Do you give more than you receive?
Do you long to re-connect with yourself?
FINDING BALANCE Expressive Arts as
Self-Care
A Creative Workshop for Therapists, Helping Professionals and Care-givers
Sunday November 12 2-6 pm
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center 202 S. Broadway Avenue, Suite 200, Urbana, Illinois 61801
Facilitators: Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC, REACE Tamara Teeter Knapp, BA, Certified K-12 Teacher Theresa Benson, PhD, REACE
- As caregivers and helping professionals, we tend to get out of balance, as we “give” more than we receive.
- How do we find balance,
and honor our own voice and perspective?
- The expressive arts provide a pathway to self-care, and to finding that powerful yet elusive place where giving and receiving are in harmony.
- By accessing our own creative wisdom through visual art, writing, guided meditation, movement, voice, and rhythm we listen deeply, renew and restore.
Who this is for? Therapists, helping professionals, parents, anyone caring for a parent or partner, teachers, or anyone who identifies as a
care-giver
What you will you get? A safe, accepting space, guidance by professional expressive arts facilitators, and an opportunity to invite the healing power of your own creativity to help you find balance, renewal, and a commitment to improved
self-care . No arts experience is necessary. This is about taking time for yourself, and learning some powerful skills for balance and self-care.
$110 (Registration deadline October
27)
Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC, REACE
Kathleen is one of the co-founders and core
faculty of Expressive Arts Florida Institute, a certificate training program in expressive arts. Her work consists of teaching, mentoring, and supervising students and graduates, as well as curriculum development and program design. She offers a variety of expressive arts workshops, classes, and trainings in the local and global community, both in-person and virtually. Kathleen is also a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Supervisor, with a strong background in
trauma recovery. She is passionate about the arts for personal, professional, and social change. Kathleen has a strong personal expressive arts practice, with a focus on mandalas and visual journaling.
Tamara Teeter Knapp, BA, Certified K-12 Art Teacher, Certificate in Art and Healing Tamara is co-founder and core faculty of Expressive Arts Florida Institute Certificate Training Program where she conducts workshops, training, consultation, and mentoring in person and online. With a background in education, Tamara
applies knowledge of creative drama, dance, movement, writing and visual art to her expressive arts work with children and adults. She facilitates using each of these processes in a non-threatening, spontaneous, and fun way that helps participants construct new understanding of themselves and those around them. Tamara has a particular interest in bookmaking, art journaling, painting, and movement. The focus of her work is to help others to discover the transformative power of their own
creativity.
Theresa Benson Theresa has worked at the University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign Counseling Center for 10 years as a psychologist. Additionally, she has a business, Whole Life Expression. At UIUC, she incorporates expressive arts in outreach and clinical work. As co-chair of the Integrative Health and Wellness Team, she facilitates workshops on the use of expressive arts as self-care, offers a community project on valuing cultural identity through the expressive arts, provides regular Dancing Mindfulness
sessions for health and well-being, and coordinates events for Art and Health month in November. She offers individual and group counseling and provides consultation and training to corporations. Her personal expressive arts practice includes visual journaling, mandorla practice, dancing mindfulness, and expressive arts church.
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