a deeper dive into creative arts in therapy
Sat Aug 31st 9.30am-4.30pm, with lunch included £50.
Dance/Movement for any abilities or experience level.
Creative writing from a Jungian Inner child perspective.
Primal Voice, an uplifting experience of finding your voices and playing with others.
Nature connected art, working outdoors. Cancelled due to illness.
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Breakout room 
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Break out room
A chance for therapists of various modalities to meet, share and exchange. In Todmorden on the West Yorkshire border to Lancashire.
This year we offer a deeper exploration, focusing on arts informed therapies. This year’s presenters will bring their experience of client work and personal practice from a variety of perspectives.
The afternoon discussion gives space to thoroughly explore these approaches and how they might inform your work or how they might support you to be the therapist you want to be.
Workshops details below –
When: Aug31st 9.30am-4.30pm, with lunch included.
Where: The former Postal Depot, Rise Lane, Todmorden OL147AA
M o r n i n g w o r k s h o p s
Creative writing from a Jungian Inner child perspective 10-12am.
| When We Were Very Young Unlock Your Creative Inner Child With Writing – Dr Rachel Newsome As children we are naturally attuned to imagination and creativity. According to Jungian psychoanalysis, the child archetype represents new beginnings and potential alongside our innate capacity for play, wonder, curiosity and joy. Meanwhile, a growing body of research in neuroscience and psychology evidences the importance of creativity and play not only in relation to child development but the psychological growth and well-being of people of all ages. However, socially speaking, these qualities remain largely under-valued with the result that our creative self can often seem distant and remote. This workshop, led by Dr Rachel, will aim to unlock the potential of your playful inner child through a series of playful writing exercises underpinned by neuroscience and Jungian psychoanalysis. We hope to also explore ways to incorporate such writing techniques into your client work. | About Dr Rachel Dr Rachel is Jungian-based writer and teacher. She holds a PhD in applying Jungian psychoanalysis to creative writing and is the founder of Depth Writing With Dr Rachel – a holistic creative learning programme of workshops, courses, mentoring and retreats that uses writing and imagination to support transformative growth. She is an Associate Member of the Higher Education Association (UK), an Editorial Board Member at The London Arts-Based Research Centre and author of Depth Writing With Dr Rachel on Substack. https://rachelnewsome.co.uk/ https://drrachelnewsome.substack.com/ |
Dance/Movement for all abilities. 10am-12
Dance and movement based therapeutic modalities – Katy will lead a practical session exploring movement-based approaches from a developmental perspective. We have all experienced our own development but we may not be aware of the significance of touch and movement to our sensory perception and response – which underlie our ability to process, understand and shape our identity. These are applied in a therapeutic context – which we will explore in the afternoon session. These sessions are accessible and no prior dance experience is necessary, rather a willingness to move, explore and to be open to reciprocal relating. Through consent protocols, Katy will encourage ease and invite each person to feel included in the process and dialogue. Self-care; anyone unsure about participating is welcome to contact me to discuss what might be involved – please let me know of any impairment, injury or sensitivity prior to the workshop if you don’t wish to disclose this to the group. Practical clothing for movement will be helpful, and a mat or blanket to sit/lie on. | Dr Katy Dymoke Katy has over 25 years of experience as a Dance Movement Psychotherapist (DMP) and runs Touchdown Dance (since 1994) and Embody-Move (as director of the Body-Mind Centering® training program in the UK and Poland (since 2006). Having worked in the NHS and community arts and health contexts for many years, Katy was encouraged to research into specialist non-verbal communication methods with a focus on touch, movement and primary states of consciousness applied to the relational therapeutic ‘membrane’. She has completed a PhD by publication at Manchester Met and published 2 books, several articles and chapters. Katy focusses on integrative, person-centred approaches within a body-oriented perspective from which transformation, healing and learning can arise. As the director of Touchdown Dance, a world leading company teaching dance to disabled and visually impaired people, Katy provides accessible and inclusive workshops in social, educational and health settings for all ages and abilities. As a registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist and Somatic Movement Therapist Katy runs a private practice and offers supervision. Who we are – Touchdown Dance For a list of publications please ask; for the books go to www.intellectbooks.com/katy-dymoke. BMC® and Body-Mind Centering® are registered service marks of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. |
Working with the Primal Voice. 10am – 12
Me and My Voice. Andrew Farrell-Readman
Each, and every voice is unique. How we communicate and how we use our voice is an essential component in who we are, how we are perceived and how we wish to be perceived. This practical workshop will explore the voice’s capacity to sooth and excite, to nurture and encourage and the relationship between ego states and the drivers of communication.
This is a practical workshop based on nearly thirty years of exploration and practice with students and professional actors. Experiencing a deep connection with your voice is a deep connection to who you are and what you express through the body. Through group vocal exercises we will be exploring where it came from and learning how to make the best of it.
Andy is an award winning writer, director and performer who also has psychotherapy training. His teaching work draws on Alexander Technique, Psychosynthesis, Transactional Analysis and theatre practises developed to enable confidence, trust and clear communication.
