This 2-hour and 22-minute video course is divided into five easy-to-follow sections. It offers a beginner-friendly introduction to using creative and expressive arts in group therapy. You’ll explore how tools like drama, play, music, movement, and poetry can support emotional healing and group connection.
The course stands on its own but also prepares you for upcoming live sessions where you’ll see these methods in action.
Throughout the five sections, you’ll learn:
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Key ideas and approaches behind creative group therapy
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Important skills for therapists using these methods
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How clients can benefit from creative expression in group settings
The course draws from existential, developmental, and narrative therapy perspectives, using a philosophical foundation of phenomenology and psychological interpretation. It emphasizes connecting the mind, body, imagination, and cultural context in therapy.
In the final section, you’ll see how to use four simple miniature objects as creative tools to help group members build connection, explore personal goals, and spark imagination.
The follow-up live sessions will show real-life examples of how play, storytelling, the arts, and other imaginative techniques are used in group therapy practice.