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HOLISTIC INTEGRATED CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY PRACTITIONER TRAINING COURSE (HICAT) - STUDY ONline

Would you like to become a holistic creative arts therapy practitioner and help people move through their own healing. 

Support them with skills in holistic counselling, promoting relaxation and exploring creativity?


The holistic Integrated Creative 

Arts Therapy Practitioner Training course will help you:


- Discover how to work with clients to improve mental 

health - No experience required!


- Immediately apply art as therapy... even if you've never done 

it before.


- Improve knowledge & confidence in running creative 

arts therapy sessions.


- Learn how to make an income helping people to reduce stress & 

anxiety using many different creative and healing techniques.


- Create your own unique business and start up.


- Implement the course information effectively into your current 

workplace.


 ... and Much, MUCH More!


This course allows you to create your own business and/or implement the skills into your current job role. Upon completion of the HICAT course, you will be able to live a life filled with creativity and self-expression, as you help other people to live happier and healthier lives.


We provide a high level of support and encouragement in developing your own unique style and skill set as a Holistic integrated creative arts therapist and/or holistic counsellor. Our teachers and facilitators are qualified and practicing holistic therapists, to ensure you receive the best possible support.


Holistic Integrated Creative Arts Therapy is a mental health profession that uses the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages. 


**Suitable for persons over 18 years old, including matured aged students

**No previous experience or qualifications required

**No artistic experience necessary

**Not suitable for mental health issues such as schizophrenia, all modules come with a trigger warning. You must be able to manage your emotional triggers and responses.


NB: This practitioner certification does not lead to the Australian higher 

education awards.


Please reach out via the contact us page to speak to a 

course facilitator, we would love to answer any questions you may have.

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course structure & outcomes

Course Structure: 

Each of your classes will be divided into theory and practice sessions. A great deal of time will be spent exploring and participating in the creative arts and a wide variety of meditation styles, including movement meditation, mantra meditation, chakra meditation, guided creative visualization, mindfulness and Zen meditation.  


Practical topics covered in this course include:

  • Art Therapy (paint, watercolour pencils, charcoal & oil pastels)
  • Tactile Therapy (sculpture, clay, construction, Sandplay & environmental art making)
  • Music, Tribal Rhythms, Medicine Drums & Sound Therapy
  • Dance & Movement Therapy
  • Role Play, Storytelling, creative writing & Drama Therapy


Theory topics covered in this course include:

  • The cause & effects of stress
  • The mind/body connection
  • Physiology of the brain
  • Left brain/right brain
  • Unconscious beliefs and mental patterns
  • Exploring emotions
  • History of art therapy
  • Creative therapies & health
  • Why creative art therapies are effective
  • Creative art therapies as emotional healing
  • Creative art therapies for recovery & rehabilitation
  • Art & developing intuition
  • Drawing from within
  • Colour & emotions
  • Sound, vibration & human cells
  • The creative process
  • Art appreciation
  • Interpretation & diagnosis
  • Compassion & non-judgement
  • Learning Styles
  • Personality types
  • Managing groups
  • Supporting clients
  • Working with PTSD
  • Working with anxiety disorders
  • Working with grief & loss
  • Working with children
  • Working with depression
  • Working in medical settings
  • Developing community arts projects
  • Meditation for every day
  • Meditation in action through art
  • Meditation with music and movement
  • Gratitude & art journaling
  • Holistic counselling skills for creative arts therapists
  • Networking & referring
  • Ethics, safety & professionalism
  • Setting up your own practice
  • Creating a specialized practice
  • Resources, materials & equipment
  • Marketing for creative arts therapists
  • Legalities, insurance and Joining associations


Course Outcomes: 

Graduates receive a practitioner qualification in Holistic Integrated Creative Arts Therapy and can join the International Institute of Complementary Therapists, or International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine or the Complementary Medical Association to gain professional insurances.  


This allows our students to practise legally and professionally in Australia and 39 other countries.

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course timetable

Module 1

Theory  

Unit 0 - Introduction to HICAT  

Unit 1 -The Cause and Effect of Stress  

Unit 2 -The Mind/Body Connection 

Practical  

Art Therapy - Drawing


Module 2

Theory 

Unit 3 - Physiology of the brain 

Unit 4 - Left brain/right brain  

Unit 5 - Unconscious beliefs and mental patterns 

Practical  

Art Therapy - Drawing


Module 3

Theory 

Unit 6 - Exploring emotions 

Unit 7 - History of art therapy 

Unit 8 - Creative therapies & health 

Practical  

Sand Play Therapy 


Module 4

Theory 

Unit 9 – Music and the brain 

Unit 10 - Creative art therapies as emotional healing  

Unit 11 - Creative art therapies for recovery & rehabilitation 

Practical  

Music Therapy 

(Exploring the effect of music on the brain)


Module 5

Theory 

Unit 12 – Art and developing intuition 

Unit 13 – Drawing from within 

Unit 14 – Colour and emotions 

Practical  

Art Therapy - Painting


For a full outline of the course 

timetable and course information, please download the course prospectus.

