TRAUMA MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE ARTS
CERTIFICATE TRAINING PROGRAM
WHAT IS TRAUMA MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE ARTS?
Mental Health for the Arts is an 8-hour, 1-day course that teaches arts organizations, educators and artists how to help someone who has experienced trauma or loss. The training helps you identify, understand, and respond to signs of trauma in order to get them the help they need.
Trauma Mental Health for the Arts is designed to teach arts organizations and educators, dancers, musicians, theatre directors, actors, teaching artists, photographers, painters, sculptors, choreographers, visual artists, singers, drummers, and other creatives how to help individuals who are experiencing trauma related challenges or is in crisis.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THE TRAUMA TRAINING?
Trauma Mental Health for the Arts is primarily designed for artists and teachers who regularly interact with individuals who have experienced trauma or loss. The course introduces common mental health challenges for those who have experienced trauma, reviews typical reactions, and teaches a concrete action plan for how to help individuals in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include trauma responses, mind-body connections, types of trauma, self care for artists, and symptoms of traumatic stress.
Trauma Mental Health for the Arts is a way to build community level capacity to identify traumatic stress issues early and for artists, educators and organizations to increase their confidence to intervene and refer people to the resources that exist. The arts community has a long history of being innovative and taking responsibility. Trauma Mental Health for the Arts is a way to increase the level of baseline knowledge about trauma issues and to decrease the negative perceptions often associated with these challenges.
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TOPICS COVERED
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Trauma responses
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PTSD
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Mind-body connections
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Types of trauma
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Symptoms of traumatic stress
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Self care for artists
Trauma Mental Health for the Arts educates our learners on recovery and resiliency - the belief that individuals experiencing these challenges can and do get better, and use their strengths to stay well.
INTERVENTIONS LEARNED
You will learn how to apply the Trauma Mental Health for the Arts action plan in a variety of situations, including when someone is experiencing:
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Panic attacks
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Suicidal thoughts or behaviors
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Non-suicidal self-injury
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PTSD
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Overdose or withdrawal from alcohol or drug use
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Reaction to a traumatic event
The opportunity to practice (experiential learning) - through role plays, scenarios, and activities – will make it easier to apply these skills in a real-life situation.
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*PLEASE NOTE: This training does NOT certify or license you as a mental health professional, psychologist, counselor, social worker or drama, art, music, art or expressive arts therapist. You will need to earn a masters degree from an accredited school of higher education, fulfill all practicum and internship requirements, and pass a national or state licensing exam (depending on your chosen profession and state licensing laws).
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
Want to know how to bring the Mental for the Arts Certificate Program to your organization?
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Let us inspire and guide you towards healing the world through the arts.
The Center for Creative Arts Therapy's Center for Training offers coursework in the following professional disciplines: Drama Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, Therapeutic Performing Arts, Theatre for Change, Sociodrama and Psychodrama.
Students experience fearlessly progressive education in intimate, experiential programs that are grounded in theory and application, and influenced by historical movements of contemporary practice. Under the guidance of globally influential and award-winning faculty, students prepare themselves as leaders in their career, effecting purposeful and inspiring revolutions in the community.
For more information on the Center for Creative Arts Therapy training programs throughout Chicago and the DuPage County area, call us at (847) 477-8244, email us, or visit us at 4336 Saratoga Ave., 2nd Floor, Downers Grove, IL 60515.