2026 COLLAGE CHALLENGE

 

COLLAGE CHALLENGE

THE FEMININE POWER

BY GEMMA GARCIA

Copyright

Original picture

COLLAGE CHALLENGE - Inspired by Old Times

We invite you to create your own collage using this historical photograph as your starting point.

Original photograph:
Portrait of Flo Saunders, date unknown
Photographer: Reuben R. Sallows (1855-1937)
Collection: Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol
Object ID: 0385-rrs-ogohc-ph
The original photograph is identified as being in the public domain in Canada.

THE CHALLENGE

Create your own artistic transformation of this historical photograph.

Your collage should retain at least 50% of the original image while transforming it through your own creative vision.

You may cut, layer, paint, draw, digitally manipulate, combine materials, introduce new imagery, or use other creative techniques.

AI-assisted and AI-generated elements are welcome.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Send your finished collage to us by DM or email, together with:

• Your name and surname
• Your country of residence
• Title of your creation

SUBMISSION CONDITIONS FOR A FREE COMMUNITY ART CHALLENGE

By submitting an artwork to the Collage Challenge, you confirm that:

• You are 18 years of age or older.
• You created the submitted artwork yourself and/or have the necessary rights and permissions to use all additional elements incorporated into it.
• Your submission does not infringe the copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other rights of any third party.
• You will not submit material that is unlawful, defamatory, discriminatory, obscene or otherwise inappropriate for this community project.
• You retain ownership of any rights you hold in your original contribution to the artwork.
• You grant Gestalt Art Therapy Centre Australia non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free permission to reproduce, display, publish and share your submitted artwork in connection with this challenge and the promotion of Gestalt Art Therapy Centre Australia, including on our social media, website, newsletters and promotional materials.
• This permission includes reasonable technical modifications required for publication, such as resizing, cropping or adapting the artwork to different social-media or publication formats.
• No financial compensation or royalty will be payable for these uses.
• We may publish your name, country of residence and the title of your creation with your artwork unless you specifically ask us not to do so.

Please only submit an artwork if you are comfortable with it potentially being published publicly.

Participants are responsible for ensuring that any additional photographs, artwork, graphics, text, AI-generated material or other content incorporated into their submission can lawfully be used and shared.

Gestalt Art Therapy Centre Australia reserves the right not to publish or to remove a submission if concerns arise regarding copyright, third-party rights, inappropriate content or compliance with these conditions.

This is a free creative community challenge and not a competition. No purchase or payment is required to participate.

gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

ABOUT THE SOURCE IMAGE

Portrait of Flo Saunders, photographed by Reuben R. Sallows (1855-1937). Collection of the Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol, Object ID: 0385-rrs-ogohc-ph. The source photograph is identified as being in the public domain in Canada.

We look forward to seeing how you transform the past through your own creative vision.

Example collage by Gemma Garcia (Australia)
Title: Feminine Power

2027 LUXURY RETREAT FOR COUPLES Reflect - Reconnect - Rebuild RRR©

 

LUXURY RETREAT FOR COUPLES

Reflect - Reconnect - Rebuild RRR©

💚 LUXURY RETREAT FOR COUPLES

Reflect - Reconnect - Rebuild RRR©

📅 19-21 February 2027
📍 Mt Glorious, Brisbane
🌿 3 days and 2 nights

Step away from everyday routines and spend a nurturing weekend together in the beautiful natural surroundings of Mt Glorious.

This small-group retreat, guided by Yaro Starak and Gemma Garcia, offers couples time and space to:

✨ Reconnect in a meaningful and authentic way
✨ Strengthen communication and understanding
✨ Explore unfinished emotional business
✨ Address trust, infidelity and emotional repair
✨ Reflect on your future together
✨ Enjoy a Spanish tapas couples cooking experience

🐦 EARLY-BIRD DISCOUNT
Payment must be received before 10 September 2026.
Rainforest Homestead - private Queen room with shared facilities:

Your retreat includes accommodation, meals, therapeutic workshops, couples counselling support and the Spanish tapas cooking experience.

