Designed for therapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists, teachers, educators, medical professionals and occupational therapists.
Integrate Sensorimotor Art Therapy into your practice
The aim of our courses is to enable participants to integrate body-focused, trauma-informed art making into the existing framework of their current practice.
Our modalities are suitable for adults and children and can be adapted to therapeutic, educational or community wellbeing settings.
Training Options
ONLINE
We offer comprehensive and high-quality online training courses in all our modalities.
These are designed with international groups of participants in mind.
Online TrainingIN-PERSON
Our in-person workshops are designed for those participants able and willing to travel.
Retreats are hosted internationally and at our center in Apollo Bay, Australia.
In-Person TrainingMODALITIES
ONLINE AND IN-PERSON TRAINING
INITIATIC
ART THERAPY
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A foundation course for mental health professionals looking for applicable art-based tools to stabilise clients through building trust, safety and self-esteem.
CLAY FIELD
THERAPY
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Touching the resistant clay provokes an instant feedback loop between physical interaction with the world at hand and its sensory resonance within the individual.
ACCREDITATION & COURSE RECOGNITION
Our courses are recognised as certified professional development training by The Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapy Association (ANZACATA) and the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).
Suggested Training Pathway
The following pathway has been designed to build your Sensorimotor Art Therapy® skills in a progressive fashion.
All our training courses can be taken independently and this structure is fully optional.
YEAR 1 - CERTIFICATE IN INITATIC ART THERAPY
YEAR 2 - CERTIFICATE IN GUIDED DRAWING
YEAR 3 - CERTIFICATE IN CLAY FIELD THERAPY WITH CHILDREN
YEAR 3 - CERTIFICATE IN CLAY FIELD THERAPY WITH ADULTS
YEAR 4 - DIPLOMAS IN SENSORIMOTOR ART THERAPY
Advanced Training Pathway
The following pathway has been designed for participants seeking to specialize in Sensorimotor Art Therapy® - in either one or both modalities.
The Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy courses have been created as professional development. It is not necessary to complete all stages. Each certificate course is a rounded and complete training in a particular modality and can be studied on its own.
Training developed by Cornelia Elbrecht
Founder & Director
CORNELIA ELBRECHT
BA. MA. (Art Ed), AThR; SATh; IEATA; IACAET; SEP. Cornelia is the Founder and Director of the Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy. She has over 45 years of experience as an art therapist and has been conducting professional certified training in Initiatic Art Therapy, Clay Field Therapy® and Guided Drawing® for nearly two decades. She has studied at the School of Initiatic Art Therapy in Germany, is trained in Jungian and Gestalt therapy, Bioenergetics, Shiatsu and Naturopathy.
