Art Therapy South Africa

12/08/2026

A fabulous, interesting, informative and insightful long weekend of BWRT. Such an exciting and effective new modality to add to my therapy practice! Thank you to BrainWorking Recursive Therapy SA for such a comprehensive, professional and fun training!.

05/07/2026

Moments from my creative life. I try to do process art weekly to explore work through and express. The process is where the value lies

29/06/2026

Some feedback: from 'The Art of Connection: A 3-Day Creative Journey' in June 2026 in Cape Town.

I loved the experience. It was so well facilitated and thoughtfully put together. The space was held really well, and it felt like a safe place to explore myself, both individually and within the group. -Jessie-

The course was perfect. I am totally encouraged and motivated to continue this creative journey, personally and professionally. Karla
The workshop surprised me with the depth of emotional awareness and release that was catalysed by the group's creative activities. The experience was understood and supported really well by the facilitators. -Lesley-

I feel very grateful for the experience. I felt an amazing affinity with the group & appreciated each person's presence. I feel this work will continue to unfold in the days & weeks ahead! -Tammy-

A very positive, engaging, creative and powerful process. -Janine-

12/05/2026

I’m grateful for feedback like this.

My Art Therapy workshops and seminars are open to anyone interested in Art Therapy for personal development and growth. No prior psychology or art experience is needed, just curiosity and willingness to explore.

If you’d like to join a future Art Therapy experience, please visit the website:
https://www.arttherapy.co.za/courses-and-workshops/

05/05/2026

On therapeutic interventions and trauma....

02/05/2026

Donald Winnicot on Why trying to feel safe doesn't work...

There’s a certain kind of anxiety that doesn’t respond to reassurance.

You do everything you can to ward it off: you tell yourself you’re safe, you build a stable, reliable life. You say no more often than yes, without realizing you’re organizing your life around avoidance.

But you feel it. You always feel it. Something is coming for you; something catastrophic and irreversible.

You fear you'll have a breakdown and you know you won’t recover from it.

So you do everything you can to prevent it. You tighten your grip on your children. You stay braced and stay inside. You're in a state of constant anticipation thinking that will prepare you for when it finally hits.

Your life gets smaller; your dread gets larger.

In 1974, the psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott offered an idea radical for its time: the thing you’re most afraid of has already happened.

He meant this literally.

At some point early in life, something overwhelming happened. You were abandoned, rejected, disappointed. Whatever it was happened at a stage of development so young, there was no "you" to experience it as an event. So it never become integrated as a memory.

It wedged itself into your nervous system as fear.

And when it returns later, when you're a developed self, it doesn’t feel like something that happened. It feels like something that will happen, and so you feel dread.

Which is why avoidance doesn’t work.

Because you can’t escape something that already occurred.

I wrote about this fear, D.W. Winnicott, and the strange relief that comes when you finally understand that the breakdown you're afraid of already happened.

Read the full article in the How to Live Newsletter. The link is in the comments

20/04/2026

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23/03/2026

Creative Reset online Art Therapy workshop (March 2026)
For Participant Dalit - it was like taking part in a yoga class - but with a paintbrush 🖌🎨 🧘‍♀️