What is Guided Drawing?
What is Guided Drawing?

Once we have made contact and sufficient trust in the setting has been gained, I explain that it might be easier to imagine having a bodywork session rather than the idea of making art. If need be, I will take some time to explain that all emotions have a physiological expression. Fear might make your heart race, your palms sweaty and your stomach churn. Excitement wells up. Joy flows usually with ease.

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Sessions, Online Course, CoursesCornelia ElbrechtClaerwen RetreatGuided Drawing, art therapy, haptic perception, sensorimotor, therapy session, bottom-up approach, cornelia elbrecht, claerwen retreat, Art Therapy, apollo bay, archetypes, Australia, Art Therapists
The Sacred Circle: Mandala
The Sacred Circle: Mandala

Mandala from Sanskrit translates as “circle”. Wherever we look in nature, we find mandalas, I even dare to state that all nature is a dance of interconnecting mandalas.

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Weekend WorkshopsCornelia ElbrechtInstitute for Sensorimotor Art TherapyMandalas, art therapy, stabilizing clients, bottom-up approach, cornelia elbrecht, complex trauma, therapy session, Intuitive process, Initiatic Art, iniatic art therapy, Art Therapy, Art Therapists, Cornelia Elbrecht, School for initiac art
Clay Field Therapy as a Sensorimotor Art Therapy
Clay Field Therapy as a Sensorimotor Art Therapy

Work at the Clay Field is a sensorimotor, body-focused, trauma-informed art therapy approach. It is not necessarily concerned with an image-making process, but supports the awareness of body memories.

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Essays, Therapy Sessions, CoursesCornelia ElbrechtInstitute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy & School for Initiatic ArtClay Field Therapy, art therapy, complex trauma, sensorimotor, bottom-up approach, haptic perception, Sensorimotor Art Therapy, sensory level, institute for sensorimotor art therapy, ISAT, somatic experiencing, cornelia elbrecht, claerwen retreat