Incorporating Art in Therapy to Achieve Therapeutic Outcomes with Torture and Refugee Trauma Survivors

Certificate of Completion

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Course Description

Free On-Demand Webinar: Using Art Therapy to Support Refugee and Trauma Survivors

Discover how art therapy can transform trauma recovery for survivors of torture, displacement, and complex grief. This free clinical master class explores how creative approaches can offer a powerful, non-verbal pathway to healing for people from refugee backgrounds.

Recording 1: Robert Gray, Art Therapist, Director, College for Educational and Clinical Art Therapy. Recording link: https://youtu.be/4an4TKn0W_k

Recording 2: Shima Sadeghi, Child and Adolescent Counsellor, Art Therapist, STARTTS. Recording link: https://youtu.be/6PBW2bQWuyA

Recording 3: The Q&A panel discussion facilitated by STARTTS’ CEO and Clinical Psychologist, Jorge Aroche. Recording link: https://youtu.be/_B0kZX7nk_c

This webinar was recorded on 7 May 2025. © STARTTS

Duration: 85 minutes

🎨 Learn from Leading Experts in Art and Trauma Therapy
Join Robert Gray, founder of the College for Educational and Clinical Art Therapy, and Shima Sadeghi, qualified Art Therapist and STARTTS Child & Adolescent Counsellor, as they share evidence-informed techniques and a compelling real-life case study.

🌱 What You’ll Gain:

• Understand how art therapy facilitates emotional expression, regulation, and integration
• Learn why non-verbal methods are essential in working with complex trauma
• Explore practical art tools and creative interventions used with refugee children and adolescents
• Watch a case study showing how art therapy supported recovery from relational trauma and grief
• Hear insights from a live panel discussion with STARTTS CEO and Clinical Psychologist, Jorge Aroche

📽️ Watch the Free Recording Anytime
This webinar is ideal for psychologists, counsellors, social workers, educators, and anyone working with people from refugee or asylum seeker backgrounds.

👉 Subscribe now to watch the free recording and gain immediate access to expert insights and practical strategies you can apply in your work. Get a certificate of completion at the end.