Topic of module 5 “The work of a psychologist with a mandala. Mask therapy as a method of psychological support”

Author’s course of Victoria Nazarevich

“Methods and forms of client support in the art therapy process”

Topic of the module: The work of a psychologist with a mandala. Mask therapy as a way of psychological support

Day 1 Psychologist work with mandala

1. Forms of work with picturesque, bulk mandalas
2. Principles of creation and destruction of mandalas in the process of accompanying the client.
3. Interpretation of mandalas

Techniques of the day:

1. Bulk mandala “Creation”

2. Mandala “Diversity”
3. Mandala “Polarities”
4. Mandala “Changes”

 

Day 2 Mask therapy

1. Features and types of masks in art therapy.

2. Mask therapy – the creation of personal masks and masks for the correction of negative psycho-emotional states.

Techniques of the day.

1. Mask “Passion for life”
2. Mask “Tenderness to yourself”
3. Mask “My opposites”
4. Mask “Elemental”

What will you get from this course?

• Methods of professional work with mandala and mask;
• Ways to use these methods in the process of consulting a client;
• Skills how to use the creative potential of the client to work from the personal structure of personality and subpersonalities;
• How to understand the client’s masks and mandalas;
• To teach the basics of interpreting this art product of the client.

 

 

Materials for work:

• everything for creativity and creation
• the bigger, the better
• all beautiful and different
• everything found and unnecessary
• everything important and rubbish
• anything you can touch and stick
• everything that is pleasant and disgusting
• everything new and old
• all purchased and selected
• everything from which it is impossible to take your eyes off and disgusting to look at
• everything from which you want to create and create

Training trainer of the program Victoria Nazarevich Ph.D. in Psychology, Associate Professor of the Department of Developmental and Pedagogical Psychology of Rivne State University for the Humanities, trainer of educational trainings, psychologist of the highest qualification category, member of the board of the Western Ukrainian Association of Art Psychologists and Art Therapists. Additional education: specialized training – “Trainer of educational and thematic trainings”, (Kiev, 1999), training according to the training program “Methodology of youth seminars”, “Moderation” (Kiev, 2000), Isotherapy (Moscow 2011), International project Art-psychotherapy in the framework of the USP (2011).