Art Therapy - a form of counselling using creative inquiry with multi-modal art forms (visual arts, movement, sculpture, poetry, writing etc.) NDIS Registered
to make sense of life's challenges, enhance wellbeing, heal from emotional wounding and trauma & transform.
14/10/2022
Introducing Towards Eudæmonia: A Season on the Mountain, learning, connecting, feeling.
Eudæmonia is a state that results from living well…
(…or being seized by a nature spirit).
In a state of Eudæmonia one finds self-discovery and expression, purpose in life, intense enjoyment and full presence in one’s activities. Eudæmonia does not arise from the ‘little self’ (or ego), but by getting the self “out of the way”, and allowing nature’s forms, feel and intent to wash through us. Eudæmonia is what we feel when we connect with nature.
This series of weekend offerings (October & November) on the beautiful and mysterious Mt Tarrengower is designed to bring you closer to nature and to yourself. The series is presented in association with the Maldon Neighbourhood Centre.
Warm spring greetings from my dwelling spaces ~ to you in yours... I have been exploring even more 'embodiment' (focussing on what is happening in the body and being present to that) in my work and within myself. It is profound!! And I've have been offering a powerful creative process called "body mapping" with some of the women and children I companion, with Creative Arts Therapy.
If you would like to have a greater sense of "Body mapping" and "Embodiment" possibilities - here is a an inspiring short film by: Annette Schwalbe, Body & Movement Psychotherapist:
With heART,
Marita
A therapeutic and creative approach for women to gain inspiration and guidance from her body. In the film, founder of Somatic Body Mapping, Annette Schwalb...
08/10/2021
Hello! We have a beautiful offering for you - a 3 session live online course this November, a journey together ...
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having fresh eyes" Proust.
A N X I E T Y... lets meet it with fresh eyes... feel free to share this course around your communities...
Warmly,
Marita 🌀
21/08/2021
A N X I E T Y... We all feel it, this primitive emotion, it has helped us survive so much over millennia, so it does come with some benefits. Yet, sometimes it gets too carried away, too much and it can be so debilitating, I know from lived experience.
The image is 'The Inkpot' a water-filled sinkhole in Lower Glenelg National Park (where I camped in January). Anxiety can feel like this, an endless sinkhole of good energy.
Would you like some support with meeting and understanding your experience of anxiety? Would you like to find new ways to respond to it, to live with it in empowering ways?
Well this October, we (Denise Howes: Counsellor & Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher and I: Marita Jacobsson) will be offering a 3 week online introduction to meeting your anxiety with self compassion and creative arts approaches.
Stay tuned for more details, we are currently co creating all the good stuff for you to share in, with us ~ this Spring.
21/08/2021
I am re-posting and raving about this Mindfulness Self Compassion Course, Live Online, Starts September 20!
Did you see their special deal offered? BYO friend/associate and they pay half!
Includes introduction session, 8-week course, 3hr
virtual retreat and MSC workbook.
$550 per participant
Special Offer: If a participant brings a friend or
associate, the fee will be half price
for the second participant.
Limited concession places are also available.
Here are the testimonials from this same course I completed in June:
Comments from MSC participants who have completed the course:
I am so grateful for my growth and learning, that I am applying to my personal and professional life, by attending the 8-week MSC course. Thank you for this transforming experience!
Initially I was worried that this course was not for me – but it definitely was! This course has left me with a calmness and sense of well-being – which feels wonderful.
I have greatly benefited by doing the MSC course. I feel stronger, more resilient and more able to give to others (and myself). I would strongly urge anyone to do the course if they are contemplating it.
The MSC program has provided me with a sense of understanding and acceptance of myself and others. It has opened my eyes to savor every moment and find comfort in the experiences that surround me.
MSC has been such a powerful and freeing process that has for the first time, allowed me to consider treating myself as I would a best friend. It’s allowed me to really breathe, to realise I am a worthy human being and that common humanity means I am not alone.
The MSC course was a beautiful unfolding of togetherness. It was incredible to develop such deep connections with people through shared experiences, shared intentions. No need to express the rawness of emotions and pain, just be through these practices that helped us to let go, accept and love ourselves.
With kindness,
Marita
04/08/2021
I highly recommend this course and the excellent Teachers: I completed this recently and I continue to reap the rewards in my personal and professional life.
"A moment of self compassion can change your entire day.
A string of such moments can change the course of your life"
Christopher Germer
With compassion, Marita
16/06/2021
Mindfulness Drawing Prompt: fill a whole page with randomly shaped circles.