Places are very limited, with only three private rooms in the Rainforest Homestead and three one-bedroom cottages available.

Payment plans are available.

💌 Book now through the link 

https://www.arttherapygestalt.com/events-1/couples-retreat-reconnect-reflect-rebuild-2

 our bio or contact us for more information.
Contact us for more information: gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

Yaro Starak & Gemma Garcia
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre Australia

2026 Art Journaling Gestalt Art Therapy

 2026 Art Journaling 

Gestalt Art Therapy

The Therapeutic Art Journal is an invitation to make time for yourself, connect with your creativity, and explore your inner world through images, colours, and artistic expression.

It offers a space to express feelings through a different language, discover your own answers, and perhaps find new questions along the way.

Each page can be the beginning of a journey back to yourself.

Therapeutic Art Journal
Author: Gemma Garcia
Director, Gestalt Art Therapy Centre - Australia
www.arttherapygestalt.com
www.arteterapiagestalt.es

► Purchase your copy through the link

https://www.lulu.com/shop/gemma-garcia-roman/therapeutic-art-journaling-exercises/paperback/product-1y59456g.html?srsltid=AfmBOor50afKNAa9FTClpRqKq7csIwm5-SFJHuLn4rXmgoB7ETh6pS8a&page=1&pageSize=4

For more information:
gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

2026 Collage Challenge

 2026 Collage Challenge

Collage by artist: Gemma Garcia (Australia)

COLLAGE CHALLENGE Inspired by Matisse

We invite you to explore your creativity through collage, inspired by Henri Matisse’s iconic work “Nu bleu II” (1952).

Your challenge is to create your own artwork using this piece as a base, maintaining at least 50% of the original image, and transforming it through your own creative process. You can add, cut, layer, paint, or integrate new elements. Let your imagination guide you.

This is an opportunity to connect with collage as a language of expression, transformation, and personal meaning.

How to participate
Please send us your creation via email with your name & surname, and country of residence.

All selected submissions will be considered for public sharing on our social media platforms as part of this creative challenge and to celebrate the work of our community. For this reason, if you prefer that your artwork not be shared publicly, we kindly ask that you do not send it for this challenge.

Important information about copyright and permissions
By submitting your artwork, you confirm and agree to the following:

You are the creator of the submitted work and hold the rights to the added or modified content.
Your artwork is an original creative transformation and does not infringe the rights of third parties.
You grant the Gestalt Art Therapy Centre Australia permission to use, reproduce, publish, and share your submitted image on our social media platforms, website, newsletters, and promotional materials.
This permission is granted without financial compensation.
You understand that your name may be credited alongside your artwork unless you request otherwise in writing.
You acknowledge that the original artwork by Henri Matisse is used as a reference for creative and educational purposes within the context of this challenge.
You agree that Gestalt Art Therapy Centre Australia is not responsible for any copyright claims arising from the submitted content. 

You must be 18 years or older to participate.

Let’s create, transform, and give new meaning through collage.

Here you can download the original artwork

 

NEW OFFER – GROUP SUPERVISION SESSIONS

With Yaro Starak

Face-to-face

In Ashgrove, Brisbane

Starting on April 15th, 2026

Weekly Sessions – 1 hour

Minimum of 6 participants

Day: Wednesdays

Time: 6 pm to 7 pm

• Members of the Gestalt Art Therapy Club: Pack of 6 sessions: $300 per person Pay NOW. Book Now

• General participants- Non-members: Pack of 6 sessions: $330 per person Pay NOW. Book Now

Offer valid until March 25th, 2026

Payments after March 25th, a pack of six sessions, $600 per person (Members and non-members)

► Let us know your preferred day and time. We will confirm availability.

Facilitator:

Yaro Starak

B.A., M.S.W, Adv. Dip. SW, Dip. GT.

Former Lecturer at the University of Queensland

Gender pronouns: He/ Him

Gestalt Psychotherapist.

