We pay our deep respects to the First Peoples of Boon Wurrung Country where we will meet.
CREATIVE MENTAL HEALTH FORUM AND SELF CARE RETREAT
Friday 14th – Monday 17th May 2021
Inverloch RACV Resort, Bass Coast, Victoria
Your host, Dr Carla van Laar is a Professional Member and Accredited Supervisor with ANZACATA.
This training event is proudly endorsed by PACFA for 11 hours of continuing professional development.
We welcome Professor Anne (Dan) Harris, Director of Creative Agency Research Lab, ARC Future Fellow, Associate Dean, Research & Innovation, School of Education, RMIT University.
Profits from this forum/retreat will be donated to support CATA’s work employing qualified Arts Therapists to work with families of children receiving end of life care.
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Presenters include:
Your Host, Dr Carla van Laar MCAT, Prof Doc ThAP, AThR,
author of Bereaved Mother’s Heart and Seeing Her Stories
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Special Guest Presenter, Professor Anne (Dan) Harris,
ARC Future Fellow, Associate Dean, Research & Innovation, School of Education, RMIT University www.creativeresearchhub.com
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Tara Harriden MMH, PhD candidate, AThR,
Indigenous Research in Art Therapy, Director Whole Hearts and Minds
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Dr Amanda Musicka-Williams, MDMT, PhD,
Dramatherapist and Graduate Researcher CATRU, University of Melbourne
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Anjali Sengupta, Grad Dip DMT,
Dance-Movement Therapist and Founder Embracing Spirit
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Dr Alisoun Neville MCAT, PhD, AThR,
NDIS Arts Therapy training provider, Author and Advocate
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Trish Thompson, M Counselling,
Clinical member PACFA, Psychotherapist and Accredited Supervisor
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Svetlana Bykovec MThAP, AThR,
Lead Art Therapist for Creative Art Therapy Australia (CATA)
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Master of Art Therapy candidate, Aboriginal Arts and Health
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Award winning Creative Arts Therapist, Founder Artful Warrior Mental Health Therapy Service
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Founder Cocoon Creative Arts Therapies, Creator of Mandala Soul Oracle Cards
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Jiancong (Eric) Zhang MA Art Therapy, AThR,
Founder Unfold Art Therapy, NDIS Art Therapist
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Melissa Nelson-Campbell MThAP AThR,
Lived Experience Practitioner and Primary School Art Therapist
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Founder Upbeat Arts, NDIS Arts Therapist
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Natalie Poole, Grad Dip DMT, Masters candidate,
Dance-Movement Therapist and Five Rhythms Teacher
$600 registration fee covers core program, Friday night Welcome Dinner, morning and afternoon teas, and is payable in 3 instalments.
Registration does not include accomodation or meals other than the Welcome Dinner.
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The core program includes:
Welcome Dinner
Morning mindful activities
6 x keynote presentations
6 x 1.5 hour experiential workshops
Optional wellness activities for self-care including dance, yoga, art making, swimming and walking.
Surfing, Stand Up Paddle Boarding and Kayaking are available as optional add ons at affordable prices.
This forum supports the goals of the ACTivate Arts Therapy campaign – to have Arts Therapists recognised as mental health professionals.For this purpose, the forum is designed to be educational in an experiential sense – by providing opportunities to participate first hand in creative and holistic workshops and activities, as well as hear from dynamic keynote presenters and a panel of lived experience experts.
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Experience for yourself how:
Creative practices support mental health
Contemporary Arts Therapists are working to promote and recover mental wellbeing
Arts Therapies are inclusive, holistic, trauma-informed and socially relevant.
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The 2021 Creative Mental Health Forum and Self-care Retreat is an opportunity to look after yourself and learn, while enjoying good company and restorative time in the living world.
It is hosted only two hours drive from Melbourne in the beautiful surrounds of the Bass Coast Bunurong Marine Park and township of coastal Inverloch.
This Professional Development event is suitable for Therapists interested in understanding more about creative approaches in mental health care.
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The Creative Mental Health Forum and Self-care Retreat includes:
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Cultural awareness, welcome dinner and keynote
Creative Mental Health workshops and presentations
Participation in wellness practices including mindfulness, dance, swimming, nature walks, surfing and paddle boarding
Time to relax, explore and connect with your friends and colleagues
Exhibition of Creative Mental Health projects
“Decolonising Therapy” lived experience experts panel discussion on the future of Creative Mental Health in Australia.
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We will keep updating this page as more details are confirmed.
Please register now to ensure your place.
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Creative Art Therapy Australia is a campaign partner of
ACTivate Arts Therapy
and proud supporter of the
2021 Creative Mental Health Forum and Self Care Retreat.
One Comment
Kim Billington
I would love to attend!