Expressive Arts Therapy Workshop, Week 3 - 23/11/2019

This week's Expressive Arts Therapy workshop was about theory and practice. The different modalities used were Arts, Psychodrama and Movement. The participants took part enthusiastically and had a good time with a lot of learning. 

Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapy - Sheth P.T. Mahila College of Arts & Home science, Surat

Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapy - Sheth P.T. Mahila College of Arts & Home science

A presentation was made on Expressive Arts Therapy, by Magdalene Jeyarathnam, Director of East West Center for Counselling and Training, in Sheth P.T. Mahila College of Arts & Home science, Surat. The presentation that took place on 30th October, was also experiential as the students were taken through various art activities.

EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY WORKSHOP IN SURAT - October 2019

EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY WORKSHOP IN SURAT

East West Center for Counselling and Training conducted An experiential workshop on “Expressive Arts Therapy” on Tuesday, 29th October.

Expressive Arts Therapy involves a combination of the arts for healing,

Expressive Arts Therapy is the practice of using storytelling, singing, instrumental music, movement and dance, drama, and visual arts, all together; in an integrated way, to foster human growth, development, and healing. It is predicated on the assumption that people can heal through use of imagination and the various forms of creative expression and is an inter-modal therapeutic discipline in which the therapist and client may move freely between drawing, dancing, music, drama, poetry, etc. Provided introduction on Expressive Arts Therapy. It allowed the participants to understand the difference between the regular talk therapies and using such creative methods in therapy (Expressive Arts Therapy).All participants will be able to experience and explore the various modalities, visual art, psychodrama, movement etc. The workshop will include presentation, and live examples of using Expressive Arts like collages, art activities, dance movements and psychodrama, also speaks about the inter-relations between the different modalities used.The workshop also allowed us to understand the flow of choosing and using various modalities during sessions and to plan sessions according to the need of the clients.

One Day International Conference on "Contextualizing Cultural Heritage in Literatures" in Salem, Tamil Nadu

The Post Graduate and Research Department of English 

at the Government Arts College (Salem, Tamil Nadu)

held a One Day International Conference on "Contextualizing Cultural Heritage in Literatures"

(UGC Funded)

on 30th January, 2015

Magdalene Jeyarathnam, Director of East West Center for Counselling and Training was invited to present a talk on the 'Indian Cultural Contexts Around Therapy, and Around Using the Arts for Therapy'. 

"The purpose of this conference was to discuss the inevitable relevance, significance and impact of Cultural Studies, both on life and literature. The International Conference on "Contextualizing Cultural Heritage in Literatures" was organized for the benefit of the research scholars and faculty members of various institutions nationwide. This interaction on the cultural aesthetics amidst the academics sphere would result in an explosion of intellectual contributions". - Government Arts College, Post Graduate & Research Department of English