Train in Creative Therapies by Online Learning

Study psychodrama, art therapy, music therapy, dance therapy, singing therapy, writing therapy, crafting therapy, counselling skills, group and indiivdual work using creative therapies and much more.

Tutor support is unlimited.

You can start the course at any time and work at your own pace.

This is an excellent professional development course for people already working in counselling, health care, caring professions and creative professions.

Or as an introduction course to creative therapy.

Lesson Structure

There are 8 lessons in this course:

1. Scope and Nature of Creative Therapy and Counselling Skills I
   • What are creative therapies
   • Who can benefit
   • Take caution with some patients
   • Benefits
   • Scientific evidence
   • Preparing for creative therapy
   • Counselling & active listening
   • Giving instructions
   • Different learning styles
   • Planning for choice
   • Options for response
   • Open ended tasks
   • Improving creativity
   • Health and safety
   • Insurance
   • Selling your craft
   • After creative therapy
2. Art Therapy and Counselling Skills II
   • Counselling skills – SOLER
   • What is art therapy
   • What clients benefit from art therapy
   • Scientific evidence
   • Art therapy techniques
   • Art therapy with children
   • Stories
   • Playdough
   • Candle making
   • Therapeutic photography
   • Colouring books
   • Painting by numbers
   • Doodling
3. Crafts Therapy Part 1 – Fibre and Paper Crafts
   • What is craft therapy?
   • How it works
   • Knitting
   • Ceramics
   • Quilting
   • Embroidery
   • Decoupage
   • Sewing
   • Crochet
   • Macrame
   • Origami
   • Scientific evidence and historical anecdotes
   • Therapeutic benefits
4. Crafts Therapy Part 2 – Model Making and Building Crafts
   • Introduction
   • Skills needed for model making
   • Model building
   • Wood working
   • Interior design
   • Light, space, texture, colour, line, form
   • Furniture and objects
   • Sculpting
   • Building renovation
   • Building blocks
   • Benefits of model making and building crafts.
   • Risks
   • Working with individuals
   • Finding the individual’s creativity
   • Exploring
   • Using technology
   • Cultivate expertise
   • The reward
5. Singing Therapy and Music Therapy
   • What is singing therapy
   • Therapeutic benefits and scientific evidence
   • What is music therapy
   • Active music therapy
   • Receptive music therapy
   • How does music therapy work?
   • Silence
   • Dementia and music therapy
   • Singing for the brain
   • Working with groups
   • Dealing with upset
   • Organising sessions
6. Psychotherapeutic Writing
   • What is writing therapy?
   • Hiding the pain
   • Therapeutic benefits
   • Self knowledge
   • Balancing emotions
   • Improving discipline
   • Difficulties
   • Examples of writing therapy
   • How it works
   • Psychotherapeutic exercise
   • Writing a letter
   • Word walls
   • Be positive
7. Psychodrama, Dance and Movement Therapy
   • Non-verbal communication
   • Body language
   • Kinesics
   • Haptics
   • Proxemics
   • Occulesics
   • Psychodrama and Drama therapy
   • What is drama therapy?
   • Aims of drama therapy
   • Working with different groups
   • Therapeutic benefits and scientific evidence
   • Projective play
   • Acting out
   • Reunion
   • Puppetry
   • Dance and movement therapy
   • Scientific research on DMT
   • How DMT sessions work
   • DMT and regulating emotions
   • Psychodrama
   • Action methods
   • Psychodrama sessions
   • Uses for psychodrama
   • Psychodrama and children
8. Reminiscence Therapy
   • What is reminiscence therapy
   • Individuals who benefit from reminiscence work
   • Neurocognitive deficits
   • Delirium
   • Neurocognitive disorders
   • How does reminiscence therapy work?
   • Therapeutic benefits and scientific evidence
   • Reminiscence work tips
   • Reminiscence work and other therapies

What are creative therapies?

Therapy is usually used to refer to the treatment of someone who has mental or physical difficulties, without the use of drugs. When we say therapy, we often think of therapies such as counselling, physiotherapy, psychotherapy and so on, but it is broader than this.  Creative therapies include art therapy, drama therapy, reminiscence therapy, crafts as therapy and so on. They can be useful for people in stressful times in their life and those with physical, emotional and psychological difficulties.

Creative therapies are a range of techniques that creative and expressive in nature that aim to help clients to find a way to express themselves that is beyond words or traditional therapies, such as counselling or psychotherapy.  Creative therapies are limitless as the human imagination.

The aim is to encourage people to express themselves in a positive and happy way, to encourage the expression of positive emotions.  At first, the person may focus on their negative emotions, but over time, we hope more positive emotions may be expressed.

Creative therapies are used to encourage a person to express themselves in ways that they may not be able to usually. This also can enable personal growth.

Any questions?

Our creative therapies tutors are more than happy to help.

Contact a tutor here.