Centre for Lifelong LearningTata Institute of Social Sciences

Deonar, Mumbai – 400 088 Workshop Announcement

INTRODUCTORY SESSION ON EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY

AN EXPRESSIVE ARTS WORKSHOP FOR SELF-AWARENESS-SELF EXPRESSIONAND INTERCONNECTEDNESS

BY VIDYASHREE RAIDate: 2nd August (Tuesday) 2016

The Centre for Lifelong Learning invites you to participate in a workshop onIntroductory Session On Expressive Arts Therapy on August 02, 2016 between10.30 a.m. and 5.00 pm at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar. Venue:Green Room, Convention Centre, Naoroji Campus, Tata Institute of SocialSciences, Deonar Farm Road, Deonar

Participants are requested to come with an open mind, the willingness to share ideasand be ready to enjoy the creative process wholeheartedly!

AN EXPRESSIVE ARTS WORKSHOP FOR SELF-AWARENESS-SELF EXPRESSIONAND INTERCONNECTEDNESS

Objectives of the Session: The objectives of the session are to

1. Build Self Awareness 2. Encourage and Build Self Expression 3. Build Confidence4. Introduce Interconnectedness which can help build team work in individual lives5. Help in Goal Setting

Methodology Used: Expressive Arts Therapy. The session will use a combination ofthe expressive arts like movement, visual art and drama to drive the goals identified.The session will be completely experiential.

What is Expressive Arts Therapy?Expressive arts therapy is the practice of using imagery, storytelling, dance, music,drama, poetry, movement, dream work, and visual arts together, in an integrated way,to foster human growth, development, and healing. It is about reclaiming our innatecapacity as human beings for creative expression of our individual and collectivehuman experience in artistic form. Expressive arts therapy is also about experiencingthe natural capacity of creative expression and creative community for healing.Counseling and talk therapy are an integral part of the work of expressive artstherapists and are used as very strong aids to process the work created by the client.Who can benefit from Expressive Arts Therapy?Anyone can benefit from Expressive Arts Therapy. An expressive arts therapist can helpyou process emotions and feelings that you are struggling with, so you can beginhealing. Since art therapists are trained in the arts and, obviously, in therapy, they arecapable of guiding you through the process of creative expression and healing. Theyare also quite capable of providing insight into your creations and helping youunderstand certain aspects of yourself that maybe you didn’t know existed or they’dbeen buried deep within. Number of Participants: 15

ABOUT THE RESOURCE PERSON

The Workshop will be conducted by Ms. Vidyashree Rai.She Learning and Development and Human Resourceexpertise of twelve years in the corporate sector.Vidyashree is an Independent Expressive Arts Therapist andprovides individual and group therapeutic interventions forclients across age, sex and diverse groups. She is als0 aFree-lance writer with a focus on writing for Mental Health.She is also working with TISS right now as a part timecontent developer for their iCALL (psychosocial helplinewebsite).

She has completed Master of Linguistics from Delhi University, Bachelors in PsychologyHonors from the University of Rajasthan and completed a foundation course inexpressive art therapies from the Studio of Movement and Art Therapies, Bangalore incollaboration with the Parivarthan Counselling and Training Centre, Bangalore.

She is trained in Dance Movement Therapy by India’s pioneering and leading DanceMovement Therapist - Tripura Kashyap and also has ten years of formal training inKathak.

Workshop Details

Workshop Fee: Rs.1500/- (inclusive of all workshop material & hospitality)

Last Date for Registration: August 1, 2016

For Further Details and Registration Contact:

Ms. Veena Shinde/ Mr. Ritesh VaitySecretariatCentre for Lifelong Learning, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai 400088Tel No.: 25525682Email at: Veena.shinde@ tiss.edu ritesh.vaity@tiss.edu

mailto:ritesh.vaity@tiss.edumailto:Veena.shinde@tiss.edu