5 Stars

Very much enjoyed this workshop. Experiential component really helped illustrate the power of focusing and movement.
Cathy is a great facilitator and generous in all she shares. I highly recommend this workshop.

Webinar Description

LIVE 90-minute webinar

Young women who experience body-image issues, mental health challenges, and drug and alcohol dependency can benefit from counselling approaches that invite embodiment.  

Learn about how to integrate body-based movement & expressive arts processes with young women - be it in individual settings or group work programs. These processes can encourage self-regulation and creative self-discovery, providing clients with tools to strengthen their confidence and feel resourced to navigate life challenges.

Consider strategies to set up supportive spaces to encourage these practices, and learn about processes which enhance the client’s awareness, their connection and access to inner resources and support the creative embodied expression of their feeling states.

Several activities will be shared as examples, including: process drawing; self-portraits; self-talk letter writing; movement mantras & strength-based visualisation meditations.

You will have the opportunity to be guided through select processes to experience the potential of this work. This taster workshop will provide inspiration for your work with young women and ideas on how to develop group programs and resources.

Join Community worker & Movement & Expressive Arts Therapy Facilitator Cathy Williams in this informative and experiential workshop.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the webinar you will have the opportunity to:

1. Get inspired with ideas, processes and activities to support your work with young women aged 12 years up.

2. Explore creative ways to enhance your clients self-awareness, connection to their bodies wisdom & inner resources.

3. Understand how these processes can be implemented to support emotional expression & deeper self-compassion.

4. Experience the benefit of weaving modalities from somatic engagement, creative arts, symbolism and reflective writing.

Questions Addressed

• How can I support my client to have a connected relationship with their body?
• How can I encourage my client to try different self-regulation techniques using their body?
• In what ways can I use creative arts for emotional processing?
• How can my client become more attuned to their emotional states?
• How can I encourage my client to use movement to process their emotions?
• How can I support my client to have a better relationship with their self-image?
• How can I support my client to develop their own positive affirmations to start to embody?
• In what ways can visualisation and symbolism be used as a strength resource?
• How can my client be more aware of their body?
• In what ways can we creatively work with different parts of the self?

Who Should Attend 

Practitioners that work with youth - social workers, therapists - in particular young women. Young women, at-risk young women and clients who experience body-image issues, mental health challenges, and drug and alcohol dependency. Practitioners working with or have an interest in working with young people and young women in particular in a professional capacity. This could be individual one on one sessions or group work.

Practitioners who are curious about integrating movement, somatic & expressive arts processes into their practice with clients - individually or in group work settings.

Learning Methods

• Interactive and practical presentation
• Large and small group discussions
• Gentle Movement Based Methods practice
• Expressive Arts and Journalling
• Opportunities to reflect on method applications

Dates and Times

Live webinar will be run on:

Tuesday 13th May 2025, 7pm - 8:30pm AEST

or

Monday 27th October 2025, 7pm - 8:30pm AEDT

Numbers limited to 20 people.

Attending from interstate or internationally?

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Presenter - Cathy Williams
		Masters in Social Science, Movement Based Somatic Therapy   Cathy Williams is a Movement and Expressive Arts Therapy Facilitator.    She has worked in the field of Community Development within Australia and internationally for 14 years, designing and implementing a number of grassroots community, youth and social justice programs focused on capacity building.    Her ‘Intuitive Self’ offerings, since 2016, utilise movement and creative modalities as avenues to enhance participants connection to their innate Body Wisdom and strengthen their ability to listen to, trust in and follow their intuitive guidance.    Encouraging clients agency and creative self-discovery, Cathy guides individuals and community groups through experiences to inspire curious inquiry and access inner resources which support them to navigate the ebb and flow of this wild life.

Cost

$80

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Participant Preparation

You will need:

• A private space to be in with no others present in the room you are in (for others privacy)
• A device you can use other than your phone (with a camera) so you can participate in this interactive learning webinar;
• To wear comfortable clothes for movement exploration;
• To be located in a space you can move;
• To have some A4 or A3 loose paper and drawing materials (pencils/pastels).