Past Workshops
February 16, 2024
Presentation on Expressive Arts Therapy, Play Therapy and School Counselling for teacher and school counsellors at the Rond-Point, a special Pro-D Day organized by the Conseil Scolaire Francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (CSF). This was a hands-on and interactive workshop where participants could talk and think about how school counselling can incorporate the arts and play to further help students in grades K-12.
August 21 and 22, 2023
Expressive Arts Therapy workshops with my guest Dr. Caroline Herbert, based in the UK/Cambodia. We had two workshops: the first was specifically for therapists and professionals trained in Expressive Arts Therapy; the second was for members of the public. Caroline travelled around the world in 2023 with her Sori Project exploring Apology and Forgiveness through Expressive Arts Therapy, meditation, music, and song-writing. She gave experiential creative workshops in India, Cambodia, Indonesian, New Zealand, Hawaii, the United States, Canada, The Netherlands, and France on the theme of individual and collective apology and forgiveness. www. alkimiasoul.com
March 6 and July 17, 2023
Expressive Arts Therapy workshop for the young adults in the Homegrown Program (work training program) at Nanaimo Foodshare. My Expressive Arts workshop activities included engaging in active imagination, music, rhythm, visual arts, and debriefing the artistic process and the products of our work together. While involved with the creative process, participants were simultaneously exercising human connections, eye contact, empathy, non-verbal and verbal communication skills, and teamwork. We also discussed how these skills apply to being and working with people in our personal and work lives.
March 30, 2019
La Foire Santé pour les 55ans+ (Health Fair) organized by Réso-Santé. An Expressive Arts Therapy workshop for Francophone seniors about ways to support mental and emotional health for themselves and their families through a creative therapy approach. (New Westminster)
November 25, 2019
I sat on a panel discussion organized by the Francophone women’s association, Inform’Elles about the French film Jusqu’à la garde (« Custody ») at the Alliance Française de Vancouver. I spoke about the impact of family violence on children and how Play Therapy can be used to support children who have witnessed violence.
workshops: Travel to Nanaimo
BC Ferries: foot passengers and vehicles service from North Vancouver to Departure Bay in Nanaimo (BC Ferries).
Hullo Ferry: rapid foot passenger ferry linking downtown Vancouver to downtown Nanaimo. (Hullo)