Psychology and Art
Arts-based workshops
Creativity and well-being
Art is a powerful way to calm one's senses, give focus, and assist individuals in shifting perspective. Change the perspective, change the experience.
Arts-based methods are used, assisting individuals and teams to discover, reveal, unleash, connect. This leads to decreased stress levels, increased creativity, engagement, productivity, and a more fulfilled life. Tailormade workshops and creative sessions are developed and facilitated in organisations, small teams and on individual level.
Flesh and Blood I
Meditative Art
Exploring human emotion: when the scars of previous trauma surfaces and receives permission from the bearer to reveal itself for the first time after many years... this opening-up takes immense courage... the process is often raw and painful… but the rewards are real... Often, after guiding a person through such a traumatic episode, I paint out my own feelings/observations... creating and observing at the same time. When we face our hurt we free the grip it has on us... to quote one of my favorite psychologists, Dr Edith Eger :”only when you allow yourself the feel, you can heal...”
Project U N L O C K
UNLOCK during lockdown
“ Art allows us to examine what it means to be human, to voice and express, and to bring people and ideas together.
As we rise to the challenge of our new normal of life in a global pandemic, we are seeing more clearly what needs to change in our pre-COVID-19 society.
Art-making and viewing art allows us to process our experiences. Art helps us to express and to understand the world around us. “- ARTWORK ARCHIVE
Project UNLOCK was born during the hard lockdown in South Africa. As an artist and Psychologist I aimed to create a visual dairy where I tried to capture some of the emotion/ uncertainty/ confusion/ new reality as I experienced it, but also as I observed it around me. This initiative also opened up a new medium to me (digital art) and made it possible to make these works available to people from across the globe. Apart from learning a new skill, I could explore my own ‘new’ reality and create a platform where everyone could contribute and make a difference in the lives of others. (for more info, visit UNLOCK on main page)
“when we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.' Victor E Frankl