REGISTER NOW for the 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.

CREATIVE MENTAL HEALTH FORUM AND SELF CARE RETREAT

Friday 14th – Monday 17th May 2021

Inverloch RACV Resort, Bass Coast, Victoria.

 

This training event is proudly endorsed by PACFA for 11 hours of continuing professional development.

 

The Creative Mental Health Forum and Self Care Retreat supports the goals of the ACTivate Arts Therapy campaign in

showcasing how the Creative Arts Therapies are holistic, person centred, inclusive and value lived experience.

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. 

Presenters include:
 
Your Host, Dr Carla van Laar MCAT, Prof Doc ThAP, AThR, author of Bereaved Mother’s Heart and Seeing Her Stories
Special Guest Presenter, Professor Anne (Dan) Harris, ARC Future Fellow, Associate Dean, Research & Innovation, School of Education, RMIT University www.creativeresearchhub.com
Dr Amanda Musicka-Williams, MDMT, PhD, Dramatherapist and Graduate Researcher CATRU, University of Melbourne
Dr Alisoun Neville MCAT, PhD, AThR, NDIS Arts Therapy training provider, Author and Advocate
Tara Harriden MMH, PhD candidate, AThR, Founder Whole Hearts and Minds, Leader in Indigenous Research in Art Therapy
Trish Thompson M Counselling, Clinical member PACFA, psychotherapist and accredited supervisor
Svetlana Bykovec MThAP, AThR, Lead Art Therapist for Creative Art Therapy Australia (CATA)
Michelle Smith RN, Masters of Art Therapy Candidate. Aboriginal Arts and Health Worker.
 
 
Your Self Care Workshop Facilitators are:
 
Lee Agius MCAT AThR, award winning Creative Arts Therapist, Founder Artful Warrior Mental Health Therapy Service
Anjali Sengupta, Grad Dip DMT, Dance-Movement Therapist and Founder Embracing Spirit
Michelle Morgan MThAP AThR, Founder Cocoon Creative Arts Therapies, Creator of Mandala Soul Oracle Cards
Melissa Nelson-Campbell MThAP AThR, Lived Experience Practitioner and Primary School Art Therapist
Jiancong (Eric) Zhang MA Art Therapy, AThR, Founder Unfold Art Therapy, NDIS Art Therapist
Natalie Poole, Grad Dip DMT, Masters candidate, Dance-Movement Therapist and Five Rhythms Teacher
Chris Petrie, MThAP, AThR, Founder Upbeat Arts, NDIS Arts Therapist
Bronwyn Roberts, BPsySc, Chief Happiness Officer: Let’s Laugh, Laughter Yoga Wellbeing Master Trainer, Skillful Mind Mindfulness 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.
 
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 Snorkelling are available as optional add ons at affordable prices.
 

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 Creative Arts Therapists, Psychotherapists, Health and Allied Health Professionals, Educators and Caring Professionals who are interested in understanding more about creative approaches in mental health care.

The Creative Mental Health Forum and Self-care Retreat includes:

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.

We will keep updating this page as more details are confirmed.

Please register now to ensure your place. 

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