Art Therapist
Conny Rodgers
Available – Tuesday
Art Therapy (also known as Art Psychotherapy) is run by QPASST who provides targeted intervention to our refugee students. Art Therapy is the focused use of visual arts and play activities within the therapeutic relationship to meet developmental, emotional and psychological needs, and is based on the understanding that the creative process is healing and life enhancing. It uses psychotherapeutic methods combined with art therapy practice.
The Art Therapist helps students to:
- Address social, behavioural and emotional issues via Art Therapy and Music Therapy.
- Improve their ability to learn at school by helping allay the symptoms of trauma
- Improve confidence and self-esteem.
- Learn resiliency skills through therapy and programs such as BRITA (Building Resiliency in Transcultural Australians)
- Process their refugee journey through therapy and programs such as Tree of Life (a strengthening narrative approach).
- Begin to envisage their place in their new country, with a good understanding of acceptable behaviours and their rights.