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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 (Now Fully Booked)
If you wish to be kept informed of next dates or have any questions about the course please submit the form below. Scroll down further for information about the course and its content. 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 […]
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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 […]
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Shadow-Busting
Anyone ready to look at their dark side? It’s not a place many of us like to go. Let’s be honest. We prefer to think of ourselves as the good side, light-workers, healers, at the vanguard of a shift in consciousness. I’m listening to an online workshop with Carolyn Myss and Andrew Harvey exploring […]
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What is Expressive Therapy?
Not everyone likes to talk about what’s bothering them. Sometimes it’s hard to think your way out of a situation when no obvious solution presents itself. Expressive therapies bring the opportunity to explore the psyche in a creative and playful way. So many of us seem to lose our ability to engage our imagination and […]
The Gentle Art of Expressive Therapy
"Often the hands will solve a mystery the intellect has struggled with in vain" – Carl Jung