Gestalt Art Therapist CGAT®

Men leadership training

Author of books on Gestalt Psychotherapy & Group facilitation

Co-Director Gestalt Art Therapy Centre-Australia

Contact us for more information

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2026 NEW Gestalt Art Therapy Club MEMBERS!

 

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Membership is for one year, from NOW until December 31st, 2026.

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2026 Needle Felting for Stress and Anxiety Relief- Gestalt Art Therapy Face-to-Face Workshop

 

2026 Needle Felting for Stress and Anxiety Relief

 Gestalt Art Therapy 

Face-to-Face Workshop

Needle felting is a tactile, meditative art form that shapes wool with a barbed needle. In therapy- especially from a Gestalt Art Therapy perspective- it becomes more than a craft: a healing process that engages body, emotions, and imagination.

Registrants from Australia can obtain their CPD /OPD hours (non-endorsed activities)

Art Therapy Associations CPD hours

AASW CPD hours

ACA OPD hours

PACFA CPD hours

Needle Felting for Stress and Anxiety Relief: A Gestalt Art Therapy Perspective

Needle felting is a tactile, meditative process that involves shaping wool with a barbed needle.

From a Gestalt Art Therapy perspective, it becomes a therapeutic activity that fosters emotional healing through creativity, embodiment, and mindfulness.

The repetitive hand movement helps ground clients, release nervous energy, and bring focus to the present. This rhythmic action promotes a calming flow state, beneficial for reducing anxiety.

The creative process encourages non-verbal expression, emotional exploration, and decision-making, which support self-agency and control.

As wool shifts shape, clients practice flexibility and tolerance, engaging in playful problem-solving and letting go of perfectionism.

Through this process, unconscious projections often surface, offering opportunities for reflection and emotional integration.

Shaping wool mirrors shaping one’s inner world—transforming emotional tension into tangible forms.

In this way, needle felting supports Gestalt principles such as present-moment awareness, contact, and self-responsibility.

It becomes a powerful therapeutic tool, especially useful in trauma-informed care.

►Art materials Included!

Workshop Objectives: Needle Felting for Stress and Anxiety Relief

(For professionals and non-professionals)

• Introduce needle felting as a creative and therapeutic process that supports emotional regulation.

• Explore how repetitive hand movements and sensory engagement help reduce stress and anxiety.

• Understand the role of the creative process in expressing emotions non-verbally.

• Learn how to facilitate present-moment awareness and grounding through tactile work.

• Discover the symbolic and narrative potential of felted creations in reflecting inner experiences.

• Gain insights into how Gestalt Art Therapy principles can be applied through needle felting.

• Develop practical skills to integrate needle felting into personal self-care or client work.

• Experience hands-on felting activities that model the process of externalizing and reshaping inner tension.

• Build confidence in using needle felting as a tool for mindful creativity and emotional exploration.

• Reflect on how this practice can be adapted for different settings, ages, and therapeutic goals.

Materials included in the workshop cost

Please note that the designs available at the workshop may differ from those shown in the photo. By participating in this event, you acknowledge and accept these conditions.

Workshop information:

Day: September 13th, 2026

Where: Gestalt Art Therapy Centre.

2 Findlay St. Ashgrove. Brisbane. Qld.

Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (Brisbane- Australian time) 2-hour workshop

Cost:

Members of the Gestalt Art Therapy Center

Participation: $150Aud

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal)

General participants

Participation: $210Aud

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal) 

Workshop REGISTRATION HERE

Please note that for payments and refunds processed via PayPal, a 3% commission will be applied by PayPal to each transaction.

By participating in our events, you agree to these conditions.

Workshop only for adults

Please note:

Covid Requirements

Following the Australian Government Health Department's indications and to offer a safe space for all patients and Psychotherapists/ Counsellors:

Every participant before being admitted to each Face-to-face session/ workshop:

• Before each workshop/ session temperature measures will be taken. If the participant has symptoms like fever (37°C or more), coughing, sore throat, or shortness of breath, unfortunately, he/she will not be admitted to the event/ session, and the participant must reschedule the session/ workshop participation. 

