Summer Institute 2012: A Creative Journey Through Mindfulness Based Art Therapy (COUNS285 and COUNS385)

July 3-6, 2012 9:00am – 4:30pm       JIBC Great Northern Way Campus
$612, ($550 early bird rate by May 28, 2012)
^{Note: above fee is for both courses and does not include the $10.20 Learner Services Fee}
2.0 Credits

Come learn to cultivate positive social and emotional health and self-management skills through mindfulness awareness within the creative process. Through seeing and experiencing our images, thoughts, emotions, and sensations as a continuous, ever changing stream of events, new perspectives and insights are generated and empathy, resilience, confidence, and the courage to express our natural creative intelligence arise.

You will learn to apply these skills to pain management, trauma issues, anxiety, addiction recovery, stress management and work place issues through discussion and experiential exercises. This course extends the creative exploration of therapeutic issues to the principles of Mindfulness of Effort, Speech and Mind, and the wisdom arising from mindfulness. Through mindfulness exercises of group composition you will learn, circle stories, brush practice, mask and mirror, and space awareness practices, to address specific issues such as conflict, relationship issues, grief, shock, stress, anxiety and addiction. Regular meditation practice is encouraged to cultivate the natural expressive power of mind and positive qualities of inner strength. Includes lunch.

About the Presenter

Margaret Jones-Callahan, RCC, BCATR, Diploma Ed is a Vancouver-based artist, experienced meditation practitioner, clinical counsellor, professional trainer and coach who specializes in Mindfulness Based Education programs. She brings 35 years experience in innovative treatment approaches to trauma, addictions, career and identity issues, art therapy and education, to her training programs. With 30 years experience teaching mindfulness awareness meditation, she has developed MBAT (Mindfulness Based Art Therapy), leads dharma art retreats, and offers a new program in Creative Paths To Leadership.

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Last updated March 29, 2012