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course information

course start dates

course start dates

course start dates

Wednesday January 11th 2023


Wednesday February 22nd 2023


Wednesday April 5th 2023


Wednesday May 17th 2023


Wednesday June 28th 2023

HICAT Course

course start dates

course start dates

  •  12-month training, plus 12 weeks study break (no study during QLD school holidays)
  • 20 modules
  • Part Time Study; 10 hours per week
  • High Online Support
  • Industry Recognised Certification 
  • Private Facebook Group

COURSE INVESTMENT OPTIONS:

Option 1

$2200* AUD Paid in full 

on enrolment via PayPal, credit debit card or direct bank transfer

 
 

Option 2

$250* AUD deposit paid on enrolment followed by 

10 x monthly payments of $250 AUD (total $2750 AUD), must be paid in 10 months

 
 

Option 3

$2750* AUD Paid via ZEEFi - Interest free student loans. 

12-month repayment terms = $55.60/week

18-month repayment terms = $37.65/week

24-month repayment terms = $28.67/week

Payment options include weekly, fortnightly and monthly.

T&C apply.

An application link will be emailed to you if you choose this option on the enrolment form.

 

*All options are inclusive of GST 

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testimonials

"Highly recommend studying at the College of Conscious Living. I just graduated from my HICAT course online and had an amazing experience, personally and professionally. The course is very well delivered, and all my questions were answered super quickly I finish feeling very grateful and inspired to help other people. 

Thanks, Sanja"

Louise, 2022


 "I am full of gratitude having completed the HICAT Course yesterday. As a Social Worker, Trainer and Artist myself, I now have more clarity and confidence to set up my private practice using creative therapies in my clinical practice to support and empower my ideal clients!!    

The online delivery has given me great ideas of how to offer services with clients 1:1 and to Groups via Telehealth and in person.

The evidence-based research and supporting resources with practical activities each week has helped me reassess my own beliefs and develop my abilities to know how to incorporate colour, sound, storytelling and whole-body movement into my practice, plus I now have so many other skills including business setup and ongoing strategic planning.

I have valued Sanja's facilitation style, sense of humour, professional experience, explanation of assessments and the safe space she created for personal sharing. Sanja, thank you for valuing each of us and helping us each explore our uniqueness.

If you are on the fence about enrolling in this course, ask all of the questions you need to be able to choose the course that resonates with you the most.  I went with this one and am finishing full of hope for my classmates, my future clients and myself, personally and as a Business Owner and Practitioner/Therapist.

I would be happy to answer your questions from a student perspective and I know that Sanja would welcome your enquiries about the course she is offering.

Love your life with an Open Heart."
Evelyn, 2022


"Sanja is an amazing teacher and I have absolutely enjoyed my Creative Arts studies at the College of Conscious Living so much that I am also studying the Sound and Vibrational Healing advanced practitioner training.  The online study experience has been easy with all modules being concise and easy to access. I have studied at a variety of universities and private institutions and my experience with the College of Conscious Living has been fantastic.  I definitely recommend studying with the College of Conscious Living."

Josie, 2022


 "I completed my HICAT practitioner studies in April this year and followed straight into the Post graduate course in Sound and Vibration. I have enjoyed both so much.

Sanja is such a lovely, generous, welcoming person, always supportive and encouraging. It’s such a pleasure to have met her. 

There is a wealth of information in this course, both courses actually. The potential to create the career that you desire is here; how ever you may choose to make it. Or even if it’s for your own personal development, this is such a fantastic course to learn more about yourself.
Do I recommend this course? Wholeheartedly yes, I do. This has been such a wonderful, enlightening, journey and I’m thankful for being led here.
Many thanks Sanja for the gift that you are."

Tunya, 2022


"Sanja’s teachings were so heartfelt and shared in a way that made me feel so comfortable in sharing my own story while being fully supported. I thoroughly enjoyed doing my studies in Holistic Integrated Arts Therapy, it opened my eyes to a whole new world and personally changed the way I see and process things. Absolutely Life changing! Thank you Sanja for your magic, your kindness and your authenticity so grateful I trusted my “signs” and found my way to you!"

Lisa, 2021


"I loved the HICAT course not only for its focus on creativity but the learning it offered about so many different forms of creativity that really opened my mind and heart to what I could do as a business. The content covered about running your own business was both practical and valuable.  I feel empowered to fulfil my dream of earning an income doing something I love." 

Kylie, 2020


"I came across HICAT last December after I had been looking for my own form of non-clinical therapy for my girls to do after I had separated from my husband earlier that year. It dawned on me that I now had an opportunity to do my own study to help other children in need. This is when I came across HICAT, this course couldn't have come at a better time in my life with my current circumstances of ending my marriage. Not only was I able to heal myself and help my children to heal through the therapy practices, but I was also introduced to a beautiful group of like-minded people who were all on their own journeys.  The course covered so many wonderful types of therapies as well as well as basic the psychology behind why humans behave the way do after a trauma, and ways in which we would be able to help them when we graduated.  I can't recommend Sanja enough with her own holistic approach to teaching and also being able to relax and have fun with the group.  I am forever happy I found HICAT and I am looking forward to helping others with my newfound skills. "

Larissa, 2020


"A great course for those who desire to know more about themselves in order to assist others in their life's journey. Participants will be confident to orchestrate that through art and creative projects. You will gain all the appropriate knowledge required from the informative course material. The course modules are easy to follow and understand, and the teachers are great! I personally enjoyed meeting up every Tuesday, loved the personal interactions and the ability to share and connect with like-minded individuals."

Kerry, 2019

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