Important information from Government:

Testing positive for COVID-19 and close contact and Flu symptoms

Any person who tests positive for COVID-19 or is a close contact, or has Flu symptoms, will not be admitted and will need to reschedule the session/workshop participation.

Payment Methods: Ask us for Bank details, please

More information:

Gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

If the event does not meet the minimum number of participants and the organizers decide to postpone it, you will be offered the option to transfer your payment to a future event or discuss a refund. Cancellations made less than 24 hours before the event will not receive refunds or credits.

Please note that for payments and refunds processed via PayPal, a 3% commission will be applied by PayPal to each transaction.

By participating in our events, you agree to these conditions.

2026 Art Journaling Gestalt Art Therapy

 

2026 Art Journaling 

Gestalt Art Therapy

ONLINE

Art journaling is a creative practice that combines visual art and personal reflection in a journal or sketchbook. It often includes drawings, paintings, collages, writing, and mixed media to express thoughts, emotions, memories, or experiences. 

Registrants from Australia can obtain their CPD /OPD hours (non-endorsed activities)

ANZACATA CPD hours

AASW CPD hours

ACA OPD hours

PACFA CPD hours

Art Journaling

Online Event

Art journaling, from a Gestalt Art Therapy perspective, is a reflective and experiential practice that supports self-awareness, emotional expression, and personal integration.

This 2-hour workshop is open to both mental health professionals and the general public (18 years and over). Participants will engage in creative processes such as free drawing, collage, and reflective writing to explore inner experiences, emotions, and thoughts in a predominantly non-verbal and creative way. These practices support awareness in the here and now and allow unconscious material to emerge into consciousness in a safe and contained manner.

Through the art journaling process, participants can reconnect with parts of themselves that may feel fragmented, develop personal meaning, and foster a greater sense of coherence and wholeness, supporting insight and personal growth.

This event is open to professionals and the general public (18+). Mental health professionals attending the workshop will also gain practical knowledge and creative tools that can be ethically adapted and integrated into individual therapy, counselling sessions, and group work.

ONLINE Workshop information:

When: August 22nd, 2026

Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (Brisbane- Australian time) AEST- Australian Eastern Standard Time. UTC/GMT +10 hours.

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Cost:

Gestalt Art Therapy Club members. Participation: $95Aud

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal)

General participants. Participation: $110Aud.

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal)

Any questions please contact us.

gestaltarttherapy@gmail.com

ONLINE Workshop REGISTRATION HERE

System and Materials Required for Workshop Participation

Online Platform

The workshop will be delivered via Zoom. After completing your registration, you will receive the access link prior to the event.

Technical Requirements

Please ensure you have the following available on the day of the workshop:

A stable internet connection

A computer, tablet, or mobile phone with a functioning webcam and microphone

The Zoom application installed on your device and an active Zoom account

Materials Required

Several A4 sheets of paper for writing, drawing, or colouring

Coloured crayons or pencils

A selection of different papers such as wrapping paper, magazines, or newspapers

Glue

Scissors

- Compulsory: An empty Art Journal (A book with blank pages)

Once the registration is paid, we will send you the Zoom link for the workshop.

Online Workshops

Please note that if the minimum number of participants is not reached on the day of the workshop, the live session will not proceed. In this case, if a recording is available, registered participants will receive access to the recording instead.

Please be aware that PayPal applies a 3% transaction fee to all payments and refunds. This fee is non-refundable and is charged directly by PayPal.

Workshop Participation Guidelines and Emotional Wellbeing Information

Purpose and Scope of the Workshop

The purpose of this workshop is to provide professional training and learning in tools and techniques drawn from Gestalt Art Therapy. This workshop is educational in nature and is not intended to replace or function as personal therapy.

