The Creative Healing Series is a set of online workshops bringing together art therapy, psychology and creative expression. Each series is designed around a theme, offering both psychoeducation and experiential art therapy practice.
"The aim isn't to make beautiful pictures — it's to meet yourself more closely."
Our aim is not to make beautiful pictures, but to use creativity to explore our feelings, come to know ourselves more closely, and develop new awareness we can carry into daily life. Along the way, art becomes a safe means of self-expression. No artistic experience is needed.
When
2 Aug – 13 Sept
Sundays
11.00 – 13.00
Where
Online · Zoom
Live on Zoom
Meeting together, face to face online
Once a week
Each session about two hours
Small groups
A new theme and practice each week
The six weeks
01
Self-Compassion
Öz Şefkat
The relationship you build with yourself is the foundation of every other relationship in your life. We explore self-criticism, perfectionism and the way we speak to ourselves — making the inner critical voice visible, then developing a kinder perspective. Self-compassion is linked with greater psychological resilience and reduced anxiety.
02
Anxiety
Kaygı
Before changing your anxiety, you're invited to understand it. Anxiety is often not an enemy but a signal trying to tell us something. We look at how it works in body and mind, then express it through symbols, colours and images — seeing it from a different place.
03
Feeling Safe
Güvende Hissetmek
Healing sometimes begins by helping the body feel safe again. If the nervous system is always on alert, the world itself can feel more threatening. We talk about safety, the body–mind relationship and regulation — and each person creates their own 'safe space' as an inner resource.
04
Letting Go of Control
Kontrolü Bırakmak
Trust can begin where control ends. The need to control is often a way of coping with uncertainty. We look at what we can and cannot control, and work creatively with flexibility and making room for uncertainty.
05
Identity
Kimlik
You're invited to rediscover who you are. We take on many roles — child, partner, worker, parent, friend. Beyond all of them, who are you? We explore identity, values and the true self, rediscovering yourself through your values, needs and strengths rather than only your roles.
06
Releasing
Bırakmak
You're invited to say goodbye to what no longer serves you. Sometimes healing is less about adding something new than setting down what we've carried for a long time. In the final week we make visible the thoughts, beliefs or burdens we want to leave behind, and close the journey with a symbolic ritual.
Participants may join either the four-week series or the full six-week series — both keep the same experiential structure.