Patricia Isis – Expressive Therapies: Creative Interventions for Emotional Regulation and Self-Awareness

Introducing Expressive Therapies

Art reveals how one perceives the world, one’s cognitive and emotional functioning level, and is used as a fun outlet for self-expression and self-discovery!

Watch this recording and learn from well-known art therapist, author, and trained mindful self-compassion instructor and practitioner, Dr. Patricia Isis. You will experience simple, success oriented sociodramatic exercises, along with the utilization of breath, intention and attitude to cultivate mindfulness for challenging emotions. Also discover user friendly therapeutic movement, imagery, mindful doodling, mandalas and aluminum foil sculpture.

Through case examples, experiential activities and dialogue, you will identify a rich menu of mindfulness-based artmaking tools and techniques designed to enhance moment to moment awareness and emotional regulation for inside and outside your practice.

You will be amazed at the transformation with your clients, and no background in art therapy is required as you will be shown tools to use within your scope of practice.

What You’ll Learn In Expressive Therapies

Overview

• Current Neuroscience Research
• Ethical Implications: Working within a Scope of Practice
• Art Therapy and Therapeutic Artmaking
• Population and Setting
• Selecting Art Materials

Clinical Experiential Applications and Techniques to:

• Create Safety
• Build Connections
• Presence
• Engagement

Cultivate Mindfulness of Challenging Emotions

• Create Intention
• Focus Attention
• Kind Attitude
• Breathing Practices
• Guided Visualizations

Therapeutic Art Interventions for Self-Awareness

• Movement for Body/Boundary Awareness and Appreciation
• Image making
  Focusing
  Present Moment Awareness
  Empowerment
• Mindful Doodling
  Positivity
  Self and Social Awareness
  Compassion
• Mandala Drawings
  Concentration/Focusing
  Self-Direction
  Motivation
• Aluminum Foil Sculpture Figures
  Promote Body Awareness/Acceptance and Empowerment

Case Examples Throughout the Day

• Utilizing Mindful Doodling, Mandalas, and Foil Sculptures

Challenges as Opportunities

• Maintaining Safety and Containment
• Promoting Presence and Success
• Counter transferential Indications and Strategies/ Response Art
• Art Review