Transpersonal Arts for Health and Wellbeing

Therapy Training Year 1
City and Guilds Level 4 Award (LCGI) 

This year aims to explore the Transpersonal in the personal and relational context and as part of the creative process.  It will increase awareness and understanding of the Transpersonal to allow a conscious inclusion and use of it in the creative and therapeutic process for the enhancement of health and wellbeing in ourselves, our environment and community.
The most fascinating aspect of this course is the gradual and surprising discovery of the sources of health in the worlds near and far from nature to the stars… The course promotes the development of artistic skills and aesthetic awareness in such a way that artistic processes become gateways into nature’s life-giving secrets. Through the re-imagination of a living cosmos we challenge the one-sided notions of an inanimate universe. We entertain the companionship of the plant and animal world, of the earth, air, fire and water as we work with artistic media that are imbued with the qualities of the elements, e.g. watercolour, pastels, charcoal, clay, stone, etc.

Core Course Content:

•    The student is trained in visual arts and able to make proficient use of artistic techniques, exercises and different materials. The student will learn to observe the effects of the art medium with sensitivity and empathy within their own artwork preparing them for the working environment.

•    Our transpersonal approach respects and encompasses historical/traditional culture and multi-cultural perspectives on body, soul and spirit. The programme consists of perspectives on human development, which derive from anthroposophical traditions as well as from contemporary psychology and psychiatry and these are explored through various themes in the training.

•    The student is trained to observe the physical, psychosocial, biographical and spiritual aspects of the human being. The student will employ practical knowledge and insights from various perspectives among which anthroposophy plays a significant role.

•    The student will be taught how to build and maintain a professional relationship and how to contact and communicate with people within professional boundaries. The student will be able to initiate, maintain and conclude a working relationship.

•    The student will be taught to communicate effectively with clients, peers, managers and institutions depending on their work context.

•    The student is taught compliance with current government legislation and professional association regulations.

Themes are delivered in modules. All modules include art making, lectures, individual and group experiential work and seminars.

The course leads to a City & Guilds Licentiate Award Level 4 (HND). It is also the first year of our City & Guilds MCGI Level 7 (Masters Equiv.) training in Transpersonal Arts in Therapy.

This qualification enables you to run art groups in health, educational or social contexts, with the aim of promoting wellness, such as an art group to combat stress, or to promote concentration, etc.

Course Duration:
The course duration is one year full-time (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (09:30-17:00). For information on costs, student accommodation, term dates and application forms, see section Fees & Practical Info.

Entry requirements:
•    Completion of our application form. (link to form).
•    A biography is required of approximately 1500 words.
•    You are encouraged to attend an interview preferably in person but we are able to do it via Skype or telephone.
•    Have evidence of a good command of written and spoken English.
•    Where English is not your first language you should have achieved an overall score of 6.5 in IELTS or 580 in TOEFL (237 in the computerised system) or at level B1 on the new European Levels Grid.