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BCAT
Diary of Events
2002
COSTS:
10-week experiential group - £150.00
Half Day Workshops - £25.00 - includes tea/coffee + biscuits
Full Day Workshops - £45.00 - includes lunch and tea/coffee + biscuits
Concessions are available - please contact the office for details
Experiential Places are limited - 50% deposit must be given to secure a place. Once an experiential group has commenced, no one will be permitted to join. The course must be paid for in full - even for missed weeks.
Experiential Groups:
These groups are in blocks of 10 sessions, aimed at individuals seeking a greater understanding of how a therapy works. The workshops are suitable for anyone considering training as an Arts therapist, student of the Arts, sciences (including social sciences), health care professionals, performers, artists, youth workers, teachers and care workers. These are not accredited course groups. However, they will allow you a greater understanding of the therapy involved. An experiential could also be used as an introduction as to how particular forms of therapy may benefit you, or be a purely enjoyable experience.
Please contact BCAT office for further details and costs of courses/seminars, or if you wish to join us for sponsored events.
| APRIL | |
| Tues 9th | Art Therapy Experiential Course starts |
| 18.30 - 20.30 | Julie Buxton - Art Therapist |
| 10 week course - School of Education, Birmingham University | |
| APRIL | |
| Sat 13th | 1st. User Group meeting |
| 14.00 - 16.00 | Greaves Hall, Hillmeads Road, Kings Norton, B38 |
| MAY | Art Therapy Experiential Course continues weekly |
| Tues 7th | Dance Movement Therapy Experiential Course starts |
| 18.00 - 20.00 | Terry Brathwaite - Dance Movement Therapist |
| 10 week course - School of Education, Birmingham University | |
| MAY | |
| Weds 8th | Music Therapy Experiential Course starts |
| 17.30 - 19.30 | Angela Fenwick - Music Therapist |
| 10 week course - Friends Institute, Moseley Road, B12 0DG | |
| MAY | |
| Tues 14th | Drama Therapy Experiential Course starts |
| 18.00 - 20.00 | Becky Hasnip - Dramatherapist |
| 10 week course - School of Education, Birmingham University | |
| MAY | |
| Weds 15th | "Therapeutic Writing: the Essentials" |
| 14.00 - 17.00 | Julie Buxton |
| Friends Institute, Moseley Road, B12 0DG | |
| MAY | |
| Mon 20th | BCAT Research Group |
| 18.30 - 20.00 | Open to all interested in Arts Therapy Research |
| 130 Shenstone Valley Road, Halesowen B62 9TF | |
| MAY | |
| Date To Be | SPONSORED PARACHUTE JUMP |
| Confirmed | Full training given - further details from BCAT office |
| MAY | |
| Weds 29th | "Clinical Guidelines in the Allied Health Professions" |
| 17.00 - 19.00 | Judy Mead - Chartered Society of Physiotherapists |
| Friends Institute, Moseley Road, B12 0DG | |
| JUNE | All Arts Therapies Experiential Courses Continue weekly |
| Sat 22nd | SPONSORED CANAL WALK |
| 10.00 | Start from Northern And Southern meeting points |
| lunch at Brindley Place, then return! | |
| JUNE | |
| weds 26th | "Comparative Assessment in Arts Therapies" |
| A Panel Discussion led by Dr Tony Wigram | |
| Friends Institute, Moseley Road, B12 0DG | |
| JULY | All Arts Therapies Experiential Courses Continue weekly |
| Date To Be | SOCIAL FUND-RAISING EVENT |
| Confirmed | |
Commencing
9th. April 2002
Tuesday 6.30pm. – 8.30pm.
What is Art Therapy?
Art Therapy is considered to be a form of
Psychotherapy that evolved in the United Kingdom in the late
1940’s.
The value of Art
Therapy lies in the development of the relationship formed
between the individual, the therapist and the creative process.
Through the use of images, collage, photography, painting,
sculpture and other media, the individual is able to explore and
examine their physical and emotional needs.
