Foundational Training in Trauma Informed Expressive Arts Therapy

2-Day Experiential Training

Course Overview

The Foundational Training in Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy is a 2-day, in-person, experiential program designed to introduce psychology students and mental health professionals to the use of expressive arts in trauma-informed therapy.

Rooted in Carmen Richardson’s four-phase trauma model, this training focuses on using creative, non-verbal techniques that are incorporated to support clients safely and ethically through different stages of trauma work.

What Will You Learn?

Participants will learn ready-to-use expressive arts techniques that can be integrated into
therapy sessions across the following four phases:

1. Understanding the Client’s World

2. Cultivating Safety and Resources

3. Trauma Processing

4. Reclaiming, Reframing, Repairing & Reorienting

The training emphasizes hands-on practice, reflection, and guided application to help
participants feel confident using expressive arts tools in clinical settings.

What Makes This Training Unique

Learn Through Self-Experience First Apply expressive arts tools on yourself to deeply understand their impact before using them with clients.

Effective for Non-Verbal or Resistant Clients Especially useful when clients find it hard to talk, feel stuck, or are resistant to traditional talk therapy.

Integrates Seamlessly With Your Existing Practice Tools taught can be directly combined with other therapy modalities you already use.

Highly Practical, Minimal Theory Focused on learning how to do the work, not just understanding concepts.

Ready-to-Use Techniques Learn tools you can immediately implement in your therapy sessions.

Covers All Stages of Trauma-Informed Care From building safety and orientation, to resource-building, processing, and strengthening the client’s sense of self, all through an expressive arts lens.

Other Details

Duration : 2 Days

Mode of Training : In-Person

Who Can Join?

This course is suitable for:

Practicing Psychologists and Therapists

Master’s students pursuing Psychology

Mental health professionals interested in trauma-informed expressive work

Frequently asked questions

(01) Who can attend this training?

This training is suitable for practicing psychologists, therapists, counsellors, and students in psychology.

(02) Do I need an art background to join?

No, prior art experience is required. The focus is on therapeutic application, not artistic skill.

(03) Is this a hands-on training?

Yes. The training is highly experiential, with guided practice, and reflection.

(04) Will this training qualify me as an Expressive Arts Therapist?

No. This is a foundational training designed to introduce expressive arts tools and techniques
for therapeutic use. It does not constitute a specialization in Expressive Arts Therapy.

(05) Will I be able to use these techniques in therapy sessions?

Yes. The training focuses on ready-to-use, trauma-informed expressive arts techniques.

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Participant Testimonials

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This course has deeply shaped how I practice therapy today. It helped me reconnect with the artist within and showed me how expressive arts can open emotional spaces that words alone often cannot. What stands out most is how naturally this learning translates into practice. I now feel more grounded and intentional in using creative, reflective processes with clients..especially when verbal expression feels limiting. It has enriched the way I hold space and support emotional insight and integration. I’m deeply grateful to Eti Goel ma’am for embodying this work with such authenticity, and to EmoAid Wellness Centre for creating a safe, nurturing space for therapists to grow and evolve.

Manya Kaushik

(Counseling Psychologist)

After the training, I felt really calm, found my safe zone and could feel more of myself and more positivity.

Nabila Jamal

Participant

Maybe even when you think everything is good, some emotions do bother you… its always good to help yourself and discover yourself. The training was exactly that discovering myself in new ways even when I felt i had already found myself before.

Yashasvi Saini

Participant

Two days were transformative, personally and professionally. So much learnt and experienced, loved every second!

Dalya Verma

Participant