Fridav & Saturday
May 26 & 27, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Central Daylight Time Each Day
$325
We are the stories we tell, which means the experiences we share with others reflect our choices and values. Do the stories you tell reflect who you are today? In this two-day retreat, you will reflect on a defining life moment and create a digital story. It may be an account of an experience you've told before or time has passed and you are sharing it for the first time. Regardless, you must feel safe and have the inner resources for this journey to ensure a healthy experience. Digital storytelling takes back your power from overwhelming internal voices, abusive external authorities or traumatic events that have silenced you. Using images, sounds and words, you will find your voice to move from victim to survivor. Express your inner filmmaker and share with other storytellers through a reflective process. No video making experience is required. This online class is limited to 8 participants.
IN THESE WEEKLY SESSIONS YOU WILL:
WHO IS THIS GROUP FOR?
This group is here to support the creative expression of adults who:
FAQ:
There are times I feel overwhelmed by technology, and I have never made a video before . How will I manage in these sessions?
If you feel comfortable using Internet-based applications on your computer, video making will be simple for you to pick up. I provide the basic instructions for individuals who have no experience creating videos in a relaxed and fun environment.
How is individual therapy different than group therapy in exploring personal challenges?
Group art therapy is a guided creative process where members support each other through listening and sharing the art made. Individual therapy provides time to explore individual challenges in detail, while in group therapy there is the time. The facilitator ensure group participants are given equal times to share.
How does the art therapist ensure participants feel safe sharing?
Group members need to feel safe with other participants before sharing personal challenges. Safety is nurtured in the group through an agreement which includes a commitment to privacy, equal sharing time, and a non-judgemental attitude.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
May 26 & 27, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Central Daylight Time Each Day
$325
We are the stories we tell, which means the experiences we share with others reflect our choices and values. Do the stories you tell reflect who you are today? In this two-day retreat, you will reflect on a defining life moment and create a digital story. It may be an account of an experience you've told before or time has passed and you are sharing it for the first time. Regardless, you must feel safe and have the inner resources for this journey to ensure a healthy experience. Digital storytelling takes back your power from overwhelming internal voices, abusive external authorities or traumatic events that have silenced you. Using images, sounds and words, you will find your voice to move from victim to survivor. Express your inner filmmaker and share with other storytellers through a reflective process. No video making experience is required. This online class is limited to 8 participants.
IN THESE WEEKLY SESSIONS YOU WILL:
- Engage your inner filmmaker to create mindful videos exploring pathways to calm. No experience is required.
- Become curious about your anxiety and explore it using a number of themes including: calm and wonder, change and uncertainty, courage and fear, wisdom and failure, return and reorder.
- Understand your body’s autonomic nervous system and how to become aware and safely work with trapped anxious energy.
WHO IS THIS GROUP FOR?
This group is here to support the creative expression of adults who:
- Find the idea of making short films or videos inspiring and are curious how video making can help them work their anxiety.
- Can manage their feelings in a group and are open to hearing other's experiences. Individual art therapy is suggested for people who need significant time sharing their needs and are emotionally vulnerable.
- Have anxiety that has no known source or is related to traumatic experiences from childhood or changes in relationship, work, or health.
- are of any race, ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, or disability.
FAQ:
There are times I feel overwhelmed by technology, and I have never made a video before . How will I manage in these sessions?
If you feel comfortable using Internet-based applications on your computer, video making will be simple for you to pick up. I provide the basic instructions for individuals who have no experience creating videos in a relaxed and fun environment.
How is individual therapy different than group therapy in exploring personal challenges?
Group art therapy is a guided creative process where members support each other through listening and sharing the art made. Individual therapy provides time to explore individual challenges in detail, while in group therapy there is the time. The facilitator ensure group participants are given equal times to share.
How does the art therapist ensure participants feel safe sharing?
Group members need to feel safe with other participants before sharing personal challenges. Safety is nurtured in the group through an agreement which includes a commitment to privacy, equal sharing time, and a non-judgemental attitude.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
- Basic computer application knowledge is required, but no video making experience.
- These are online sessions and require a stable Internet connection for the video work.
- Access to a computer is required. Tablets cannot be used.
- The classes will be not be recorded.
- Zoom link will be provided the several days prior to the workshop.
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ABOUT THE FACILITATOR: Bevan Klassen is an art therapist (DWHEAT) and works with individuals and groups to make videos as therapy. He regularly brings video making as therapy to groups and individuals at a temporary youth shelter, CancerCare Manitoba, an art therapy clinic, and his own private practice. Bevan came to Art Therapy through the joy and healing he found as a filmmaker and his desire to support others on their journey using this unique therapeutic approach. For questions contact [email protected] OR |
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