Who is it for?

Any woman who wants to focus on personal self-exploration and healing through creative work, in a safe, non-judgmental space.

Expressive Arts Facilitators or therapists who want to learn this model, and like learning-by-experiencing.

Why a retreat?

We consider this as “time-away” for personal work, and we suggest that you keep your outside commitments to a minimum, to make the most of it.

This will be a safe space, without critique or interpretation. The group will be small. (10 max)

Why an intensive?

This will be a circle of safety,  a space for intensive work, and participants should be prepared for that. It is an opportunity to engage with yourself in a focused way, through art-making, and it can yield life-changing awareness and shifts. If you are not sure if this is for you, please contact me.

Although this is not a training in Expressive Arts, it is a deep personal dive that will promote greater understanding of the territory of the work. It is recommended as self-care for therapists and practitioners.

Friday noon – 8 pm: We create the container, set the space, meet each other, and engage with the topics:

• Where am I Now?

• Art and the Emotional Landscape

Saturday morning:

• Art and the Physical Self

Saturday afternoon:

• Exploring a polarity through the Mandorla

Sunday:

• The Mandala – integration and bringing it all together.

Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC, REACE, REAT is Co-Founder and Core Faculty at Expressive Arts Florida Institute. She has 30+ years experience as a psychotherapist, and 20+ years as an expressive arts therapist and facilitator.

Kathleen created the Art as a Healing Practice model 15 years ago, and has been facilitating it since then, usually as a series of 6 weekly sessions, both in-person and online.