Love in the time of Corona - An Expressive Arts Online Workshop

Love in the Time of Corona Workshop 

Facilitated by Magdalene Jeyarathnam (India) and Marcia Honig (Israel / Brazil).

At These days, of isolation and imperative distance between individuals, families and social groups, we face a lack of contact and closeness, support and even love. The purpose of the workshop was to enable IAGP members to express their feelings and connect to each other, at those hard moments around the world, due the Covid19. It was a 2 hours session that happened on 4 sundays in April and May. Each of the sessions saw participants from different parts of the world. 

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Expressive Arts Therapy certificate course this summer (Online) - May, 2020

East West Center for Counselling and Training organized a 10 day Online certificate course on Expressive Arts Therapy from may 1st to 10th. The sessions were for 3 hours each day. We had 16 participants from 12 different cities across the world. 

The Online certificate course was facilitated by:

Ms. Magdalene Jeyarathnam, Expressive Arts therapist and is a board certified Psychodramatist

Dr. Herb Propper, PhD, TEP, Trainer, educator, and practitioner of Psychodrama

Dr Eric Miller, PhD, MSc, Director of World Storytelling Institute 

Ms. Katia Verreault, Dance Movement Therapist

Ms. Johannah  Preethika E, Counsellor and Internship coordinator

Ms. Shruthi S, Counsellor and Counselling Supervisor

It's been 3 months since the lockdown due to COVID 19 started and we have been experimenting in conducting workshops and certificate courses online since then and it turned out to be very effective. These were some of the amazing feedbacks we received from our students of the May month online certificate courses on Expressive Arts Therapy. 

LOCK-DOWN SPECIAL ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE ON EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY - APRIL 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic that led to the lockdown all around the world has put us all in a pause mode. People all over the world have been staying in their houses to help prevent the spread of the disease. 

We, at East West Center for Counselling and Training, planned and arranged for a LOCKDOWN SPECIAL WORKSHOP on Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapy for students and professionals who can make use of this time to learn a new therapy and gain knowledge.

 The workshop had participants from 11 different cities across the world! 

As this was our first venture on conducting workshop online on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, we had many questions on how do we do an experiential course online? How can Expressive Arts Therapy be done on a virtual platform? Psychodrama, being a group action method, can it be done online with the Director and the group on screen? We found it to be really effective and helped in connecting with one another. These are some of the feedbacks we received from our participants. 

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ART THERAPY GROUP SESSIONS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS - During lockdown

Since the lockdown began in March due to COVID 19, East West Center for Counselling and Training has been conducting regular art therapy sessions online for children and adults. These group sessions are ongoing since March and have been providing space for individuals to express their emotions and work through their challenges during this difficult time. 

Our Online Group Art Therapy session "Personal diary of a teenager" for children and teenagers happens every Saturday from 10 AM to 11.30 AM.

Our "Open Art Therapy" sessions for children and adult happen every Monday from 

11 AM to 1 PM.

These are some of the pictures from the ongoing sessions.

Join us if interested.

Contact: 9884700104 / 06

Email: info@centerforcounselling.org

ONLINE GROUP SESSIONS FOR CHILDREN DURING LOCKDOWN - All Saturdays

We are conducting online sessions for children who feel stuck and confined at home during this lockdown. Many reports say that children could get bored, exhausted and sometimes even depressed during this lockdown. Psychiatrist Diego Figuera, Madrid also says that there is a big risk of boredom to turn into apathy as there is lack of physical movement and varieties in the day to day activities among the children. 

To help the children connect to their problems, give voice to their emotions, and to learn techniques to heal we are organizing these sessions. Main focus is on to help the children engage during lock-down, behavior management, relationship issues, improve concentration /focus, anger and aggression management, goal setting, increasing social skills and increasing self esteem. 

Creating collaborative art as therapy - Online | During COVID - 19 lockdown

Collaborative art making online - fun, connecting and just being!

This was a group art done online through Zoom in one of our classes in Expressive Arts Therapy Certificate course. 

This is an Online group art activity that was done in our Lockdown special workshop on Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapy. The participants were asked to express in words or drawings, their experience in today's session. You can see how it evolved!

Online art therapy sessions and workshop on Expressive Arts Therapy | During COVID-19 Lockdown

The COVID-19 pandemic that led to the lockdown all around the world has put us all in a pause mode. People all over the world have been staying in their houses to help prevent the spread of the disease. We, at East West Center for Counselling and Training, took swift action and planned for ART THERAPY SESSIONS ONLINE in order to help people manage their emotions in this trying times. Our first session happened this Monday (06/04/2020) and we had participants coming from 8 different cities. The online art therapy sessions will happen every Monday till the lockdown is lifted.

We also planned and arranged a LOCKDOWN SPECIAL WORKSHOP on Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapy for students and professionals who can make use of this time to learn a new therapy and gain knowledge. The workshop had participants from 11 different cities across the world!