Creative Resilience: Anxiety Group

Welcome to Creative Resilience! An anxiety program for kids in Muskoka.

Anxiety is tough. It is an intense emotion that can feel hard for kids to understand. Anxiety can show up in a variety of different ways and can feel scary to experience.

Creative Resilience was designed to address the common misunderstandings we have about anxiety and to bring education in a fun and playful way using art for kids experiencing anxiety!

Interested? Keep on reading for more details!

Creative Resilience

The Outline:

REGISTRATION CLOSED

This program involves 6 sessions, once a week, over the course of 6 weeks. Each session is an hour and 45 minutes. Each session involves a specific theme addressing anxiety. There may be up to three different activities per session and all art materials are included! We explore a variety of different art materials and themes to get your child's imagination flowing. This program is in a group format, and may have up to 6 people at a time. See below for full outline:

Week One: What is anxiety?
Week Two: Anxiety and the body
Week Three: Anxiety and the brain
Week Four: Communication Skills
Week Five: Coping Strategies and Resources
Week Six: Strengths-based focus

The details

Dates: Tuesdays, September 12-October 17th
Time: 4:15pm-5:45pm
Address: 60 Main Street E, Second Floor, Huntsville ON

Cost: $170 + HST ($192.10, break down is $28.33 a session)
Ages: 8-11

Bonus!

Each participant gets a digital download of my Art for Anxiety workbook!
This workbook is designed for families to work through together. There are 46 pages of content including art activities, tips and tricks, journal pages and educational components to help everyone understand the emotion of anxiety!

Need to know:

This program is considered to be non-clinical. This means that although this program is designed and facilitated by a professional art therapist and registered psychotherapist the intention is not to provide psychotherapy.

However, it is designed to be educational, fun and therapeutic. Art-making and play are naturally therapeutic modalities and this program is considered "art as therapy". I am here to support and educate the participants throughout the program.

This program is best suited for anyone, aged 8-11, who has dealt with or is dealing with some form of anxiety in their life and might benefit from exploring through a group based art process!

So what does art have to do with it?

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Art therapy is a process that allows us to be curious about ourselves through a gentle and creative approach. It provides us with opportunities to reflect, play and connect with ourselves in a tactile and visual way. It allows you to express yourself differently that doesn’t necessarily involve words. Human beings are innately creative. It’s a process that allows you to cultivate empowerment in your life, to understand your experiences, to reflect on your direction and to build a strong sense of self.

REGISTRATION CLOSED. Please thoroughly read through the next steps in order to register:

Option one:

E-mail me at Connor@BirchwoodArtTherapy.ca requesting to register (I will get back to you within 24 hours)
You will receive a welcome and informational email to pre-save your spot and ask you to fill out some info
Payment of $192.10 can be paid by e-transfer to Connor@BirchwoodArtTherapy.ca
Once payment is received your spot is confirmed. Your spot is not confirmed until payment is received
You will be sent a digital receipt and an online consent form to sign

Option Two:

Click the link below that will bring you to the "Power Diary" booking portal
Create an account and choose "Book Class"
Move through the calendar until you find the start date of your preferred workshop/group. This will register for you for all 6 weeks.
Continue following the steps until registration
Within 24 hours you will receive a welcome email to pre-save your spot and ask you to fill out some info
Payment of $192.10 can be paid by e-transfer to Connor@BirchwoodArtTherapy.ca
Once payment is received your spot is confirmed. Your spot is not confirmed until payment is received
You will be sent a digital receipt and an online consent form to sign

IMPORTANT INFO ON REFUNDS AND POLICIES:
Please send payment after your spot has been confirmed, as soon as possible. Without payment prior to the group your spot may not be confirmed and may open up for someone else. Refunds are available with 48 hours of your start date and I cannot issue a refund after this time. I cannot refund for any missed days. For any missed days I cannot accommodate with a private session without payment. Receipts will be issued after payment has been received. Please consider these policies before registration. Thank you.