2024 CR© Creative Retreat "Love Yourself" in Brisbane

 

2024 CR© Creative Retreat "Love Yourself" in Brisbane

Time & Location

23 Feb 2024, 5:00 pm AEST – 25 Feb 2024, 2:00 pm AEST

Mount Glorious, Mount Glorious Rd, Mount Glorious QLD 4520, Australia

About the event

✴️CREATIVE Retreat "Love Yourself"

"Treat yourself"

During the Retreat: 

• Participants will learn the steps to self-acceptance, investigating their blocks practicing forgiveness, and acknowledging resilience to build confidence in each "here and now" to achieve their future goals. 
• Time to relax by doing creative and transformative activities.
• Enjoy the environment in a place full of peace.
• Recognize the efforts you have made and are making every day of your life and give yourself time to love yourself and give yourself time and receive support to design your future Goals.
• We will use a wide variety of media (painting, drawing, writing) and creative techniques. No prior art or therapy experience is necessary. It will be a place to explore and enjoy without our inner critic! Creativity, Poetry, Art Journaling, Mandalas, Dreams, drawing, Coloring, Painting, Movement, Rituals, and personal growth.

Days of the retreat 2024:

Friday February 23rd 2024 from 5 pm

Saturday February 24th, 2024

Sunday February 25th, 2024 until lunch time (included)

Venue: Mount Glorious Luxury Retreat- Brisbane

Included:

Accommodation:

Sharing Room (Twin beds).  Each Room Features:

Twin beds.

Fridge, Kettle, and pod coffee machine

Ensuite with Shower and Mini Bath

Reading chair

Blockout Curtains

Australian Botanical Toiletries by Leif

​

• Catering Included (Friday dinner until Sunday lunch)

Participating in a retreat that aligns with your needs and goals can offer a wide range of benefits for your physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

Here are some of the potential benefits of attending a retreat focused on relaxation, self-reflection, and creativity from a Gestalt Therapy perspective, especially in a beautiful natural setting:

• Stress reduction: Retreats typically provide a break from the hustle and bustle of daily life, allowing you to detach from stressors and focus on relaxation. This can lead to reduced levels of stress and anxiety. 
• Mindfulness and self-awareness: In a retreat setting, you can practice mindfulness, which involves being fully present in the moment. This can enhance your self-awareness, leading to a better understanding of your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. 
• Creative expression: Retreats often encourage creative activities, such as art, writing, or music. Engaging in creative expression can help you tap into your emotions and foster personal growth and self-discovery. 
• Time for reflection: Retreats provide dedicated time and space for introspection and contemplation. This can help you gain insights into your life, relationships, and future goals. 
• Personal growth: By focusing on yourself and your needs during the retreat, you can foster personal growth and development. It can be an opportunity to address unresolved issues and work on self-improvement. 
• Clarity and decision-making: Being away from the usual distractions and responsibilities can help you gain clarity on important life decisions, including those related to your career, relationships, and future goals. 
• Connection with like-minded individuals: Retreats often attract people with similar interests and goals. Building connections with others can provide a sense of community and support during your journey. 
• Improved focus and productivity: Taking time to rest and recharge can boost your focus and productivity when you return to your regular routines. 
• Nature's therapeutic effects: Being in a beautiful natural setting can have a calming and rejuvenating effect on your mind and body. Nature is known to reduce stress and promote overall well-being. 
• Physical health benefits: Many retreats also include activities like yoga, meditation, or outdoor exercises, which can have positive effects on your physical health, flexibility, and fitness. 
• Emotional healing: Engaging in therapeutic activities, such as group discussions or one-on-one counseling if available, can help with emotional healing and processing unresolved issues. 
• Enhanced problem-solving skills: The combination of relaxation, self-reflection, and creative activities can stimulate your mind and enhance your problem-solving abilities.

It's important to note that the benefits of a retreat can vary from person to person, depending on individual needs and experiences. To get the most out of a retreat, it's essential to be open to the process, actively participate, and embrace the opportunities for growth and self-discovery.

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

AASW CPD hours

ACA OPD hours

PACFA CPD hours

OTA hours

Contact your Association and confirm the CPD points.

Participants will receive a certificate of participation CPD hours related to:

• Narrative Therapy
• Relaxation strategies
• Mindfulness Cognitive therapy
• Positive relationships
• Burn out
• Teamwork
• Cultural competency

Indicated also for corporations

Learning Objectives:

• Gestalt art therapy techniques combined with participants' skills and professional objectives.
• Mindfulness and stress management.
• Through the proposed activities during the Retreat participants will develop skills and knowledge for self-care, managing stress, workload, and burnout, and building authentic relationships for team workers.
• Intervention Strategies: Participants will learn a wide range of therapeutic interventions tailored to individuals' needs, including adaptive strategies, therapeutic exercises, and environmental modifications.