Though Art
Therapy cannot be divided from language entirely, it is a
non-verbal therapy capable of breaking down boundaries of
language and communication. It can be particularly helpful
for individuals with speech or sensory impairments as well as
having mental health or learning difficulties.
It is not necessary to be a good artist to do Art Therapy. The safety of the therapeutic space with clear boundaries of time and confidentiality allows individuals to express their own sense of creativity. It is a positive means of expressing thoughts and feelings and beginning to accept ones whole self.
A chance to reflect on personal art making and symbol formation, to delve into areas of the unconscious, explore fantasies and frustrations, develop personal confidence and understand what triggers us to react or respond in social situations. We will explore issues of projection, language in therapy and how emotions and energies are awakened by art making.
Often it is a space where we have permission to be ourselves and to play …
This experience
is not for those who require personal or individual therapy,
however individuals draw upon personal experiences throughout the
group.
Students of the
arts, sciences and social sciences, health care professionals,
performers, artists, youth workers, teachers, care workers,
anyone with an interest in finding out about the potential for
the therapeutic healing art therapy offers.
In Art Therapy nothing is certain, the structure of the sessions will change from one group to the next, depending on individual input and the feelings of the moment. No group member will be asked to do anything they are not comfortable with or happy to do. Be prepared, come ready to make art in comfortable clothing.
10 sessions
£150
Deposit (payable on registration) £75
Balance
payable within 2 weeks of commencement of course
Concessions may be available– apply to the
BCAT Office
Once embarked
upon the Art Therapy Experiential Course, all sessions should be
attended and paid for.
Julie Buxton is a State Registered Art Therapist, based in Birmingham. A sessional Art Therapist for nine years, Julie has established Art Therapy at a male remand prison, a hospital for neurological injuries, with political refugees and in group and community settings across the region.
As
Head Art Therapist at the Birmingham Centre for Arts Therapists,
Julie runs group and individual sessions as well as leading the
Art Therapy Experiential Course twice yearly.
All therapists providing services at BCAT are registered
members of their professional associations and abide by a strict
code of ethics.This course does not offer training for
full professional qualification as an Art Therapist, but it is a
worthwhile springboard towards future formal training.
Accreditation of
the course may be obtained through Birmingham University. Please
enquire for details.
Where
is the School of Education at Birmingham University?
Directions to
get to the course venue will be sent on receipt of registration
Commencing 7th May 2002
Tuesday 6.00pm. – 8.00pm.
What is Dance Movement Therapy?
Dance Movement
Therapy is the use of dance and movement to develop a deeper
understanding of the individual self.
Through the use
of movement the client and therapist will explore the therapy
space together, acknowledging personal and interpersonal issues
that may affect the individual or group.
We all use our
bodies to express emotions and fears regardless of our ability or
disability. One of the roles of the Dance Movement
Therapist is to encourage the awareness of ones self and the
abilities one may have for expression through movement.
It is not
necessary to be a good dancer or mover to do Dance Movement
Therapy. The safety of the therapeutic space with clear
boundaries of time and confidentiality allows individuals to
express their own sense of creativity. It is a positive
means of expressing thoughts and feelings and beginning to accept
ones whole self.
The group will
enable you to understand better (not react to) the cause and
effect of personal trauma in life and how this may be addressed
through the medium of Dance Movement.
The group works in a safe, compassionate and neutral zone where participants may interact and begin to understand the expression of feelings and memories through symbolic cross-cultural movement and dance theatre enactment.
In addressing
body movement directly, the therapist explores with the group how
Dance Movement therapy may work with a client or client group
member, aiming to help them to regain (at their own pace) control
over confused thoughts and feelings; identifying these as
they arise in the body and channeling them into appropriate
communication.
Who is the Dance
Movement Experiential Course for?
This experience
is not for those who require personal or individual therapy,
however individuals draw upon personal experiences throughout the
group.
Students of the
arts, sciences and social sciences, health care professionals,
performers, artists, youth workers, teachers, care workers,
anyone with an interest in finding out about the potential for
the therapeutic healing Dance Movement Therapy offers.
