Therapeutic Wool Pictures in Art Therapy

• Introduction to the new method, with the perspective of applying it in your own field of work.
• Practical learning of how to develop a therapeutic wool picture and how to perceive it from diagnostic perspectives (fourfold artwork observation)

For anyone interested in getting to know a new methodology that enables access to feeling and, if needed, applying it in their fields of practice. So far, it has been tested in psychiatric-psychosomatic settings and has proven effective for the following conditions: anorexia and bulimia, anxiety and depression, burnout, autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social phobia, AD(H)D, attachment disorder, personality disorders such as borderline, narcissism, and histrionic personality traits.

As the method is completely new, it offers the potential for field research, since it can very likely also enrich other focal areas of art therapy, as well as special needs education, social work and similar professions. These include, for example:

• Gerontology
  Especially in cases of dementia-related impairment
• Addiction therapy
• (Waldorf) schools
• Special support settings
• Oncology
• and much more.

Also for those interested in practically applied anthroposophical art therapy. This continuing education course is largely developed on the basis of the anthroposophical view of the human being; however, prior knowledge is not absolutely required for successful participation.

• Introduction to the new method, with the perspective of applying it in your own field of work.
• Practical learning of how to develop a therapeutic wool picture and how to perceive it from diagnostic perspectives (fourfold artwork observation)

Artistic therapists with a successfully completed university degree, a comparable qualification or corresponding professional suitability. Interested participants from related professional fields may also take part.

For anyone interested in getting to know a new methodology that enables access to feeling and, if needed, applying it in their fields of practice. So far, it has been tested in psychiatric-psychosomatic settings and has proven effective for the following conditions: anorexia and bulimia, anxiety and depression, burnout, autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social phobia, AD(H)D, attachment disorder, personality disorders such as borderline, narcissism, and histrionic personality traits.

As the method is completely new, it offers the potential for field research, since it can very likely also enrich other focal areas of art therapy, as well as special needs education, social work and similar professions. These include, for example:

• Gerontology / especially in cases of dementia-related impairment
• Addiction therapy
• (Waldorf) schools
• Special support settings
• Oncology
• And much more.

Also for those interested in practically applied anthroposophical art therapy. This continuing education course is largely developed on the basis of the anthroposophical view of the human being; however, prior knowledge is not absolutely required for successful participation.

To obtain a university certificate, an examination consisting of a practical and a theoretical part is required as proof of achievement.

1. The complete creation of a therapeutic wool picture
2. The written preparation of an artwork observation of a patient’s work, including presentation in the group

A newly developed questionnaire for the fourfold artwork observation of wool pictures, a script with the most important information, a record of the artwork observation, as well as the summary of the artwork observations by the course participants (including photos of the works observed) will be made available to the entire group.

Anna Wöhrle M.A. Art Therapy HKS Ottersberg, works in child, adolescent and young adult psychiatry at Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke

Head of the Institute for Continuing Education in Artistic Therapies:
Juli Hornen, qualified pedagogue and art therapist BA, LfbA (Lecturer for Special Responsibilities)