Creative and Expressive Arts for Healing, Growth and Wellbeing
In Person In Singapore
Trainer : Paula Huggins
To earn the Certificate in Expressive Therapies with Adults issued by Expressive Therapies Australia you need to choose a minimum of FIVE modules from the SIX 3-day in-person trainings offered to be eligible to earn Expressive Therapy Australia’s Certificate in Expressive Therapies with Adult Clients totalling 92.5 hours of face-to-face teaching hours. You will be expected to complete end-of-module assignments, an expressive therapies engagement assignment reflective essay as well as a client-focused professional case-study.
To be awarded ETA’s Certificate in Expressive Therapies participants will be expected to:
- submit TWO assignments: a 1500 word reflective practice and a case study showing their application of the expressive modalities taught in this course.
- successfully complete end-of-module multiple choice assessment
- attend a minimum of 15 training days (max. absence 10 hours).
- hold a qualification that allows them to practice in a therapeutic role (counsellor, psychologist, social worker, art therapist, coach, play therapist, psychotherapist, teacher or other allied health professionals) and be in good standing with their relevant professional body (if they are working with clients).
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Assess the suitability of, and apply, emotionally-focused strategies for individual clients.
- Understand and apply the foundation principles and methods of Expressive Therapies with adult clients, and if Module 5 is selected, with couples and families.
- Demonstrate a person-centred, invitational approach to using Expressive Therapies.
- Demonstrate advanced interpersonal facilitation skills using Expressive Therapies modalities.
- Understand and demonstrate how to plan Expressive Therapies counselling sessions.
For those not wishing to pursue ETA’s Certificate, you are welcome to join modules 1, 2, 3, 5 or 6 as stand-alone modules. For details of each module please click on the respective buttons below.
Expressive Therapy offers an integrative, activity-based approach to counselling that supports self-discovery, insight, and internal change. Grounded in a client-centred and multi-modal framework, it values the personal meanings, symbols, and interpretations that emerge uniquely for each client.
Developed by Dr Mark Pearson and Dr Helen Wilson, these specialised advanced trainings are designed for counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, allied health professionals, and coaches who support adult mental health and wellbeing.
The course introduces the key theories, principles, methods, and evidence base required to apply Expressive Therapies effectively with adult clients.
The Expressive Therapies Australia (ETA) approach evolved from Creative Arts Therapies and weaves together creative processes with person-centred, emotion-focused, somatic, gestalt and transpersonal perspectives, delivered through a trauma-informed lens. Informed by research literature and clinical insights drawn from over 70 years of combined practice, the course integrates theory, experiential learning, and skills-based training to support confident, ethical, and responsive therapeutic practice.
Modalities Introduced Through the Course
Therapeutic Writing; Use of Art, Clay, Music, Sound-Making and Movement in Therapy; Symbol Work with miniatures; Self-Discovery Worksheets; Mindfulness; Visualisation; Self-Compassion; Body Focus; Emotion-Focused Processes; Dream Symbols; Therapeutic Photography.
Practical Activities:
are drawn from the range of Expressive Therapies activities developed and applied in Australia by the course creators over the last thirty-five-plus years.
Therapeutic Application Themes:
trauma-recovery, anxiety, low-mood, resilience-building, relationships and attachment, transition through grief and loss, anger and self-judgement.
Theoretical Foundations:
are drawn from the pioneers in Creative Arts Therapies, Rogers’ Person-Centred Therapy, Greenberg’s Emotion-Focused Therapy, Lowen’s Bioenergetics, Somatic Psychotherapy, Focusing, and Grof’s Transpersonal Psychotherapy.
While the focus of this course is professional development, it provides opportunities for participants to gain in self-awareness and personal growth. Experiences in the client role during the workshops provide a rich experience of the inner world that can enhance participants’ professional relational effectiveness. A practitioners’ own growth has a direct influence on clients’ growth. Developing deeper self-awareness greatly improves the way we relate professionally, and care for ourselves personally.
When and Where?
Each 3-day workshop will usually be held in-person at
Gentle Art of Expressive Therapy’s office at
50b Smith Street (Chinatown) Singapore.
Your Investment
Pricing in Singpore Dollars
| Early Bird (payment received one month prior) | Full Price | |
| Single Module | 1265 | 1365 |
| 2 modules | 2480 | 2680 |
| 3 modules | 3645 | 3945 |
| 4 modules | 4760 | 5160 |
| 5 modules | 5825 | 6325 |
| 6 modules | 6840 | 7440 |
Payment can be made in instalments – please ask for more details when registering.