In Dance
Movement Therapy nothing is certain, the structure of the
sessions will change from one group to the next, depending on
individual input and the feelings of the moment. No group
member will be asked to do anything they are not comfortable with
or happy to do.
Be prepared,
come ready to dance, in comfortable clothing.
10 sessions
£150
Deposit
(payable on registration)
£75
Balance payable within 2 weeks of commencement of course
(Concessions may be
available – apply to the BCAT Office)
Once embarked
upon the Art Therapy Experiential Course, all sessions should be
attended and paid for.
Terry Brathwaite is a Dance Movement
Therapist, Business Counsellor and tenured Senior Lecturer
(International Law). A former choreographer and Principal
Dancer with the Trinidad National Ballet for ten years, he has
performed extensively and toured world-wide. Terry also
lectures in International Human Resource Management, Alternative
Dispute Resolutions and Comparative Employment Relations.
Terry’s work stems from his
professional mission to proactively sensitise his clients to
their inner endurance, dreams, de-limitations and freedom to
dance between their joys and pains
All therapists providing services at BCAT
are registered members of their professional associations and
abide by a strict code of ethics.
This course does
not offer training for full professional qualification as an Art
Therapist, but it is a worthwhile springboard towards
future formal training.
Accreditation of
the course may be obtained through Birmingham University. Please
enquire for details.
Where is the School of Education at Birmingham University?
Directions to get to the course venue
will be sent on receipt of registration
Commencing 14th.May
2002
Tuesday 6.00pm. – 8.00pm.
What is Dramatherapy?
Dramatherapy is a creative, clinical therapy with its roots in drama and theatre. Dramatherapy uses creative dramatic structures to allow individuals or group members to examine, re-examine and explore personal and inter-personal, individual and group issues. Interventions involve a wide range of creative approaches including mime, movement, story-making and story-telling, text, mask, ritual, role, puppetry and theatre games.
As a creative
therapy it has evolved its own body of theoretical thought,
research and publications over the last thirty years, using many
diverse and exciting forms and models.
Dramatherapists
practise in a wide range of environments: being employed by
the NHS, working in prisons, schools, working with groups and
individual clients who have a wide variety of needs and
disabilities.
It is not
necessary to be a good actor to engage in dramatherapy. One
of the roles of the dramatherapist is to encourage the members of
the group to develop and explore group and individual issues in a
special, creative, confidential, safe and boundaried space.
Over ten weeks
group members will be able to explore the structures and
processes of dramatherapy in a safe and boundaried space. They
will have a chance to use a variety of techniques through which
they may be able to explore creatively and dramatically as
individuals and as a group.
The experience
will be creative, dramatic, exciting, dynamic, quiet, thoughtful,
frustrating, awakening, surprising and fun.
Who is the Dramatherapy Experiential Course for?
This experience
is not for those who require personal or individual therapy,
however individuals draw upon personal experiences throughout the
group.
Students of the
arts, sciences and social sciences, health care professionals,
performers, artists, youth workers, teachers, care workers,
anyone with an interest in finding out about the potential for
the therapeutic healing Dance Movement Therapy offers.
Group members
are expected to attend all ten sessions unless unforeseen
circumstances arise, in which case the BCAT office must be
informed at the earliest opportunity.
Come with an
open mind and be prepared to join in. No group member will
be asked to do anything they are not comfortable or happy to do.
Loose clothing is an advantage.
10 sessions
£150
Deposit
(payable on registration)
£75
Balance payable within 2 weeks of commencement of course
(Concessions may be
available – apply to the BCAT Office)
This course does
not offer training for full professional qualification as an Art
Therapist, but it is a worthwhile springboardtowards future
formal training.
Accreditation of
the course may be obtained through Birmingham University. Please
enquire for details.
Becky Hasnip trained at the Sesame Institute
at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She
has worked with a wide variety of clients and is currently
involved in providing a Dramatherapy service for mainstream
school-children within the field of bullying, truancy and
exclusion.
