Module 1 – Artmentum process and platform

Content:

• What is art therapy?
• What is Artmentum
• Who are we?
• What can you expect?
• How can you use this course?

Benefits for practitioners:

• Can explain why art therapy and storytelling can be used in trauma treatment
• Has knowledge of the most important concepts
• Has insight into the considerations of facilitation and ethics in art therapy work

The module includes:

• Why art and health go together
• Intro to art therapy and ownership of your own life story
• The 5 art genres and storytelling
• How a session is structured: intro, decenter, aesthetic analysis, harvest
• Theory: imagination as healer, embodiment, art dialog, storytelling
• The relationship between client, group and art therapist

Read more about art therapy, storytelling and recovery inthe article here.