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The Gentle Art of Expressive Therapy Blog

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 …

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…

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…

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…

What is Sandplay Therapy?

Sandplay is deceptively simple to the untrained eye.  After all, what could be complicated about putting a few miniature figures in a sandtray?  Perhaps adding water or moving the sand to form hills and valleys?  Maybe moving the figures around and creating a…