In her sessions, Becky aims to provide a
space for people who might find themselves at a disadvantage,
giving them a non-judgemental environment whereby they might be
encouraged to express themselves and work with aspects of their
personality, which might not previously have been stimulated or
which may have been depressed in their development. This
would enable clients to become more at ease with themselves and
therefore have a stronger sense of Self.
All therapists
providing services at BCAT are registered members of their
professional associations and abide by a strict code of ethics.
Where is the School of Education at Birmingham University?
Directions to
get to the course venue will be sent on receipt of registration
Commencing 8th.May
2002
Wednesday 5.30pm. – 7.30pm.
What is Music Therapy?
Music Therapy is undertaken by a qualified music therapist who seeks, through a mutually developing relationship, to assist in the remediation of specific emotional, physical (sensory/motor), social or learning disorders.
Through sensitive
observation and subsequent choice of appropriate elements of
music, the therapist aims to establish an interaction – a
shared musical experience and activity – leading to the
pursuit of therapeutic goals determined by the nature of the
disorder (s).
The ability to
appreciate and respond to music is an inborn quality in human
beings. It is well know that this ability frequently
remains unimpaired by disability, injury or illness. People
who have difficulty in understanding their environment, or whose
verbal communication is an inadequate form of self-expression,
may nevertheless be stimulated by music and respond to it.
Music Therapists
seek through music to arouse and engage clients, to help them
towards realising their potential. A client does not have to be
musically talented to engage in Music Therapy.
Music Therapists
practise in a wide range of environments, being employed by the
NHS, Social Services, the Education Service, in prisons, etc.,
working with groups and individual clients who may have a wide
range of needs and disabilities.
Over the ten
weeks, group members will be able to explore the structures and
processes of music therapy in a safe and boundaried place. Group
members will have a chance to use a variety of musical
instruments within the context of the group setting.
At the request of
the group members, the relevance of music therapy techniques to a
particular client group may be discussed in greater detail.
Practical ‘demonstrations’ or simulations may assist
the understanding of such issues.
The experience will be creative, powerful, exciting, dynamic, frustrating, awakening, surprising and fun!
Who is the Music Therapy Experiential Course for?
This experience
is not for those who require personal or individual
therapy, however individuals draw upon personal experiences
throughout the group.
Students of the arts, sciences and social sciences, health care professionals, performers, artists, youth workers, teachers, care workers, anyone with an interest in finding out about the potential for the therapeutic healing that Music Therapy offers.
Come with an
open mind and be prepared to join in. No group member will
be asked to do anything that they are not comfortable or happy to
do. Respect of confidentiality will be expected from all
group members.
Group members
are expected to attend all ten sessions unless unforeseen
circumstances arise, in which case the BCAT office should be
informed at the earliest opportunity.
10 sessions
£150
Deposit
(payable on registration)
£75
Balance payable within 2 weeks of commencement of course
(Concessions may be available – apply to the BCAT Office)
N.B. This course
does not offer training for full professional qualification as a
Music Therapist, but it is a worthwhile spring-board towards
future formal training.
Accreditation of
the course may be obtained through Birmingham University.
Please enquire for details.
Angela Fenwick is a State Registered Music Therapist with many years of experience within a wide range of client needs. She has lectured in Music Therapy on a world-wide scale and is also interested in research.
In 1993, Angela founded BCAT, as she saw the
need for a Centre which was able to offer access to all four arts
therapies within one organisation, bringing all the advantages
which synergistic and cross-cultural working can bring, both to
clients and to those who wish to study the arts therapies
further. She is now the Director of BCAT and practising
music therapist.
Angela is particularly interested in the relationship between therapy and therapeutic in musical practice. She supervises / advises teachers, carers, students and others involved in the field and runs specialist INSET courses as required.
Guarantee
All therapists providing services at BCAT are registered members of their professional associations and abide by a strict code of ethics.
Where is the Birmingham Centre for Arts Therapies?
Directions to
get to the course venue will be sent on receipt of registration