FALL 2024
ONLINE FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS
FOR THERAPISTS
ONLINE FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS
FOR THERAPISTS
In this online workshop series, Art Therapist Bevan Klassen and Art Therapy Practicum Student Lara MacPherson will help you learn simple filmmaking techniques that can be integrated into your therapeutic practice. Each workshop takes you step-by-step through different levels of filmmaking experience, providing you with the tools to motivate client engagement and facilitate healing through creative expression. You will receive:
Register now to secure your spot and explore the transformative power of filmmaking in therapy!
- An Introduction to Filmmaking in Therapy: Discover how making simple videos can be used to support emotional regulation, identity development, and trauma recovery.
- Simple Filmmaking Techniques: Explore how images, narration, music and imagination can come together using easy-to-use, video editing and AI technology.
- Hands-On Practice: Engage in the creation of group and individual videos that illustrate therapeutic techniques.
- Clinical Applications: Learn how to apply these techniques within a trauma-informed, clinical framework to deepen your therapeutic impact.
- A Mindfulness and Humorous Experience: Find calm and humor in therapy using an exciting filmmaking process that fully engages the senses.
Register now to secure your spot and explore the transformative power of filmmaking in therapy!
Introduction to Filmmaking in Therapy
Ready to explore the transformative power of videomaking in art therapy? Learn to guide clients in making simple therapeutic videos that enhance self-regulation, emotional awareness, and self-esteem through this hands-on workshop.
Format: Online workshop via Zoom
Dates: Choose a Saturday: October 12th, October 26th, OR November 23rd
Length: 2.5 hours
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM CT (Manitoba, Saskatchewan), 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET (Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal),
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM AT (Halifax, Fredericton), 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM NT (St. John's), 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM MT (Calgary, Edmonton), 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT (Vancouver, Victoria)
Cost: $70
What you'll learn:
Ready to explore the transformative power of videomaking in art therapy? Learn to guide clients in making simple therapeutic videos that enhance self-regulation, emotional awareness, and self-esteem through this hands-on workshop.
Format: Online workshop via Zoom
Dates: Choose a Saturday: October 12th, October 26th, OR November 23rd
Length: 2.5 hours
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM CT (Manitoba, Saskatchewan), 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET (Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal),
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM AT (Halifax, Fredericton), 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM NT (St. John's), 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM MT (Calgary, Edmonton), 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT (Vancouver, Victoria)
Cost: $70
What you'll learn:
- How video making regulates emotions, enhances emotional awareness, develops identity, and builds self-esteem.
- How to create a simple therapeutic video.
Deepening Filmmaking in Therapy using Mindfulness and Humor
Expand your therapeutic practice by engaging mindfulness and humor through video editing and AI tools to create simple short films with your clients. Register now to ignite creativity, enhance mindfulness, and inspire emotional growth!
Format: Online workshop via Zoom
Dates: Saturday, December 7, 2024
Length: 6 hours
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM CT (Manitoba, Saskatchewan), 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET (Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal),
2:00 PM - 8:00 PM AT (Halifax, Fredericton), 2:30 PM - 8:30 PM NT (St. John's), 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM MT (Calgary, Edmonton), 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM PT (Vancouver, Victoria)
Cost: $200
What You'll Learn:
Expand your therapeutic practice by engaging mindfulness and humor through video editing and AI tools to create simple short films with your clients. Register now to ignite creativity, enhance mindfulness, and inspire emotional growth!
Format: Online workshop via Zoom
Dates: Saturday, December 7, 2024
Length: 6 hours
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM CT (Manitoba, Saskatchewan), 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET (Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal),
2:00 PM - 8:00 PM AT (Halifax, Fredericton), 2:30 PM - 8:30 PM NT (St. John's), 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM MT (Calgary, Edmonton), 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM PT (Vancouver, Victoria)
Cost: $200
What You'll Learn:
- Discover how to leverage humor as a storytelling device to self-regulate, enhance emotional awareness, develop identity, and build self-esteem.
- Guide clients in producing mindful and humorous therapeutic videos using accessible video editing and AI tools.
- Explore how to integrate video making with different clinical approaches in your treatment planning.
- Understand how filmmaking can be a safe, trauma-informed, ethical process.
WHAT ART THERAPISTS ARE SAYING:
- "I loved the workshop. Brief introduction. Well done. Thank you."
