Helping Others Thru The Arts ... An Intro To Arts Therapies

I began my journey as a dancer and musical theater kid in 5th grade and eventually earned my MA in Expressive Arts Therapy/ Intermodal and became a therapist, a teaching artist and a published author.  It has been a long, beautiful journey that encompassed the arts in many of their forms.  When I began I had no idea how many careers there were for people like me, inclined toward the arts, ready to express, always wanting to challenge the status quo and my own self. 

If you are at all interested in the arts, I encourage you to check this class out.  It offers insight into all the different kinds of arts therapies out there:  dance/movement therapy, music therapy, drama therapy, intermodal arts therapy.  Using the arts therapies as a lens, I will bring you through the world of the arts, so you can see just how powerful the arts can actually be! 


In this 4 week workshop, students will about Arts Therapies.  They will learn about the different professions within the Arts Therapies and gain a basic understanding of the profession as well as how each modality compares to the other

Student will learn about what Arts Therapy is.  They will be introduced to Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Drama Therapy & Psychodrama, Dance Therapy and Intermodal Arts Therapy.

Students will learn about how arts therapies differ from traditional therapies, the pros and cons of each arts modality and they will explore some of the work done in arts therapies sessions. 

Week 1 will focus on therapy as a profession.  Students will learn about the ethical issues present in the profession of therapy as a whole.  Students will gain an understanding of the different therapy models and learn specifically about each Arts Therapy modality.   Students will gain a basic understanding of how each of the Arts Therapies relate to each other.  Week 1 will focus on how Arts Therapies set themselves apart from traditional therapies.

Week 2 will look at Art Therapy .  Students will gain a basic understanding of how Art Therapists use art in session.  Students will have a chance to practice an art therapist exercise. .

Week 3 will look at Drama Therapy & Psychodrama as a profession as well as Movement Therapy.  There is a difference between them and this will be addressed.  Students will learn about how Psychodrama Therapists work in session and we'll talk about many different exercises done in both group sessions and individual sessions. Students will gain a basic understanding of Movement Therapy and how movement and dance is used in session.  Students will have a chance to experience a movement therapy exercise

Week 4 will look at Intermodal Arts Therapy and how it differs from all the other Arts Therapies.  Students will have a chance to work intermodal on a project to begin to understand how Intermodal Arts Therapies works in session. 

By the end of this class students will have a basic understanding of all the more popular yet specific Arts Therapies that are available in most areas.  They will have the chance to ask questions.  I'm an arts Therapist Intermodal and will be available to help them understand the differences, get their questions answered and point them where they can go deeper in their inquiries.


*** This is not an art therapy session.  This is a workshop about the different Arts Based Therapies and how they set themselves apart from traditional therapies.  This is a great class to take it a student is interested in job opportunities in the arts and psychology fields.