Friday, April 5, 2013

Art therapy workshop in Delhi


 Announcing Two One-day Workshops (in South Delhi):
1) Art therapy -- Sunday 28 April 2013, with Susan Ainlay Anand.  
2) Expressive Arts therapy --  Monday 29 April 2013, with Magdalene Jeyarathnam.


About East-West Center for Counselling & Training

East-West Center for Counselling is based in Chennai, India.
We provide culturally sensitive counseling services to all ages of people. We have clients from 3 years upto 60 plus – we depute counselors to schools, colleges and other organizations, we work on issues related to behavior modification, supportive counseling to help make positive changes, couple counseling, counseling children/ adults for grief and loss.

We provide counseling and therapy related training – Art therapy, Expressive Arts therapy, Psychodrama and Counselling. We run a one-year diploma course on Expressive Arts therapy in collaboration with Women’s Christian College, Chennai.

We are honored to present a one-day Art therapy workshop with Susan Ainlay Anand in South Delhi.


Profile of Susan Ainlay Anand

Susan Ainlay Anand, MA, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPAT, works with children and adults in inpatient and outpatient settings.  She is an instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where she provides Art therapy services and teaches psychiatry residents about the use of art therapy with physically ill and psychiatric patients. She frequently provides workshops and training on the benefits of Art therapy and use of the creative process to strengthen resilience.


Art Therapy: When Words are not Enough

This workshop will provide an overview of the profession of Art therapy with case examples from a variety of settings. Attendees will also learn about multicultural resilience strategies with a focus on ways to increase appreciation of beauty and excellence, hope, spirituality, and gratitude in the art room. Materials will be provided so that each person will have the opportunity to create an art piece that will further illustrate the concepts introduced in the didactic portion of this workshop.


Date – 28 April, 2013 (Sunday)
Time – 10 AM to 3 PM     
Cost – Rs 1000/=         
Venue – Chittaranjan Park area, South Delhi

We are also presenting a one-day Expressive Arts therapy workshop with 
East-West Center for Counselling and Training
Director, Magdalene Jeyarathnam, at the same venue in
South Delhi, on the following day.


Profile of Magdalene Jeyarathnam

Magdalene works as a counselor and trainer for counselors and therapists for the last 19 years. She works with clients of all ages – her clientele starts from the early age of 3 on. She uses several art techniques and tools in her counseling practice. Magdalene has also done various assignments related to developing counseling in many South East Asian countries, for various organizations, such as UNICEF and WHO, and governments such as Bhutan, Myanmar and Thailand. She has worked in the areas of addiction, HIV/AIDS, women and children, and LGBT communities.


Introducing Expressive Arts Therapy in Psychotherapy/
Counseling Practice

This workshop will help participants integrate various art forms into counselling and psychotherapy. This will be an experiential workshop on using a combination of arts in therapy. Participants will experiment with and explore using music, movement, visual art, role-playing and storytelling.


Date – 29 April, 2013 (Monday)
Time – 10 AM to 3 PM     
Cost – Rs 1000/=         
Venue – Chittraranjan Park area, South Delhi


Those attending both workshops would get a discount and could pay Rs 1500/= only.
Registration is done by making the payment of Rs 1000/= or Rs 1500/=  by cash/cheque (favouring "East-West Center for Counselling and Training P Ltd"). 

Regarding payments, please speak to our volunteer in Delhi 99101 12748.
For further details or clarifications, please contact


Magdalene Jeyarathnam,  
Director, East West Center for Counselling & Training                                               
Telephone 044- 42080810/  +91 -  9884100135