ART THERAPY Group
If you would like to stop for a moment and express your emotions through movement, sounds or transfer them onto a piece of paper, or if you are looking for inspiration on how to strengthen your psychological and psychosociological resilience then this group is for YOU!
For who?
The first meeting is open to ALL of the Sietarians and those interested in Sietar Polska.
Migrants, Refugees, Repatriates, Expats or anyone who seeks more comfort in life, wants to find a way to deal with a new environment, would like to meet others who seek support.
You don’t need any experience or talent for painting etc. There will be various techniques of artistic creation to choose from.
When, where and why?
The meeting will take place on the 30th of May from 18:30 till 20:00 via the Zoom platform.
The aim of this meeting is to get acquainted with the art therapy method, get to know group assumptions, practise some sample exercises.
By who?
ALEKSANDRA PASSENDORFER – a board member of SIETAR POLSKA whose mission is to share the experience gained, working as a social psychologist, trainer, psychotherapist. For 11 years, she has been creating and conducting original training on interpersonal competencies, specializing in intercultural communication. As a trainer of the International Organization for Migration, she implemented projects for migrants. She inspires creativity in the field of shaping and creative use of human potential. She is curious about people and the constantly changing world. Her passion is painting the things she has seen and experienced while travelling and meeting people from around the world.
Fee?
The First Open meeting is FREE of charge for everyone. However, if you decide to be part of a regular group, then please be aware that it is free for Sietar members only.
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Aim of this project
Being a migrant in Poland is hard and full of challenges, especially now.
SIETAR Polska recognizes these challenges and would like to support You during this time. The aim of this project is to help build migrants’ resilience during VUCA Times. VOLATILITY, UNCERTAINTY, COMPLEXITY, AMBIGUITY; these are the qualities we will focus on, defining and recognizing in ourselves and trying to disarm them by finding the best way to constructively experience these difficult and ubiquitous emotional states.
Meetings
Meetings will be held once a month, online (via Zoom) or offline (at a previously agreed location).
Methods
The meetings will mostly be organized in a form of workshops with the use of interactive methods. We will focus on art therapy – an innovative workshop technique/method that incorporates other forms of expression and communication than just words. With the help of art (e.g. painting, music, movement), other areas of the subconscious are stimulated and that might strengthen and stimulate creativity.
The meetings will be a time for LETTING IT GO and FILLING UP with POSITIVE ENERGY OF ARTISTIC CREATION shared with others.
Workshops will be led by art therapists: Aleksandra Passendorfer and Urszula Rymarowicz.
URSZULA RYMAROWICZ
An architect, art therapist, and culture animator. Involved in the subject of interculturalism and exclusion due to cultural differences. She organized culture animation during six-month volunteer work in Armenia and a monthly project in Georgia. She conducted a series of art therapy workshops for women at the Center for Foreigners in Warsaw and in Fundacja Ocalenie in Warsaw. She is particularly close to working with images, movements, and stories that are intertwined and complement each other. She gained experience during the art therapy course organized by Centrum Łowicka, during the dance and movement therapy course at the DMT Institute and Mindfulness Based Living Course. A student of Process Oriented Psychology, a holistic psychotherapeutic approach that suggests unconscious material can be experienced physically, interpersonally, or environmentally.
Additional information
Participation in the workshops for SIETAR members is FREE of charge, and there is a LIMITED number of spots available.
If you have any questions, please contact us: info@sietar.pl