(HS Isis 150058 2025) Creative Arts Workshop for Clinicians: Easy-to-Implement Interventions for Kids, Teens, and Adults ...

Course overview

When words fail, art speaks Creative therapies have the power to bypass the thinking brain, letting clients dive into their deeper emotions and access personal insights ... ... making therapy feel more real and impactful. And here's the best part: you don't have to be an artist. Working through any awkward moments in artistic expression can actually help clients relax, loosen up, and connect with you on a more genuine level. Watch Dr. Patricia Isis, international art therapy expert, author, and certified teacher of mindful self-compassion to experience the profound impact of integrating easily-accessible expressive interventions into your existing practice with clients of all ages who are traumatized, grief-stricken, depressed, highly anxious, or otherwise struggling with traditional talk therapy approaches. Through Dr. Isis' engaging instruction, experiential exercises, and case studies, you'll learn: Art-based assessment tools to quickly identify unarticulated thoughts and feelings Strategies to dispel the fear of art and perfectionism in art -- for both clinician and client How to create an expressive arts therapy toolbox with easily accessible supplies Creative strategies to foster engagement, connection, and self-empowerment How to use creative therapies along with ACT, CBT, other mindfulness-based practices, and more Evidence-based clinical strategies using movement, sociodrama, poetry, sound, and various forms of art media