All the techniques gained during the retreat can be implemented in any kind of Therapy intervention/session, utilizing art as a tool for the physical, emotional, cognitive, and psychosocial development of clients, with different abilities, and ages (Children, Adolescents, families)

​Cost per person:

Become a member Silver or Gold

Members of the Gestalt Art Therapy CLUB (Silver or Gold )

Click here to pay by Credit card (paypal) Payments before January 26th, 2024  $1640 per person

Payments after January 26th, 2024 $1850 per person

​Contact us for a payment plan

​

Non Members of the Gestalt Art Therapy Club

Click here to pay by Credit card (paypal) Payments before January 26th, 2024  $1850 per person

Payments after January 26th, 2024  $2050 per person

​►Contact us for a payment plan

Available 2 spots for couples/ friends (Sharing bed)

Payments before January 26th, 2024 are $2995 per couple

Payments after January 26th, 2024  $3280 per couple

RETREAT REGISTRATION HERE

​

We are not registered for GST

Participation costs are per person. (Registration for couples, the price is for two people)

Payments through Paypal will have 3% of applied Paypal commission in each payment/ refund through this platform.

Ask us for Bank details if you do not want to pay PayPal commission fees.

Please read more information about the cancellation policy.

Please note:

Covid Requirements

Following the Australian Government Health Department's indications and to offer a safe space for all participants and Retreat leaders.

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

• Before the start of the Retreat/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 Retreat/ event.

Important information from Government:

Testing positive for COVID-19

Any person who tests positive for COVID-19 will need to immediately isolate at home or other suitable accommodation for at least 7 full days from the date the person had their test. Follow the advice from Queensland Health, including the first steps to take if you have COVID-19.

Close Contact

If you are a close contact, on the day of the event/ session you should have a negative test and wear a mask.

If there is a positive test, please contact us with this information.

Regarding face-to-face Retreats/  workshops/ sessions, clients who tested COVID-19 positive must have passed a minimum of 14 days after COVID-19 to be able to have a face-to-face participation/ session and have a RAT negative test.

Please read the information about cancelations and refunds here.

Contact us for more info: gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

Cancellation policy:

If the Retreat cannot go ahead due to the decision of the leaders, the Retreat will be postponed and participants will receive the information of the next dates of the event. Please note that if this situation happens, it is not a cancellation, it is a postponed event and economic refunds will not be possible for participants. If you booked and paid for the retreat and you cannot participate in the new dates, the amount that you paid, can be transferred to a friend or you can be used to participate in other of our events or to use at our store to buy our books and our products. If you cancel your participation in this retreat before December 25th, 2023, you will receive 100% of the paid amount that you did. If you cancel your participation after December 25th, 2023, you will not receive any economic refund, and/ or credit to be used later, in any circumstances including sickness, Covid positive, etc.

Contact us for more info: gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

Participating in this retreat means that you accept all of these conditions.

2024 Mandalas Gestalt Art Therapy Online event

 

2024 Mandalas Gestalt Art Therapy Online event

17 Feb 2024, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm AEST

Zoom

About the event

 MANDALAS a Gestalt Art Therapy approach

“My mandalas were cryptograms about the state of the self that presented itself to me each new day… I kept them as precious stones…. It was becoming more and more clear that the Mandala was the center. It is the exponent of all paths. It is the path to the center, to individuation. ”

                             Memories, Dreams, and Reflections. CG Jung

 THE SACRED ROUND: Carl Jung's Patient Mandalas

“The Sacred Round: Carl Jung's Patient Mandalas” was the first exhibition of forty patient-created mandalas by Swiss psychoanalyst C.G. Jung, which was on view at the Oglethorpe University Art Museum from February 5 to May 6, 2012. The exhibit was courtesy of C.G. Jung Institute in Kusnacht, Switzerland

Workshop objectives:

Creating mandalas can indeed have therapeutic benefits and promote relaxation and well-being. Mandalas are intricate and symmetrical patterns that often originate from spiritual and cultural practices, particularly in Hinduism and Buddhism. In recent years, they have been adopted in various therapeutic settings due to their potential psychological benefits.

- The artistic techniques involved in creating mandalas using a wide range of artistic materials.

- Investigate and experiment with the creation of mandalas and the process in the Gestalt Art therapy session.

- Have the opportunity to practice with this tool, because when you draw or paint your own mandala, you are making a portrait of your unconscious self in a particular moment in your life, and when you carefully observe your creation, it can provide an amazing insight in a deep level (Susanne F Fincher)

- Learn how to present this art tool to your clients

- Discover the spiritual transformative power of the mandala

- You will be able to offer options to the client to communicate in a new language. Mandala work provides a space where clients can reproduce their inner world in a safe and relaxed way.

- Practice with the integration of polarities using Mandalas.

- Investigate more about Symbols, Archetypes, and the Collective Unconscious.

· If you are a professional working with clients, during this online workshop, participants will understand how to work with Mandalas, in a Gestalt art therapy approach.

· Working with mandalas with a Gestalt approach will help the participants to understand not the "why" but the "what for" and the "how" during the creation and understanding of the Mandala.

"Here and Now" will give participants valuable awareness during this amazing process of working with the Mandalas.

· This workshop is "practical" - this means that the importance is the practice, the moment, and the experience. We will present theories but the goal is practical.

No previous experience with mandalas in Gestalt Therapy, or in Psychology, Therapy, or Art is necessary.

