Want to find a way to care for yourself in 2012? Join us for a variety of personal and professional enrichment opportunities. Bed and Breakfast style, on-site overnight accommodations available.

Inner Knowing through Guided Imagery

There’s still room for you to join us in this day-long workshop, which takes participants on a journey to meet their inner guides. Spend the day working with your own personal active imagination in a small group as a means of connecting to your own personal inner knowing and listening to your own voice, and the wisdom it speaks to you. For professional and personal enrichment.  All levels ofexperience welcome.

Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. 9-5; Member discounts available.

“Every artist was first an amateur.” …Ralph Waldo Emerson

Young Alchemists:

A Children’s  Arts Program

Weekly Classes for Children:

A Puppetry Theater Workshop

Explore a ten-week workshop for children using art, imagery, puppetry theater, and music.  This hands-on collaborative workshop uses student created puppets and imaginative play.  Children will problem-solve and collaborate to create a set, puppets, props, and tell their vision of a theatrical production.  Tuesdays, March 6 – May 1, 2012; 3 – 4:30; with culmination Performance and Art Show – May 1st; 6 – 7:30 p.m. Member and family discounts available.

Story and Art: A Mixed Media Workshop

A ten-week workshop for children utilizing a variety of mythological stories, fairy tales, and folklore to inspire art creations with a variety of materials and techniques.  Each week, children will be introduced to different stories and themes for inspiration (e.g., the hero’s journey, the trickster, Earth myths, etc.).  Materials to be covered include, drawing, painting, tile work, 3-D clay work, collage, dioramas, masks, and book binding, to name a few. Tuesdays, March 6 – May 1, 2012; 5 – 6:30; with culmination Performance and Art Show – May 1st; 6 – 7:30 p.m. Member and family discounts available.

Printmaking as a Healing Art
This day-long workshop takes participants on a journey to experiment and create with a variety of materials, easily available and conducive for printmaking in a range of settings for personal and professional enrichment. Workshop attendees will participate in various types of printmaking techniques, such as the relief (stamps and block cuts), intaglio (etching), planogrpahic printing (monoprints), and stenciling techniques. Discussion of their implications in a therapeutic context will be explored as well as numerous theme and task ideas.All expereince levels welcome.

Saturday, March 24, 2012. Member discounts available.
7 hours of CEC’s Available

Programs in April and June

Therapeutic Art Journals
Books have been deemed one of the most valuable art objects in the history of mankind. Dating from Antiquity, books, in their many manifestations, have provided spaces for sacred text, illuminated scriptures, the transfer of knowledge, and for the recording of personal and communal narrative. This course provides a hands-on approach to creating folded Therapeutic Art Journals as well as discussion of the historical origins of the art form, the application of its usefulness in a variety of settings, and case examples from clinical practice.

Participants will be able to create two types of book constructions: a star book and an accordion book. These two book constructions have been selected for their relative ease of facilitation, their limitless possibilities for adaptation Additional suggestions for developing themes and content within the book will be provided along with numerous examples. For professional and personal enrichment.  All levels welcome. Member discounts available.
Saturday, April. 28, 2012; 7 hours of CEC’s Available

Art & Nature Retreat
Join us for a weekend of creativity, personal reflection, and relaxation.  An eco-friendly art making retreat designed to engage participants into a natural setting and utilize the surroundings for reflection, contemplation, and image making as a way of reconnecting to essential parts of ourselves and to the world we live in. Find solace in the two and a half acre property that was once the largest Japanese Garden in America. Wander the groupponds, take in the sounds of wildlife or babbling water, and you may find your soul reflected in the spring fed ponds and your creations. Spend time creating art in and from nature. The importance of the natural world and creativity will be explored through contemporary psychological and neurobiological theories as well as the ancient wisdom of artists, authors, and spiritual guides.
June 16-17, 2012; 14 hours of CEC’s Available

longer retreats available; call to inquire. For professional and personal enrichment.  All levels welcome. 
On-site accommodations available on a first come first serve basis. Member discounts available.

adult workshops and retreats

coming soon!

While the weather cannot make up its mind if it really going to get down to the business of the typical, chilly temperatures, we have been as industrious as ever. Michelle has finally made peace that the blog on the Center’s website is going to feature articles not only about art therapy and wellness but also features about gardening, home education, and pretty much any other topics that grab the attention of her writing muse. She figured that since she leads a multi-faceted life that presenting a singular view would be too limiting, not to mention boring, and the thought of it blocked the urge to write at all.  So her most recent post is about how the Dean’s came to home schooling entitled: “The light came on: The turning point for home-education”. Mark will write on occasion but as he is busy finishing his training to become a Jungian analyst his writing time is devoted to such requirements.

We have been busy pouring over garden catalogs and planning gardens, mostly the new orchard, of which we look forward to pie cherries, Asian pears, plums, and apples. The baby fruit trees will be no more than twigs, but nonetheless their arrival is anxiously awaited. Indoor seeds are underway: heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, and flowers. The other garden favorites will be sown directly in May.