Privacy and Recording

This workshop will be recorded to allow current and future participants to review the content and activities after the live session. Registered participants will have online access to the recording for a period of six months from the workshop date.

By participating in this event, you acknowledge and consent to the recording of the session. This may include your image, voice, and any verbal or creative contributions made during the workshop. You understand that the recording may be used for educational purposes and may be made available for sale in the future. No financial or other compensation will be provided for participation or contributions included in the recording.

2026 Sand Play Art Therapy CGAT© a Gestalt Approach - Face to Face workshop

 

2026 Sand Play Art Therapy CGAT© 

a Gestalt Approach 

Face-to-Face workshop

An approach to work in Psychotherapy, Counselling Therapy with children, Adolescents, Adults, Families, Couples and also for Personal growth. Discover the hidden messages of the unconscious through Sand Play and creating figurines. 

Face-to-Face event

Registrants from Australia can obtain their CPD /OPD hours (non-endorsed activities)

ANZACATA Hours

AASW CPD Hours

ACA OPD Hours

PACFA CPD Hours

Introduction to SAND PLAY ART THERAPY- a Gestalt Art Therapy approach - Face-to-face Workshop

Who can participate?

If you are a professional Psychotherapist, Mental health psychologist, Counsellor, Coach, Teacher, or Social Worker, this short workshop will give you an idea about the power of symbols and how to support clients using this approach in therapy sessions.

If you are not a mental health professional, you can also benefit from the knowledge of this technique and the theory of Jung's symbols in combination with Gestalt Art Therapy, for personal growth.

Objectives of the workshop:

· Discover the hidden messages of your unconscious here and now.

· Learn the steps to work with Symbols in the Sand tray.

· Working with stories in a Gestalt Art therapy approach

· Integrate the awareness during the Sand play work in your everyday life.

· Create your own Sand tray in a conscientious manner

· Gain tools to be used with your clients in therapy sessions

· Create your own powerful figurines

Participants will receive a certificate of 2 hours of participation from Gestalt Art Therapy Centre Australia for “Sand Play Therapy Art Therapy- Gestalt art therapy approach”

This Face-to-face workshop is designed for people interested in knowing about how to work with symbols in the sand tray, in their practice and for all individuals with an interest in discovering and learning how to work with their own unconscious, bringing it to the “here and now”

Workshop date:

Day: April 25th, 2026

Face-to-Face

Where: Gestalt Art Therapy centre.

2 Findlay St. Ashgrove. Brisbane. Qld.

Time: 10 am to 1pm (Brisbane- Australian time)

Cost:

Gestalt Art Therapy members Silver or Gold

Participation: $230 Aud

Click here to pay by Credit Card (Paypal)

General participants

Participation: $250 Aud

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Workshop REGISTRATION HERE

We are not registered for GST.

PayPal payments have platform fees. Ask us for bank details to avoid fees.

Read Policy Cancellation and Participation conditions in the "Event Policy"

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2026 Working with Couples- A Gestalt Therapy Approach

 

2026 Working with Couples

A Gestalt Therapy Approach

Online

This workshop is designed for counsellors, psychologists, Gestalt therapists, Art therapists, Play therapists, and Social workers who work with couples or wish to deepen their skills in relationship-focused practice.

Working with Couples – A Gestalt Therapy Approach- Online Workshop

Working with couples can be complex, challenging, and deeply meaningful.

This online workshop offers a Gestalt Therapy perspective on couple work, supporting practitioners to deepen their understanding of relationship dynamics, conflict, intimacy, and contact. We will explore the relationship as a living system, where two individuals meet, differ, and co-create meaning together.

The workshop is suitable for practitioners supporting couples across different life stages, cultures, family structures, and relational configurations. This includes couples with children, blended families, and diverse sexual and gender identities.

It is ideal for counsellors, therapists, psychologists, and mental health professionals who are already working with couples, as well as those beginning to integrate Gestalt principles into their clinical practice.

Join us for a reflective and experiential space to expand your confidence, awareness, and skills in working with couples.

