04 Nov 2017 | Day Workshop | Environmental Arts Therapy – A healing relationship in Nature

Art therapists have been working outdoors in nature, working therapeutically and with environmental issues for several years (Siddons Heginworth, 2008; Rust 2011; Jones, 2012).  This workshop takes us deeper into our personal relationship with and within nature.

Based on the work of Mary Jayne Rust we will spend the day out of doors in Highgate Woods looking at our developmental relationship with nature, how we experienced the holding, listening and containing qualities of the natural world – and how this may have been experienced as healing at points in our lives. We will consider how this very personal relationship can provide the starting point for working therapeutically out of doors.

Course facilitators:

Vanessa Jones, Dip. AT, EAT Cert, Trained MBCT Mindfulness Teacher has over sixteen years of art therapy experience working mainly in adult mental health. She is a Baat registered private practitioner, working outdoors in nature as an art therapist within her private practice and the NHS since 2010. www.vanessajones.org.uk

 Gary Nash, Dip. AT MAAT, EAT Cert; has over twenty years of art therapy experience working in adult mental health, voluntary sector, learning disabilities services & mainstream education. He is a Baat registered Supervisor and Registered private practitioner.

Next Workshops

Date: Saturday 04 November 2017 
Time: 10.00 – 4.00pm
Course fees: £100 employer funded; £90 self-funded; £80 trainees

If you prefer to speak to us, call the London Art Therapy Centre on 0203 490-7899 and we will process your booking or answer any questions.