OUR WORK |
In Zambia where poverty pervades and resources for health care are significantly overstretched, people suffering from poor mental health or illness fail to receive the care they need. To help these extremely vulnerable people, mental health professionals urgently need opportunities to learn skills so they can empower, connect with and support their recovery. ZTA Art Therapists therefore created The Zambia Therapeutic Art Course, with 250 trained by 2020.
The course is deliberately short (20 hours), low cost, done in the workplace and ‘hands on’ to ensure efficiency. It focuses on communication through art and includes exercises where participants draw, paint or make clay models alongside their patients in a nonjudgmental and accepting atmosphere. In this way, how art powerfully communicates thoughts and feelings can be experienced and understood. This process is the foundation of Therapeutic Art practice. For more information, see the training page. |