If you cannot attend live, you can register to receive the recording.

Registrants can obtain their CPD /OPD hours (non-endorsed activities)

Your Association - CPD Hours

AASW CPD hours

ACA OPD hours

PACFA CPD hours

Day: April 18th

Time: 4 pm to 6 pm (Brisbane- Australian time)  AEST- Australian Eastern Standard Time. UTC/GMT +10 hours

Time Zones

Objectives of the workshop:

• Develop a clear Gestalt Therapy framework for understanding couple relationships as dynamic systems rather than individual problems

• Support practitioners to work with differences in couples, including gender, age, culture, life stage, parenting, blended families, and personal dreams, without pathologising diversity

• Strengthen the ability to recognise and work with conflict as a form of contact, using awareness rather than control or avoidance

• Introduce the two trains metaphor as a clinical and educational tool to support differentiation, autonomy, and connection in couple work

• Enhance practitioners’ capacity to identify where couples become blocked within the Cycle of Experience and to intervene with clarity and presence

• Build confidence in working with polarities, contact and withdrawal, and the paradoxical theory of change in couple dynamics

• Support ethical and grounded exploration of sexuality as a relational language of connection, difference, and vulnerability

• Equip participants with practical strategies to help couples develop self-support, take responsibility, and create healthier patterns of communication and repair

The Inner Couple/Partner Introyect

The Inner Couple refers to the internalised relational archetypes we all carry within us, shaped by early experiences with parents and caregivers, cultural norms, social expectations, religion, media, and romantic narratives from films and stories. These inner figures influence how we love, argue, desire, withdraw, and attach, often operating outside conscious awareness. Conflict arises when our inner partner does not match the stereotypes or expectations we have absorbed about how a partner should be, how love should look, or how relationships are meant to function. In such moments, tension is not only between two people, but between lived relational experience and inherited ideals.

From a Gestalt perspective, working with the Inner Couple invites awareness of these internalised images, allowing individuals and couples to differentiate what truly belongs to them from what was learned, projected, or idealised, opening space for more authentic contact and choice in relationship.

Cost:

Members of the Gestalt Art Therapy Center

Participation: $150Aud

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal)

General participants

Participation: $210Aud

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal) 

Workshop REGISTRATION HERE

► This workshop will be recorded, allowing participants who cannot attend due to time zone differences to access the content later. By participating in this workshop, you agree to these conditions.

If you need a Certificate of Participation for CPD purposes but cannot attend the live event, you are still eligible for the certificate. To qualify, you must watch the recording, complete the proposed activities, send us a picture of your creations, and complete a feedback form.

We are not registered for GST.

Zoom (After registration and payment, you will receive the Zoom link )

System:

System and Materials you will need for the workshop participation:

- Internet connection

- Having installed the Zoom program (Download here)

- PC, Laptop, Tablet with webcam & audio

- Paper to write

- Felt pens, or other colored pens that you like

Workshop only for adults.

More information:

Gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

Online Workshops

• Please note that if we do not have the minimum number of participants on the day of the workshop, the live workshop will not proceed.

• Please note that PayPal payments and refunds will incur a 3% transaction fee, applied by PayPal.

• If the minimum number of live participants is not reached, the organisers reserve the right to postpone or cancel the event. In this case, all payments will be fully refunded. Please note that PayPal commissions are not refundable.

• A list of required materials for each workshop can be found on our website and will also be sent via email. These materials are essential, even if they are similar across workshops.

• By registering for and attending our events, you agree to these terms and conditions.

• Please note that this workshop will be recorded. By registering and attending, you agree to be recorded and waive any future claims regarding the use and distribution of the video. The recording will be made available to current and future registered participants.

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2026 Embroidering Emotions- Gestalt Art Therapy Face-to-Face Workshop

 

2026 Embroidering Emotions

 Gestalt Art Therapy 

Face-to-Face Workshop

From a Gestalt Art Therapy perspective, embroidery becomes a process of repair and integration. Each stitch symbolises resilience, helping transform trauma and unfinished business into a tangible form, where meaning, self-support, and emotional coherence can be restored through creative action.

