Expressive Therapy Clinic was founded by Megan Shiell in 2005. The clinic focuses on delivering DBT Training to health care professionals with emphasis on the standard model of DBT. At ETC we are passionate about the use of Art making alongside the skills of DBT. We believe that adding a non-verbal approach to the verbal learning of DBT Skills enhances the learning for clients. On-line courses for health care professionals & for clients is coming soon.
A key component of DBT based skills is teaching a client to stay a little longer than before with feeling emotional pain, validating and accepting their experience whilst moving towards changes in behaviours. Clients are shown how to become present with their emotions and learn how to tolerate the distress that may be experienced. DBT teaches clients how to control urges and impulsive behaviour that can harm relationships and effect their quality of life.
Art Psychotherapy is a form of treatment that uses creative modalities to improve and enhance physical, mental and emotional well-being. The emphasis is on the process of creating, rather than on the end product. The art of making allows the unconscious mind to produce material that can assist clients in gaining insight into their behaviours, emotions and beliefs in the safe contained environment with an Art Therapist.
Expressive Therapy Clinic was founded by Megan Shiell in 2005. The clinic focuses on delivering DBT Training to health care professionals with emphasis on the standard model of DBT. At ETC we are passionate about the use of Art making alongside the skills of DBT. We believe that adding a non-verbal approach to the verbal learning of DBT Skills enhances the learning for clients. Online 10 session DBT informed skills training program ‘ME’ Managing Emotions endorsed for health care professionals & for clients now available under ‘Training’.
A key component of DBT based skills is teaching a client to stay a little longer than before with feeling emotional pain, validating and accepting their experience whilst moving towards changes in behaviours. Clients are shown how to become present with their emotions and learn how to tolerate the distress that may be experienced. DBT teaches clients how to control urges and impulsive behaviour that can harm relationships and effect their quality of life.
Art Psychotherapy is a form of treatment that uses creative modalities to improve and enhance physical, mental and emotional well-being. The emphasis is on the process of creating, rather than on the end product. The art of making allows the unconscious mind to produce material that can assist clients in gaining insight into their behaviours, emotions and beliefs in the safe contained environment with an Art Therapist.
5 November 2021
It affects a significant number of people in the community, a large proportion of them having suffered trauma early in life. The emotional instability, fear of abandonment and patterns of self-harm can alter someone’s life and that of their loved ones in profound ways.
But the enduring stigma around BPD means it often goes unrecognised or not properly treated and many fall through the cracks.
We developed and piloted a novel art-based online skills program led by a peer mental health professional with lived experience of complex mental health, including Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Key challenges of living with BPD and emotion dysregulation were addressed through artmaking informed by a dialectical framework and skills, to evaluate acceptability and efficacy.
Now available!
COST: $455
TIME: 9am – 4pm NSW Time
Limit of 12 Participants
Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 February 2024
Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 April 2024
Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 June 2024
Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 August 2024
Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 October 2024
Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 December 2024
LIVE WEBINAR
COST: $215
TIME: 9am – 4pm NSW Time
Limit of 10 participants
Monday 26 February 2024
Monday 13 May 2024
Option for Self-Paced Course – Cost $185
COST: $225
TIME: 9am – 4pm NSW Time
Limit of 10 participants
Monday 11 March 2024
Monday 26 August 2024
Option for Self-Paced Course Cost – $195
Looking at imagery with Children, adolescents and the Aged
COST: $195
TIME: 9.00am-4.00pm NSW Time
Limit of 10 Participants
Monday 22 April 2024
Monday 9 September 2024
Managing Emotions Program For Health Care Professionals: $440
Managing Emotions Program for Carers and Clients: $110
16 Sessions Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Intensive Training: $425
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Art Making: $185
Positive Psychology, Solution Focused Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy and Art Making: $195
ADHD Skills Program for all ages using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Skills For Health Care Professionals: $220
Childrens and Adolescent DBT Programs Coming Soon
(For Schools and School Guidance Counsellors)