He is an interdisciplinary Artist, Theatre Director, Writer, Performer and Teacher, with rich background in Literature, History, the Arts and Humanities and a long time student of philosophy, theology and its history. At 16 he ran away to sea and served in the Royal Navy. At the age of 23 he went to study at the National Conservatoire of Scotland and Graduated with prizes from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He has been the recipient of many Awards Bursaries and Prizes in his 25-year career. His teaching work is based on Holistic Practice, the coming together of thought, movement, and the voice. He has an MA in Art as Environment, Psychogeography, and the notion of The Outsider. He went on to study Transpersonal Psychotherapy at The Institute of Psychosynthesis (Middlesex University) and more recently has been training in Transactional Analysis under the direction of Robin Hobbes at Elan.
Joining Andrew for the workshop and discussion will be Jo Moores
Jo Moores is a Certified Transactional Analyst, PTSTA based in Manchester in the north of England. She works as a therapist, supervisor and trainer and has a strong interest in trauma, neurodiversity and work with the body. Whilst her main modality is Transactional Analysis, Jo has trained in complex developmental trauma and dissociation and is currently undertaking additional training in Family Constellations, to explore a systemic view of transgenerational trauma. She is passionate about the intersection of therapy, politics and culture and established the TA Neurodiversity Network, a Facebook learning and development group, that now has over 600 members.
Jo’s background is in social justice work, where prior to becoming a therapist twenty years ago, she worked with marginalised groups including people experiencing addiction and those who were street homelessness.
Jo is interested in working cross culturally and intersectionally exploring how the dynamics of power, privilege and oppression show up in our clients lives and in our therapy spaces.
Art in response to nature This workshop is cancelled due to illness
| Apologies from myself and Kim Harisson, but due to illness she has had to pull out. I will be looking for an alternative so watch this space. This session will draw on art therapy, eco-therapy and mindfulness Explore your innate creativity. No artistic skill or experience necessary. Use art-making to express and process emotions. Building a natural mindfulness toolkit can support emotional processing, aid wellbeing and enhance future resilience. We hope also to provide insight into the use of these techniques within your own client work. Even if you work indoors or online, reference to nature, through memories, images, or through the window, can enrich the therapeutic exchange and give clients access to the subconscious. | “My practice is holistically focused, influenced by my psychodynamic, Jungian and nature connection trainings. I see the whole person, integrating all aspects of the self; mental, emotional, spiritual and physical. I am passionate about recognising individuality and uniqueness, which I believe can be explored via artwork and non-conventional creativity. Artistic skill isn’t the focus, expressing yourself is.” “I have witnessed art therapy and being out in nature empowering people, offering opportunities to take risks, to exert control, to be playful, to be experts in their lives and to explore and understand their inner/outer worlds, feelings and experiences. This can lead to increased resilience, increased academic performance, and decreased challenging behaviour.” Kim Harrison – The Art Therapy Agency |
| Me and My Voice. Andrew Farrell-Readman Each, and every voice is unique. How we communicate and how we use our voice is an essential component in who we are, how we are perceived and how we wish to be perceived. This practical workshop will explore the voice’s capacity to sooth and excite, to nurture and encourage and the relationship between ego states and the drivers of communication. This is a practical workshop based on nearly thirty years of exploration and practice with students and professional actors. Experiencing a deep connection with your voice is a deep connection to who you are and what you express through the body. Through group vocal exercises we will be exploring where it came from and learning how to make the best of it. | Andy is an award winning writer, director and performer who also has psychotherapy training. His teaching work draws on Alexander Technique, Psychosynthesis, Transactional Analysis and theatre practises developed to enable confidence, trust and clear communication. He is an interdisciplinary Artist, Theatre Director, Writer, Performer and Teacher, with rich background in Literature, History, the Arts and Humanities and a long time student of philosophy, theology and its history. At 16 he ran away to sea and served in the Royal Navy. Before he was 21 he had sailed around the world and experienced conflict first hand during the Falklands War. At the age of 23 he went to study at the National Conservatoire of Scotland and Graduated with prizes from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He has been the recipient of many Awards Bursaries and Prizes in his 25-year career. His teaching work is based on Holistic Practice, the coming together of thought, movement, and the voice. He has an MA in Art as Environment, (MMU 2000) the relationship to place, Psychogeography, and the notion of The Outsider. He went on to study Transpersonal Psychotherapy at The Institute of Psychosynthesis (Middlesex University) and more recently has been training in Transactional Analysis under the direction of Robin Hobbes at Elan. |
Your conference organiser
Daniel Weaver  | Daniel is an integrative counsellor working in private practise and for a charity providing free counselling to people on the autistic spectrum. Daniel worked as a creative musician and performer for 20+ years before retraining in psychotherapy. |
Access.
Whilst the main space is on level ground and has an accessible toilet, some spaces are not accessible, which means some workshops may not be possible for those with mobility issues and toilet may be out of bounds for parts of the day. Please contact todmordentherapy@gmail to discuss accessibility and reduced price before booking.
I would like to offer my support to make it possible if you want to attend. I apologise for the restrictions and inconvenience.
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