*20% Off!

Series of Workshops for Wellbeing

Registrants from Australia can obtain their CPD /OPD hours (non-endorsed activities)

Art Therapy Associations CPD hours

AASW CPD hours

ACA OPD hours

PACFA CPD hours

Series of Workshops for Wellbeing

Embroidering Emotions: A Gestalt Art Therapy Perspective

This workshop introduces embroidery as an accessible, experiential creative practice that supports emotional processing, resilience, and self-regulation. Participants will learn beginner-friendly embroidery techniques while engaging in a reflective, supportive environment that integrates body awareness, creativity, and emotional exploration.

Through guided embroidery experiences, participants will explore how working with thread, fabric, and simple tools can strengthen inner resources and assist in working with unresolved emotional experiences. The learning is practical and experiential, allowing participants to later adapt this approach within therapeutic, counselling, and community contexts. Participation in this workshop contributes to Professional Development (PD) hours.

►Art materials included!

Workshop Objectives: Embroidering Emotions (for beginners)

(For professionals and non-professionals)

• Learn basic embroidery stitches and tools suitable for beginners

• Explore embroidery as a method for emotional regulation and inner stability

• Use tactile creative processes to support presence and embodied awareness

• Express personal experiences and strengths through symbolic imagery

• Work with themes of repair, continuity, and resilience through stitching

• Experience embroidery as a container for complex or unresolved emotions

• Develop confidence in applying this creative approach in therapy and counselling sessions

• Explore ways to adapt embroidery-based activities for community projects and group work

• Understand how this experiential process can be safely introduced to clients

• Gain PD hours through participation in a structured, face-to-face professional learning experience

Materials included in the workshop cost

Please note that the designs available at the workshop may differ from those shown in the photo. By participating in this event, you acknowledge and accept these conditions.

Workshop information:

Day: March 28th, 2026

Where: Gestalt Art Therapy Centre.

2 Findlay St. Ashgrove. Brisbane. Qld.

Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (Brisbane- Australian time) 2-hour workshop

Cost:

Members of the Gestalt Art Therapy Center

Participation: $150Aud

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal)

*20% OFF!

$120 Aud

The 20% discount will be applied to payments made before March 15. After this date, the cost is $150.

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal)

General participants

Participation: $210Aud

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal) 

*20% OFF!

$168 Aud

The 20% discount will be applied to payments made before March 15. After this date, the cost is $210.

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal)

Workshop REGISTRATION HERE

Become a Member!!

Please note that for payments and refunds processed via PayPal, a 3% commission will be applied by PayPal to each transaction.

By participating in our events, you agree to these conditions.

Workshop only for adults

Please note:

Covid Requirements

Following the Australian Government Health Department's indications and to offer a safe space for all patients and Psychotherapists/ Counsellors:

Every participant, before being admitted to each Face-to-face session/ workshop:

• Before each workshop/ session, temperature measures will be taken. If the participant has symptoms like fever (37°C or more), coughing, sore throat, or shortness of breath, unfortunately, he/she will not be admitted to the event/ session, and the participant must reschedule the session/ workshop participation. 

Important information from the Government:

Testing positive for COVID-19, close contact, and Flu symptoms

Any person who tests positive for COVID-19 or is a close contact, or has Flu symptoms, will not be admitted and will need to reschedule the session/workshop participation.

Payment Methods: Ask us for Bank details, please

More information:

Gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

If the event does not meet the minimum number of participants and the organisers decide to postpone it, you will be offered the option to transfer your payment to a future event or discuss a refund. Cancellations made less than 24 hours before the event will not receive refunds or credits.

Please note that for payments and refunds processed via PayPal, a 3% commission will be applied by PayPal to each transaction.

By participating in our events, you agree to these conditions.

Cancellation policy. Read the information during registration.