Notice your breaths…
Notice your thoughts…
Deepen your breaths…
Draw a circle for each thought…
How much space is it taking up in your mInd?
How much space is it taking up on the paper?
Or just draw circles, or any shape, drop into your breath awareness and the practice of pen on paper: a relaxing practice of just being in the here-and-now.
Image: Drawing my favourite shape, circles, with a purple felt tip pen, during a 3 hour ‘Mindfulness Self Compassion’ class, soon coming to the end of an 8 week online course.
I am dreaming of offering these nourishing ways-of-being, entwined with Creative Arts Therapy, in future groups. Stay Tuned! ⭕️
11/06/2021
Warmly Welcome... I have been dreaming of this for a long time...This group series will be a 'hands on' introduction to Creative Arts Therapy, using art making as a form of inquiry, to make sense of things and to find new pathways to your wellbeing.
Booking information to come soon.
With heART, Marita 🦜
12/05/2021
Aaaaah, "Mindfulness Self Compassion": I am 'swimming' in this learning at present, completing an 8 week course online, with a beautiful group of Women from around Australia.
With intentions to weave these wonderful knowings into my own future Art Therapy groups: watch this space!
These practices have given me lovely tools for when times are tough. One such practice is "A Compassionate Friend" guided meditation, actively using our amazing imaginations...
Chris Germer will guide you, via this guided audio practice.
With compassion,
mARiTa
Chris Germer is a clinical psychologist, meditation practitioner, author, and teacher of mindfulness and compassion in psychotherapy and everyday life. He is...
12/05/2021
A Warm Autumnal hello to you 'out there' .... A 'seed of softness' I created a little while ago (oils, acrylics, white charcoal, wool fibre and finger painting), is presently, gently, taking sprout...
I am offering Women's Art Therapy groups in my Castlemaine Thresholds Studio, commencing this June, offering: Art Journalling, 'Mindfulness Self Compassion' practices, playing with easy poetry & more... NDIS funded beings (Yes, I am a Registered Provider) are welcome too, stayed tuned for details or email to express your interest: marita@thresholdsarttherapy.com.au
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Creative Arts Therapist, Marita Jacobsson offers one-to-one & group sessions online and in Castlemaine at Thresholds Studio: Marita's new light filled studio (see image above) and also in Kyneton, at a beautiful studio, with a serene garden view ~ both studios are in regional Victoria, Australia.
Dear Guest to this space, welcome warmly,
Perhaps you are seeking support with your life, your children or someone you care about. Or perhaps you work for an organisation and you’re seeking therapy for a person or group of people, in your care. Here, I will give you a little overview of my work and approach and if you would like to know more, feel free to reach out and we can have an email or phone conversation.
I offer outreach to schools, homes and aged care centres in the Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander shires. In addition to individuals’ self-funding their sessions, organisations such as Anglicare and Amicus fund me to support some individuals and groups needing therapy. I work with children, young people and adult women, customising my work to individuals' hopes for therapy, wellbeing support and creative connections.
Presently, I support people navigating an array of challenges including trauma, anxiety, depression, self-harm, chronic illness, grief, anger, dementia and life purpose re-desiging. I work with a multi-modal arts approach (from my training at MIECAT), companioning people to inquire into what they bring to their sessions, using an array of artistic mediums (including visual arts, writing, poetry, letter writing, photography, drama, dance, movement, textiles, sculpture, play etc.).
I am passionate about creative movement and therefore embodiment, so this medium of somatic (body-based) awareness is woven in according to people's comfortability, with bringing their bodies into the work. My work is trauma-informed and connected to; neuroscience approaches, Gestalt and Narrative Therapy influences and is now becoming richer through 'Somatic Experiencing' learnings.
I also support individuals who are managing their own NDIS funds and others who are 'plan managed’ and have chosen to experience Art Therapy with me, as part of their NDIS plan. Soon to become an NDIS Provider, drop me a line to see if you're eligible to use your NDIS package for sessions with me, now or when I finally have my NDIS Provider Number!
I am offering you an introductory conversation to see if me/my approach may be the right one for your child/young person, for yourself or for someone in your care. I offer online sessions if distance is an issue and due to the coronavirus. If you're curious to know more, reach out and lets start the conversation. Email: marita(at)thresholdsarttherapy.com.au
However, if you decide I am not the right person after our conversation, I will try my best to connect you to other amazing professionals, hoping you will find the right one for your needs.
