What you'll learn
How to use art therapy to cope with anxiety
The main causes of anxiety
Many tips/strategies used by others to cope with anxiety
The different symptoms of anxiety

Requirements
Nil

Description
This is a course in two halves:First half: This covers the signs, symptoms and causes of different types of anxiety. A few art therapy exercises and sonnets are included. Some sonnets are incomplete, the aim being for students to personalise the work.Topics include:a. What can the individual dob. Grounding exercisec. Signs of anxietyd. Impact of anxiety on everyday lifee. When anxiety makes it hard to enjoy thingsf. How Art Therapy works to heal anxietyg. Managing symptomsh. EvaluationSecond half: This consists entirely of art therapy exercises to banish anxiety, shot in beautiful Oxford countryside. Just watching the lectures will have a positive effect! Doing the exercises, even more so! All students are encouraged to share their experiences in doing these exercises - an active Q/A is a must!This course equips the student with a variety of art therapy exercises to try at any time to reduce - or banish completely - stress levels. There are also numerous tips supplied from un-named 'anxiety-sufferers'. The exercises are short - usually 4-5 minutes AND there is a manual with the course to save copying out text. Plus there are further exercises in the manual itself.This is a course to enjoy doing!

Overview
Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Anxiety: symptoms; causes; cures

Lecture 2 Reducing/removing anxiety

Lecture 3 The causes

Lecture 4 A few more exercises

Lecture 5 Sleep, Stress, Self-neglect : the three 'S's

Lecture 6 Three exercises for self-care - pt 1

Lecture 7 Three exercises for self-care - pt 2

Lecture 8 Three exercises for self-care - pt 3

Lecture 9 Cluttered mind; clear mind

Section 3: The Art Therapy Exercises

Lecture 10 Exploring Ghanbari's Abstract Universe

Lecture 11 Peacock Pride

Lecture 12 Sunset for the Hare

Lecture 13 River of Tranquillity

Lecture 14 Sunrise Positivity

Lecture 15 Rewriting the narrative

Lecture 16 Mirror of self-compassion

Lecture 17 Kitten and duckling

Lecture 18 Sunrise serenity

Lecture 19 Moonlighting

Lecture 20 Stoat's Joyful Journey

Lecture 21 Bluebell serenity

Lecture 22 Garden Hare Storytelling

Lecture 23 Hare eating in the sunset

Lecture 24 Calming imagery

Lecture 25 Calm Cows Collage

Lecture 26 Countryside walk visualisation

Lecture 27 Waterfall of tranquillity

Lecture 28 Circle of Compassion

Lecture 29 Journey of Tranquillity

All Art Therapists looking for new ways of dealing with anxiety,Everyone who wants to learn how to deal with anxiety,Anyone studying to be an art therapist,Everyon e whose life is negatively impacted by anxiety