- "I really appreciated the facilitator's style, very knowledgable and helpful. He created a safe place to share and witness each other's work."
- "I think it is a very unique form of art that holds a lot of potential for participants in a healing modality."
- "Video making with my kiddos is going VERY WELL! Their focus, self-confidence and self-esteem have increased exponentially! Parents comment on their child's overall growth and desire to do more therapy. They marvel at the exciting and enthusiastic way in which their child describes their filmmaking projects on the way home in the car and the technical language that they use to describe the process. I couldn’t ask for more! The kids arrived totally stoked to "get down to creating".
- "The video making software provided the tools I needed to explore my own experiences, thoughts and emotions and the video. Once presented, even in the roughest state, the video would reveal components of my healing journey that I was not aware of."
- "I still use it today to help me integrate a hard moment or stressful week. It surprised me and continues to surprise me how an art form like film or digital story telling can lead you into places you didn’t realize you needed to safely explore and express and integrate."
- "It starts with a picture, video or music and you connect it with an experience. If you stay present with it and play a little without having any motivation, you stumble to the next picture. You understand the feeling you are having and you give voice to it. It becomes a feeling for a story."
Video Examples from Clients
First, 'Running From' is an animation inspired by a dream and created by a young Indigenous woman at a temporary youth shelter. Second, 'Miss a Sunrise' is a music video created by a first-time video maker who used his original song to reflect on his cancer experience using personally selected images.
First, 'Running From' is an animation inspired by a dream and created by a young Indigenous woman at a temporary youth shelter. Second, 'Miss a Sunrise' is a music video created by a first-time video maker who used his original song to reflect on his cancer experience using personally selected images.
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Video as Art Therapy Explainer
Here is an explainer of some of the ways I use video making as therapy in my practice:
Here is an explainer of some of the ways I use video making as therapy in my practice:
WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO KNOW?
- You will receive access to WeVideo, a video editing tool with a media library.
- You need basic computer knowledge, but no video making experience.
- These are online sessions and require a stable Internet connection for the video work.
- Tablets cannot be used in the workshops.
- The classes will be not be recorded.
- A Zoom link will be provided the several days prior to the workshop.
FAQ:
I feel overwhelmed by the idea of using technology in my therapy practice. How will these workshops help me?
If you feel comfortable using Internet-based applications on your computer, you will be able to make a video. The Overview Workshop gives you an opportunity to see if using video making is right for you. I provide individuals who have no experience creating videos, the skills and tools they need in a relaxed and fun environment to play and share their experiences.
Are these workshops only for art therapists?
No. Leaders in the field who use video making as therapy include a variety of mental health professionals. However, this workshop will focus on video making from an art therapy and expressive arts perspective. All therapists and counsellors are welcome.
I’m an art therapy student/future mental health professional. Will this be valuable for me?
Yes. I have taught video making as therapy at WHEAT Institute since 2022, so the material is appropriate for students to learn more about video making as therapy.
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ABOUT THE FACILITATORS: Bevan Klassen is an Art Therapist (DWHEAT) and works with individuals and groups to make videos in therapy. He is a leader in video making in therapy and presented at the 2024 World Art Therapy Conference. In his practices, he has facilitated video making with individuals and groups at CancerCare Manitoba, a temporary youth shelter, school divisions, and child and family services agencies. Bevan came to Art Therapy through the joy and healing he found as an independent filmmaker and his desire to support others on their journey using this unique therapeutic approach. Lara MacPherson is an Art and Expressive Arts Therapy student at the Winnipeg Holistic Expressive Art Therapy (WHEAT) Institute, dedicated to providing compassionate, person-centered support. They blend their background in psychology and film production with a passion for experimental video, photography, and media arts to create dynamic and engaging therapeutic experiences. Committed to social justice and inclusivity, Lara utilizes feminist, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed frameworks to ensure a culturally sensitive approach. As a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ and disability spectrum communities, they bring a nuanced understanding of intersectionality to their practice. Lara prioritizes collaboration, respects client autonomy, and fosters a therapeutic environment marked by flexibility, empathy, and non-judgment. In addition to their studies, Lara has professional experience in supportive counselling and public education, focusing on gender-based violence. They also enjoy reading, thrifting, roller skating, building LEGO creations, and advocating for mental health awareness. For questions contact [email protected] OR |
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