As part of Collective Encounters’ Creative Health programme this year, all of these events will explore important issues and questions surrounding creative health practice. They are suitable for artists, activists and academics, at all stages of their career. More events to be announced.
Thursday 25 June, 10am – 1pm, Online via Zoom
Trauma Informed Practice for Participatory Artists – TRAINING
Cost: £55 (full price), £35 (freelancers), £18 (unwaged)
Monday 6 July, 10am – 12:30pm, Liverpool John Moores University
Disabled-led Creative Health – OPEN SPACE
Cost: £5
Thursday 9 July, 10am – 1pm, Online via Zoom
Understanding Place and Community – TRAINING
Cost: £40 (full price), £30 (freelancers), £18 (unwaged)
“Public and professional awareness and understanding of trauma require a social justice movement that recognises and honours survivors”
– Judith Herman, feminist psychotherapist, Trauma and Recovery, 2022
Although it’s very important to maintain the distinction between art and therapy, participatory artists are often in positions where they need to support their participants’ mental health. This training is specifically for artists and facilitators and takes a person-centred approach to understanding trauma and incorporating this understanding into your creative practice.
This training will:
- Unpick popular perceptions and misuse of language around trauma and PTSD;
- Provide an overview of the physiology of trauma and an insight from the perspective of a clinical psychotherapist;
- Offer practical tips for creating safe spaces for participants and avoiding practices which may retraumatise participants;
- Create a space to explore problem solving using real-life scenarios;
- Explore asset-based approaches to understanding trauma within social justice frameworks.
This event is aimed at artists working in communities, theatre-makers and activists interested in using the arts as a tool for positive change.