I’ve been studying for the last four years: one year doing an Advanced Diploma in the Therapeutic Application of the Arts at IATE in London; followed by three years doing an MA in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy (also at IATE)… What a journey! It’s been amazing, and life-changing, and I’ve learned so much…
It all fits so well with my work as an artist, and already I’ve been using a lot of things I’m learning, in my art workshops. Two workshop series are coming up: one series of five workshops at firstsite, Colchester (‘Painting the Imagination’), and one series of four Life-Drawing workshops at the Minories, also in Colchester (‘New Approaches to Life-Drawing’). Both will be suitable for all levels of experience – I’ve had many experienced artists, a few complete beginners, and many people in-between – anyone who wants to refresh and develop their creativity, really – and because we work on various levels and in such individual ways, everyone can get a lot from the workshops to suit them. I love running these, helping people connect with their creativity in new ways.
And I love the one-to-one work I’ve been doing with clients in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy. Everyone is so different, and the deeper my understanding of them (and their understanding of themselves) gets, the more extraordinary and astonishing they seem to become.
