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Workshop: The Gentle Art of Compassionate Communication
Are you fed up with feeling that people just don’t “get” you? Tired of repeating yourself over and over and feeling like nobody really hears what you are trying to say? Are you longing to authentically show up, stand up and be counted? But struggle with a fear of offending others? Have you experienced […]
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The Gentle Art of Parenting Teens
12 Hour Practical Workshop (3 hours per week for four mornings a week) : May 2021 I don’t claim that I have the magic wand – but if you are looking to brush up your skills and find some fresh strategies to use with your teenager, this could be the course for you. Parenting is […]
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The Gentle Art of Parenting
12 Hour Practical Workshop (3 hours per week for four mornings a week) : May 2021 Parenting is a skill we develop along the way and not something we are taught before the kids arrive. Becoming a parent might be the biggest personal development project you’ve ever undertaken – and one that you had no […]
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New Intake for 2022 Sandplay and Symbol Work Certificate
Certificate in Expressive Sandplay and Symbol Work with children, adolescents and adults 12-Day Training Coursein-person in Singapore Facilitator: Paula Huggins Limited Number of Spaces Due to COVID-19 Regulations Maximum 8 participants 2022 Course Dates Attendance at all 12 days in the correct order is mandatory 17- 19 March 2022 Workshop One: Foundation Skills 30 May – […]
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Expressive Therapies: addressing some common misconceptions
Expressive therapy provides a range of interactive, creative arts-based, projective techniques and interventions. It draws both on the principles of psychotherapy as well as the creative experience of the client to gain insight and to achieve growth, healing and integration. There are a few common misconceptions about the work I do with clients that I’d […]
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What do you think?
Our thoughts shape the way we perceive ourselves and the world around us. The biggest changes in my personal journey of growth came about when I began to recognize that the majority of the thoughts I was thinking weren’t actually true (big thank-you to Byron Katie’s The Work https://thework.com/). What?! Thoughts aren’t true?! That’s right. […]
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Now Is The Time
There are many strengths, values, characteristics and habits we develop throughout our lives but among the most important for me right now are creativity, gratitude, simplicity, purpose, and resiliency. Now is the time to strengthen and draw on them all, in whatever capacity we can, in service of the greater good. For me this means […]
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Certificate in Expressive Sandplay Therapy and Symbol Work 2020
Currently postponed due to Covid-19 Restrictions. For more details or to register interest click through here: https://gentleart.blog/workshops-and-training-courses/
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Training Alert!
Sandplay and Symbol Work Certificate Course 2018/19 is starting soon in Singapore. don’t miss this opportunity to build your therapeutic skills and learn from practicing therapist, senior lecturer and author Helen Wilson of the Expressive Therapies Institute of Australia (ETIA ). The Certificate consists of four 3-day workshops and will be hosted by Tanglin Trust School‘s Professional […]
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Transformation
People reach out to me as a therapist when they feel stuck. Something isn’t working. Something is wrong. I’m suffering. I’m in pain. My heart is broken. I feel so flat. Nothing seems to matter much to me any more. I want my life to change. Now, if you’ve being hanging around on […]
The Gentle Art of Expressive Therapy
"Often the hands will solve a mystery the intellect has struggled with in vain" – Carl Jung