As Valentine’s Day is upon us and we finish reading “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, we experimented with new confection recipes of our own. We hope you enjoy equal

sweetness in all aspects of life.

In keeping with our mission, The Center for Psyche & the Arts, LLC offers a warm and compassionate approach in which to understand and utilize the creative arts, symbolism, and creative imagination within the practice of psychotherapy as well as provides educational opportunities for individuals, families, groups, and the public. We look forward to seeing you soon. Please help us by spreading the news by forwarding this message to anyone you believe would be interested in our programs or services. Or if you would prefer to be removed from our electronic mailing list, or are receiving more than one copy, kindly contact us so we may update our records. Thank you.

-  Inaugral Membership Ends Feb. 15th!

- Personal and Professional Enrichment Opportunities

-  Children’s Program

- Group for Women and

Girls with Eating Concerns

-  Professional Supervision Group

- Children’s Art Award Competition 0 Submission deadline March 16th!

- Distance-learning opportunities.

- Our Services

Art Award Competition!

Submit your work to our First Annual Art Award Competition! This year’s them is Art & Nature. At The Center for Psyche & the Arts, LLC, we believe there is a very important relationship between art, the natural world, and ourselves and well being. We invite all artists, 19 years old and younger, to submit creations that focus on the nature within and around us. Be sure to share this opportunity with friends, classmates, and other artists!

The judging of the works will be by following categories:

Ages 6 and under

Ages 7-12

Ages 13-18

Special Needs and Considerations (an accompanying letter explaining special need and consideration, is requested)

Certificates of Participation will be sent to all entrants and the following honors will be bestowed for each category:

Winner

Runner-Up

Honorable Mention

Professional’s Choice Award

Award recipients will be honored at the 2012 The Center for Psyche & the Arts, LLC, Spring 2012 Garden Day and Art Award Reception, May 26, 2012.

Submissions are due byMarch, 16, 2012. Complete submission requirements are on the website or email to have a PDF entry form emailed to you.

A warm welcome to our judges:

Kim Branson, BFA – Illustrator, designer, and artist -

Kim Branson has had a interest in art for as long as she can remember. She explored her creative interests at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia by working towards a BFA in Illustration. Since then, she has enjoyed working within various areas of the art world. With her fine arts skills, she has painted monoprints placed in hotels world-wide, co-illustrated a children’s education book, Killer Whales, and had many unique freelance opportunities. These skills easily transitioned her into a graphic design career, working mainly in the publishing world first with sports, teen and country music magazines and then later to casual game packaging and social media gaming.

Most importantly, her appreciation for all genres of art remains strong and is always open to seeing others’ creative point of view and design aesthetic.

Johanna Kane, MA, ATR-BC, LPC – Art Psychotherapist -

Johanna Kane is a board certified art psychotherapist and licensed professional counselor.  She has a private practice in Bala Cynwyd, PA and is an Adjunct Professor at Arcadia University.  She works at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where she uses art therapy to support children who have been diagnosed with cancer and their families during their quest for health.

Distance Learning Opportunities:

Earn CEC’s from the comfort of your home or office. Three titles are currently available for purchase with more in the works. Each course has been previously recorded from a live workshop and comes on 2-4 double-layered DVD’s with all corresponding information in a neat notebook for future reference.

* Treating clients with self injurious behaviors and art therapy

* Treating clients with eating disordered behaviors and art therapy

* Drawing on your strengths: Setting up a private practice or consulting business that is right for you!

NBCC Continuing Education Provider for live workshops and distance learning courses #6302.

Continuing Education Credits are available towards national credentialing by National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC), and towards re-certification requirements for the National Registry of Group Psychotherapists.

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Honorary Life Member in January 2012!

Save the Date for

Garden Day!

Our first Garden Day will be May 26th. Members are welcome to join us for free and partake in refreshments, docent led tours of the Arts and Crafts home styled by the renown architect, William Price and spend the day wondering the two and a half acres of grounds.  We will also beunveiling the award

recipients of the the First Annual Children’s Art Award Competition!Activities will be planned for children and as well as gardening demonstrations, and educational opportunities. Volunteers welcome. See our website for more information.

“I loved this workshop! The presenter had such passion for her work! I feel like I have learned new skills and will be able to apply them in my practice with families and end of life issues.”(RE: Therapeutic Art Journals presented at The American Art Therapy Association Conference in Washington DC, 2011)

“Excellent Workshop!  The presenter was both a though and masterful teacher as well as an inspiring clinician!”

“The class was very rewarding and informative.”

“I enjoyed the class a lot.  Thank you!”

The use of art, creative writing, and dialog within a confidential group context uniquely honors each participant. Discover a new relationship with yourself through creative expression and develop connections that are affirming.  Runs for fifteen weeks. While our current session is closed, kindly call 610.259.2550 ext. 2 to inquire about next start date or visit our website or email us.

Facilitated by Michell L. Dean