This workshop will not be recorded because it will be experiential "Here and now". So there will be no later access to the contents.

Creating mandalas can indeed be therapeutic from a Gestalt therapy perspective, especially when working with trauma, depression, and anxiety. Gestalt therapy focuses on promoting self-awareness, personal growth, and integrating various aspects of oneself. Mandalas, with their intricate patterns and circular structure, can serve as a powerful tool for self-expression and healing. Here's how they can be therapeutic:

• Expression of Emotions: Mandalas provide a non-verbal and creative outlet for expressing emotions that might be difficult to put into words. When creating a mandala, individuals can channel their feelings, whether it's pain, sadness, or anxiety, into the colors, shapes, and patterns they choose. 
• Mindfulness and Grounding: The process of creating a mandala requires focused attention and concentration. This mindfulness practice can help individuals become more present in the moment and grounded in their immediate experience. This is especially helpful for individuals dealing with anxiety, as it can redirect their attention away from worrying thoughts. 
• Symbolic Representation: In Gestalt therapy, symbols hold significant meaning. Mandalas can serve as a symbolic representation of one's inner world and the different parts of oneself. As the mandala takes shape, it can mirror the different aspects of the creator's personality and emotions, leading to insights and self-discovery.
• Integration and Wholeness: The circular and balanced nature of mandalas can symbolize the concept of wholeness and integration in Gestalt therapy. By working with the different elements of the mandala, individuals can explore and integrate the fragmented parts of themselves, which is particularly relevant when addressing trauma and depression.
• Control and Empowerment: Creating mandalas provides a sense of control and agency. Individuals can choose colors, shapes, and patterns that resonate with them, giving them a sense of empowerment over their creative process. This can counter feelings of helplessness often associated with trauma and depression.
• Catharsis and Release: Engaging in creative expression, like creating mandalas, can facilitate catharsis – a release of pent-up emotions and tension. For those dealing with trauma, depression, or anxiety, this release can be therapeutic and provide relief.
• Safe Exploration: Mandalas offer a contained space for exploration and experimentation. In Gestalt therapy, a safe and contained environment is crucial for individuals to explore their inner experiences at their own pace, which can be especially important when addressing trauma.
• Metaphor and Transformation: The process of creating a mandala mirrors the process of personal growth and transformation. Starting from a blank canvas and gradually building the mandala symbolizes the journey of self-discovery and change – a central theme in Gestalt therapy.

Workshop information:

When: February 17th,2024

Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (Brisbane- Australian time)  AEST- Australian Eastern Standard Time. UTC/GMT +10 hours. See here time converter https://24timezones.com/difference

For Australians CPC Points

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

AASW CPD hours

ACA OPD hours

PACFA CPD hours

Cost:

Gestalt Art Therapy Club members

Participation: $95Aud

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal) Promo Members Offer $80

General participants

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal) Participation: $110Aud

Any questions please contact us.

gestaltarttherapy@gmail.com

Workshop REGISTRATION HERE

We are not registered for GST

Payments with Paypal have platform commissions applied

Silver members: $40 per year

Gold Members: $60 per year

Membership is for one year, until December 31, 20234.

Payments with PayPal have platform commissions applied.

​

System: Zoom (After registration and payment you will receive the link for your participation)

System and Materials you will need for the workshop participation:

System: Zoom (After your registration you will receive the link so you can access the day of the event)

Connection system and materials that you will need to have available on the day of the workshop:

- Internet connection, a computer, tablet, or phone, with access to a webcam and microphone.

- Have the Zoom program or APP installed and be registered@

- One A4 Paper to write and/or draw

- A pen, colored markers, or crayons.

- One A4 black Black sheet 

- Gel pen white or white pastel pencil

- Rock (flat as possible)

- Some acrylic paints (we will use a small amount) 

- Paper or plastic plate

- Fine brush or cotton sticks or chopsticks

- Ruler

- Something to create a circulo (a cup or a bowl, etc.)

- Once the registration is paid, we will send you a link with access to Mandala's material, which you can print to have ready for the day of the workshop.

- Camera or cell phone to take a picture of your creation to be shared with the participants.

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

This workshop will be “hands-on” and will not be recorded.

More information:

Gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

Payment Methods: Ask us for Bank details, Please see here for information related to Refunds and cancellation policy. In the situation that there is not a minimum number of participants and the organizers decide to cancel the event, they will offer to transfer the payment to another future event or the refund of the payment made by each participant will be offered. In payments and refunds via PayPal, commissions will be applied by Paypal of 3%, also the commission will be discounted from the payment received, in each refund. 

Online workshops:

If you cancel your participation less than 24 hours before the day of the workshop, there is no refund or credit forfeiting the payment you would have made to participate in the workshop. If you do not have the necessary materials to participate in the workshop, unfortunately, you will not be able to participate. In each event you will be able to read the list of materials required for each workshop on the website and also in the emails we send you, these materials may be similar, although it is necessary to have them. If you cancel your participation in the workshop due to not having the necessary materials, the payment you would have made to participate will not be refunded. Participating in our events means that you accept all these conditions.

Join our Group on Facebook 

Face-to-face events: Read information about our COVID-19 Guidelines