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.
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
Please note that for payments and refunds processed via PayPal, a 3% commission will be applied by PayPal to each transaction.
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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.
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.
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”
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.
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
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.
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.
2025 Needle Felting for Stress and Anxiety Relief- Gestalt Art Therapy
Face-to-Face Workshop
Registrants from Australia can obtain their CPD /OPD hours (non-endorsed activities)
ANZACATA 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.
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.
If the minimum number of participants is not met and the organizers decide to postpone the event, 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.
