hope and dignity.
Elske Reyneke-Barnard