There is a kind of magic with person centred creative arts in therapy…
Bringing a new contemporary person centred pluralistic approach to the therapeutic use of creative arts
Person Centred Creative Arts practice is the creation of art using any creative medium, where both the method and the finished art work or expression is free from any judgement, assessment or external interpretation. Creating art can be incredibly therapeutic and healing in itself.
When the person-centred approach is brought together with art making as complementary processes, it becomes a very powerful, yet gentle therapeutic approach . We have a pluralistic perspective which views the client as a collaborative partner, and draws on a range of theories and concepts to support the process.
Our contemporary approach and training is based on Liesl Silverstone’s person-centred art therapy model, but now has been expanded to also include Natalie Rogers’ person-centred expressive arts approach, Laury Rappaport’s focusing orientated art therapy, as well as drawing on concepts from transpersonal, Jungian, Gestalt and and other key concepts.
meet an apcca member
We are really proud of our APCCA practitioner members who come from a wide range of professions including art therapists, counsellors, psychotherapists, teachers, psychologists, community artists. What they share is a passion for integrating creative arts into their work.
Meet Louise Brock, a counsellor and practitioner member talking about her training and the wonderful work that she does.
WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS
Come along to one of our workshops to experience working therapeutically with art or to develop your creativity. Workshops are as varied as our members and can be online or face to face.
We can deliver 1-1 or team supervision, bespoke CPD and training packages for staff.
We love to talk about our work! We can lecture, hold a workshop or talk at an event.
Art Project Grant Fund
We are making funds available to fund art projects that promote mental health and wellbeing through the therapeutic use of creative arts. You can read more by clicking below.
You don’t have to be a member to apply, but we will be prioritising applications from APCCA members.
Applicants can apply for amounts between £250 and £1,000.
Find an APCCA practitioner
Art is an amazingly powerful and therapeutic medium. When creative arts are combined with a person-centred approach, it creates an incredibly effective, and yet gentle way to promote self-awareness and healing at an emotional, psychological and even spiritual level.
It can be a powerful and yet gentle way to work with individual, couples, and groups - and you don’t have to be ‘good’ at art.
If you would like to work in this way you can find a relevant practioner on our directory below.
GET INVOLVED …
If you want to connect with other like minded creative arts practitioners why not become a member. We have lots of member benefits and are working on lots more…
CLICK HERE
Support our work
Our association is a not for profit organisation and is run by volunteers. Our funds are generated through membership fees, course registration fees, fund raising activities and donations.
We promise ALL of our donations are spent on art projects, and only art projects.
You can help by donating to support one of our projects, or let us know about any community art based projects.
“I found I could say things with colour and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way- things I had no words for.”
Georgia O’Keefe / Read Full Article
A history of person centred art therapy
Liesl Silverstone founded the Person-Centred Art Therapy model and skills course. She was very proud that Carl Rogers was a course consultant and that he described our course as…
Effective, empowering and ‘ploughing new ground’.
Here is Liesl demonstrating PCATS skills.
Watch Ani de la Prida demonstrating Person Centred Art Therapy skills in an online session
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“Art is not always about pretty things. It’s about who we are, what happened to us, and how our lives are affected”.
Elizabeth Broun / Read Full Article
