Arts for the Blues

Training

We offer training that is designed to introduce practitioners to the model and to support them to establish the Arts for the Blues into their existing practice. Arts for the Blues is a group intervention and the training helps practitioners to develop their skills working with groups.

What will the training consist of?

The Arts for the Blues training workshops take place over two days and incorporate theory with experiential work in the form of group creative activities. 

Who is it for?

We work with a wide variety of practitioners which is supported by our recent findings that creative arts projects work best when services collaborate across disciplines. Examples of practitioners already trained as Arts for the Blues practitioners are: mental health practitioners, artists, arts and health practitioners, community practitioners, counsellors and psychotherapists, counselling psychologists, arts therapists and other licenced therapists.

What are the expectations after the training?

Mental health practitioners will enhance their current practice and the full Arts for the Blues model is delivered initiated either by: 

If the full Arts for the Blues model is delivered we can offer:

1. Supervision and reflective practice [with additional cost]. 
2. Support with evaluating the group that will be shared with the Arts for the Blues team.