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• yOUR Stories with Romny Vandoros

  • When
    30 Jan 2025
  •  
    10:00 - 12:00
  • Location
    ZOOM
  • Spaces left
    11

  Recently we have been encouraged to collect the stories of those directly affected by the NDIS announcement of a review into the validity of arts and music therapies.

  Stories have the power to connect us and make sense of our world. Expressing our own or witnessing others' stories allows for catharsis and the acknowledgement of being seen and heard, contributing towards a healing process.

  This ANZACATA member online event welcomes creative arts therapists to express THEIR story through their unique modality, being witnessed by their community and finding strength in the collective.

  You may expect an hour comprising gently guided visualisation and an invitation for creative expression in your modality. A further hour will find opportunity for response, self-reflection and observation within the group.

  Available to Practising Members working with NDIS clients (Aust. Only)

  PRESENTER:

  Romny Vandoros (AThR and ANZACATA approved Supervisor) has worked for 14 years in the disability, autism, compromised health and aged care (dementia) spaces, working with individuals and groups alike. She has also delivered online and in-person corporate events and art therapy wellness retreats internationally. Of particular joy was co-facilitating an adult group living with stroke/aphasia at Macquarie University for 6 years and developing the integrated art therapy studio offerings at the Sydney Memory Innovation Centre for ageing Australians living with memory concerns and dementia. "Finding passion in the process rather than perfection in the product" is her mantra.

  When: Thursday 30 January 2025
  AEDT: 10am – 12pm (AEDT)
  Duration/CPD: 2 hrs (ANZACATA endorses 1 hour Supervision points for full participation)
  Where: Zoom
  Cost: Free
  Open to: Practising Australian Members working with NDIS clients (Aust. Only)
  Max: 11 participants
  Recorded session: No (privacy reasons)
  

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• Āiotanga: Using trauma-informed art therapy to nurture a Māori identity and bring balance to the self with B Hope/Heleina Waimoana Walton

  • When
    17 Feb 2025
  •  
    13:00 - 15:00
  • Location
    ZOOM

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  How does the art of your ancestors inform your therapeutic practice?

  This experiential workshop explores the unique healing that can take place when we reconnect with the artmaking of our ancestors and make space to engage in our intergenerational histories.

  Taking a foundational approach to the influence of intergenerational resonance on art and mental health, Āiotanga encourages arts therapists to get curious about where they come from, and the historical traumas they are carrying forward, in the name of providing embodied care to others.

  Presenters B Hope and Heleina Waimoana Dalton will share their collective research, where pairing trauma-informed arts therapy with Māori art forms such as whatu (weaving) and Kaupapa Māori (traditional practices) fostered the reclamation of B's Māoritanga—and brought healing to her whānau.

  Attendees will also be invited to delve into the roots of their own respective family trees via a shared art experiential. There will also be a 30-minute Q&A session. Experience or knowledge of Māori culture is not required.

  Learning Objectives

  Learning objectives include: - the importance of exploring where one comes from to deliver informed therapeutic care - the role Indigenous connectivity to the land and the self can play in arts therapy - the need for our therapeutic field to value cultural self-discovery, ancestral healing and relational reciprocity in the therapy space.

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  When: Monday 17 February 2025
  NZDT: 1 pm–3 pm
  AEDT: 11 am- 1pm
  AEST: 10 am – 12 pm
  ACDT: 10.30 am-12.30 pm
  AWST/HKT/SGT: 8 am–10 am
  EST: 7 pm–9 pm Sunday 16 February  
  Duration/CPD: 2 hrs
  (1 hour - presentation on research, 30mins - Q&A, 30mins - art experiential)
  Where: ZOOM
  Cost: $35 AUD (+ GST for Australian members)
  Open to: All ANZACATA Members
  Max: No cap.
  Recorded session: No (Privacy Reasons)
  

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