“Imitate, Innovate, Become“
Dr Amanda Musicka-Williams brings her expertise in drama and well-being to the Creative Mental Health Forum and Self Care Retreat in the “Imitate, Innovate, Become” workshop.
In this workshop participants will experience the role method of dramatherapy (Landy) as a therapeutic means to support the mental well-being of young people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.
participants are invited to explore the ways in which they have constructed and can therefore manipulate their own personal role repertoire
Referring to findings from recent doctoral research in which participants defined dramatic imitation as a core therapeutic process, participants are invited to explore the ways in which they have constructed and can therefore manipulate their own personal role repertoire through imitating others in ways which enhance a positive self- image and sense of communal belonging.
The workshop will engage participants in basic dramatic activity and creative reflection linking practice to life experience.
Amanda Musicka Williams trained as a Dramatherapist at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has been a practicing Dramatherapist in Australia for sixteen years. Amanda has worked in a variety of different settings including special education, private practice, the justice system, community mental health & psychiatric settings.
Amanda is a current faculty member of the Creative Arts and Music Therapy Research Unit at the University of Melbourne where she teaches dramatherapy and is subject co-ordinator of Creative Arts Therapy Practice.
Amanda has a passion for using dramatherapy to support the mental well-being, voice and agency of young people with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Her recent doctoral research used group dramatherapy as a tool to explore relationships and interpersonal learning with adolescents as co-researchers in a special education school.
We are delighted to welcome Amanda as a presenter in the 2021 Creative Mental Health Forum and Self Care Retreat.
We pay our deep respects to the First Peoples of Boon Wurrung Country where we will meet.
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.
$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.
The core program includes Welcome Dinner, morning mindful activities, 6 x keynote presentations, 6 x 1.5 hour experiential workshops and a number of optional wellness activities for self-care including dance, art making, swimming and walking. Surfing, Stand Up Paddle Boarding and Snorkelling 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.
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.
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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