Creative imagination is "the faculty of faculties", as it gathers together contributions from different ways of knowing, integrating them into a new synthesis. In this workshop, we will create a safe environment to explore how the creative process carries us to new realms of experience and understanding.



This workshop will explore the themes of Shaun's forthcoming book Art Heals, including how the arts heal through immersion in soulful expression; how to transform conflict and pain and make use of our disturbances as sources of creative power; and how to construct creative spaces to help you trust the process, let go, and access self expression.

Program Leader:

Shaun McNiff, Ph.D. is Contributing Faculty at the Institute of Imaginal Studies. He is the founder of several graduate programs bringing the arts to psychotherapy and education. Shaun is the author of many books including: Art Based Research; Art as Medicine: Creating a Therapy of the Imagination; and the recently released Art Heals: How Creativity Cures the Soul. For more information on Shaun McNiff click here: http://ada.lesley.edu/faculty/ftmcnifj/.

Program Information:

Dates:Saturday, January 22, 2005
Sunday, January 23, 2005

Times:9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Location:Brescia Hall, Santa Rosa (Directions)

Fee:$85 One-Day Workshop / $150 Both Workshops


Registration:Call IIS at 707-765-1836 to register.

CEU Information:

CE Hours: 7.0 units for each workshop

CE Fee: There is a $20 CEU Fee.

CE Approval For:

  • MFT/LCSWs: This course meets the qualifications for 7 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. (Provider number PCE1391)

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