Playing with Hope: An Art-Based Supervision Series
Sundays, November 17, 24, December 1, 8, 2024
3:00-5:00 PM EST
Offering deep reflection into the the capacity to discover hope into the times of collective despair, through art experientials and opportunities to process together with creative arts therapists practicing around the world.
Weaving together aspects of practice, and creative process. Come to explore together the potential for vision in the dark, an expansion of perspectives, and connections through histories of myths and storytelling.
Through immersive arts-based explorations and community connection, participants are encouraged to tap into their innate creative potential, fueling resilience, vision in the dark and guidance for own and clients' hope in their professional practice.
The series unfolds in four parts:
Session 1: Distilling Internal Relation with Hope and Resilience
This session focuses on developing a personal and reflective understanding of hope and resilience. Participants will engage in an exploration of their internal connection to hope, identifying personal symbols and sources of strength that fuel their capacity to remain resilient. Through guided reflection and group dialogue, we will explore how hope sustains both therapists and clients in difficult times and examine the transformative role it plays in the therapeutic relationship.
Session 2: Playing with Uncertainty
Participants will explore how playfulness and experimentation can serve as powerful tools for navigating uncertainty. Embracing not-knowing, you will examine how play can create space for innovation, adaptability, and joy even in challenging situations. This session will encourage therapists to integrate playful, open-minded attitudes into their work, reinforcing a sense of resilience that is responsive and capable of supporting both therapists and clients through times of collective hardship.
Session 3: Developing Inner Vision in the Dark and Guidance toward Resilience
In this session, participants will be invited to deepen their capacity to find vision and guidance amid challenges and uncertainty. Drawing from inner resources and inspiration from myths and symbols associated with seeing in the dark, we will explore the role of insight and creativity in building resilience. This process will encourage participants to embrace intuition as a path toward greater inner clarity and to integrate this wisdom into their therapeutic practice, supporting clients as they navigate their own journeys.
Session 4: Holding Meaning and Instilling Curiosity
This session is dedicated to finding and holding meaning in ambiguous or difficult times, fostering a mindset of curiosity and adaptability. Participants will reflect on the power of storytelling and personal narrative, understanding how stories and myths can help clients locate meaning in their experiences. By connecting with layers of symbolic meaning, therapists will be encouraged to instill a sense of curiosity in their work, cultivating flexible and open-ended approaches that inspire exploration and growth.
Learning Objectives:
Cultivate an internal understanding of hope and resilience to sustain professional and personal growth.
Develop vision and guidance amidst uncertainty and despair, learning to draw strength from creative explorations.
Expand one’s perspective by weaving personal meaning with myths and storytelling traditions.
Embrace and navigate ambiguity through play and the creative process, fostering adaptability and curiosity.
Weaving together aspects of practice, and creative process. Come to explore together the potential for vision in the dark, an expansion of perspectives, and connections through histories of myths and storytelling.
Through immersive arts-based explorations and community connection, participants are encouraged to tap into their innate creative potential, fueling resilience, vision in the dark and guidance for own and clients' hope in their professional practice.
The series unfolds in four parts:
Session 1: Distilling Internal Relation with Hope and Resilience
This session focuses on developing a personal and reflective understanding of hope and resilience. Participants will engage in an exploration of their internal connection to hope, identifying personal symbols and sources of strength that fuel their capacity to remain resilient. Through guided reflection and group dialogue, we will explore how hope sustains both therapists and clients in difficult times and examine the transformative role it plays in the therapeutic relationship.
Session 2: Playing with Uncertainty
Participants will explore how playfulness and experimentation can serve as powerful tools for navigating uncertainty. Embracing not-knowing, you will examine how play can create space for innovation, adaptability, and joy even in challenging situations. This session will encourage therapists to integrate playful, open-minded attitudes into their work, reinforcing a sense of resilience that is responsive and capable of supporting both therapists and clients through times of collective hardship.
Session 3: Developing Inner Vision in the Dark and Guidance toward Resilience
In this session, participants will be invited to deepen their capacity to find vision and guidance amid challenges and uncertainty. Drawing from inner resources and inspiration from myths and symbols associated with seeing in the dark, we will explore the role of insight and creativity in building resilience. This process will encourage participants to embrace intuition as a path toward greater inner clarity and to integrate this wisdom into their therapeutic practice, supporting clients as they navigate their own journeys.
Session 4: Holding Meaning and Instilling Curiosity
This session is dedicated to finding and holding meaning in ambiguous or difficult times, fostering a mindset of curiosity and adaptability. Participants will reflect on the power of storytelling and personal narrative, understanding how stories and myths can help clients locate meaning in their experiences. By connecting with layers of symbolic meaning, therapists will be encouraged to instill a sense of curiosity in their work, cultivating flexible and open-ended approaches that inspire exploration and growth.
Learning Objectives:
Cultivate an internal understanding of hope and resilience to sustain professional and personal growth.
Develop vision and guidance amidst uncertainty and despair, learning to draw strength from creative explorations.
Expand one’s perspective by weaving personal meaning with myths and storytelling traditions.
Embrace and navigate ambiguity through play and the creative process, fostering adaptability and curiosity.
About the Workshop Facilitators
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Lindsay Clarke, MA, RCAT, ATR, CCC
Art Therapist
Lindsay believes in the importance of nurturing community and creativity. For the past 10 years she has provided art therapy at a women’s shelter, schools, and art hives. She has enjoyed developing and facilitating community art exhibitions to support the voices of those who have survived violence, the impacts of suicide, and living through homelessness and mental illness.
She now offers art therapy to people of all ages at her Montreal studio, atelier lanterne. Her practice is with a focus on art making and creative process as a catalyst towards change, health, and empowerment. Her work is guided by principles of trauma-informed, attachment-based, and strength-based art therapy practices.
Lindsay provides supervision to individual art therapists and also within a community context, in order to facilitate ongoing growth, curiosity, and support.
She now offers art therapy to people of all ages at her Montreal studio, atelier lanterne. Her practice is with a focus on art making and creative process as a catalyst towards change, health, and empowerment. Her work is guided by principles of trauma-informed, attachment-based, and strength-based art therapy practices.
Lindsay provides supervision to individual art therapists and also within a community context, in order to facilitate ongoing growth, curiosity, and support.
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Carmen Oprea, MA, MFA, RCAT, ATR-BC, ATPQ
Art Therapist
Carmen is a registered art therapist with post-graduate training in sandplay therapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy. Holding master's degrees in art therapy and fine arts, she is currently a doctoral candidate in psychology.
Her professional career includes art therapy services for individuals and groups of all ages with various life challenges, at her clinic, Accès Art. She deeply resonates with Indigenous wisdom and strives to provide culturally sensitive art therapy to Inuit and First Nations adolescents.
Carmen is fortunate to be part of a dedicated team at Concordia University, engAGE Living Lab project and she is co-investigator in a research projects related to art therapy and depression at the same university.
She provides supervision to creative art therapists in person and online.
Her professional career includes art therapy services for individuals and groups of all ages with various life challenges, at her clinic, Accès Art. She deeply resonates with Indigenous wisdom and strives to provide culturally sensitive art therapy to Inuit and First Nations adolescents.
Carmen is fortunate to be part of a dedicated team at Concordia University, engAGE Living Lab project and she is co-investigator in a research projects related to art therapy and depression at the same university.
She provides supervision to creative art therapists in person and online.
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