Faculty
WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE
The Institute for Sensonsorimotor Art Therapy is honoured to be able to draw on the combined expertise and experience of our faculty.
Cornelia Elbrecht
Founder and Director
BA. MA. (Art Ed), AThR, SATh, SEP. Founder and Director of the Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy. Art Therapist, Trainer and Somatic Experiencing practitioner. ANZACATA accredited supervisor. Professional Member ANZACATA, IEATA and IACAET.
Cornelia Elbrecht is a leader in ground breaking art therapy techniques with a particular focus on healing trauma. An art therapist with over 40 years experience she is a renowned author, educator and the Founder and Director of the Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy.
She studied expressive arts therapies at the School for Initiatic Therapy in the Black Forest, Germany and holds degrees in fine arts and arts education along with extensive postgraduate training in Jungian and Gestalt Therapy, Bioenergetics and at the Somatic Experiencing Training Institute (SETI).
Author of numerous books, she runs accredited online and in-person courses for art therapists, educators and mental health professionals looking to understand a body focused art therapy approach to trauma therapy.
Chris Storm
Faculty Member
MA.Ed (Experiential Learning & Development), BA (Sociology), AThR, SATh, SEP.
Grad Dip Experiential Learning & Development, Grad Dip Counselling, Grad Cert Social Science (Male Family Violence), Dip. VET.
Adv Dip Sensorimotor Art Therapy®, Cert Sandplay Therapy, Cert Child Centred Play Therapy, EMDR Therapy.
Professional Member ANZACATA, Clinical Member ACA and PACFA. Honorary Life Member of NTV (No To Violence). Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
Location: Belmont, Victoria, Australia
+61 (0) 418 432 362
[email protected]
Chris is the director and principal practitioner of Storm Insight, specialising in Sensorimotor Art Therapy® techniques in her work with children, women, men and families. She has completed her training as a trauma therapist with the Somatic Experiencing Training Institute SETI and NeuroAffective Touch training with the NeuroAffective Touch Institute.
Areas of speciality include sexual assault, early developmental trauma, family violence, grief and loss. She is a registered supervisor with ANZACATA and ACA for professional/clinical supervision.
Chris believes that supporting people to repair historical ruptures is an important aspect of engaging with an embodied approach; and that Sensorimotor Art Therapy® provides opportunity for the application of profoundly restorative and reparative experiences in the therapeutic relational environment.
Chris has worked closely with the Institute of Sensorimotor Art Therapy® for a number of years. She teaches the online Certificate in Initiatic Art Therapy program and co-facilitates the Certificate in Clay Field Therapy® with Adults training. She is available for accredited individual, online and group supervision.
Clare Jerdan
Faculty Member
MA (Gestalt), B.Soc.Sc (Psych), AThR, SATh.
Adv Dip Sensorimotor Art Therapy®, Adv Cert Supervision, Cert IV Training and Assessment, EMDR.
Professional Member and Supervisor ANZACATA, PACFA. Professional Member GANZ, IEATA.
Location: Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
+61 (0) 435 398 859
[email protected]
@artspsychotherapistonline
Clare works with both children and adults in her private art therapy practice using EMDR, SSP, Psychology, Guided Drawing®, Breath Work, Somatics and Clay Field Therapy®. As a Gestalt practitioner, the innate wisdom of the body and the phenomenological approach of Sensorimotor Art Therapy® are a natural fit. A background in Clinical Health Care and Counseling while working in hospitals and rehabs has given Clare extensive experience in life’s transitions, grief and loss, addiction and trauma.
For Clare a particularly rewarding aspect of her work is applying early interventions with children using Sensorimotor Art Therapy®.
Clare is an international trainer and supervisor in Sensorimotor Art Therapy®. She has assisted Cornelia extensively in the Clay Field Therapy® training both in Australia and internationally and is available for online individual sessions and supervision.
Heinz Deuser
Founder of Work at the Clay Field®
Founder and Director:
Institut für Haptische Gestaltbildung
Institute for Haptic Gestalt Formation
Location: Black Forest, Germany
www.tonfeld.de
[email protected]
Heinz Deuser is the founder of Work at the Clay Field®. Over the past 40 years he has established a number of Clay Field training institutes in Germany. He was the first professor for art therapy in Germany and taught for close to 20 years at the Fachhochschule für Kunsttherapie in Nürtigen.
Prof Deuser has worked closely with Cornelia Elbrecht since his inception of the Clay Field and teaches masterclasses as a guest lecturer at the Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy (also available online). He has contributed greatly to the development of Clay Field Therapy®.
Dr. Saba Basoglu Yavuz
Faculty Member
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), M.A. (Forensic Psychology), B.A. (Psychology), AThR, SATh.
Adv Dip Sensorimotor Art Therapy, registered psychologist, psychotherapist and art therapist.
Professional Member Turkish Art Psychotherapy Association (SPD), Turkish Psychologists Association (TPD), IEATA.
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
www.sababasoglu.com
www.psikolojikesneklik.com
[email protected]
Saba Basoglu is a clinical psychologist and Sensorimotor Art Therapist®, specializing in Clay Field Therapy® and Guided Drawing. She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology with a dissertation on Clay Field Therapy® for individuals with Medically Unexplained Symptoms.
Her clinical experiences in hospitals, psychiatry clinics, psychotherapy centers and universities gave her the opportunity to broaden her understanding on psychosomatics and trauma. She views psychotherapy as a medium for realizing each individual’s unique potential of transition and growth rather than merely treating symptoms.
Saba is an associate professor at Istanbul Galata University and continues her private practice as a psychotherapist and supervisor- instructor. She works predominantly with adults and teenagers, integrating Sensorimotor Art Therapy® with phenomenological psychology, psychodynamic-existential approaches and body-informed trauma therapy.
