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Our Holistic Creative Arts Therapy Course blends creativity with therapeutic practices to help you achieve personal and professional growth.
Access course materials online, allowing you to learn at your own pace from anywhere in the world.
Scholarship Details:
Normally priced at $2200, our part scholarship allows you to enrol for just $1100. The remaining $1100 is covered by our college to support your educational journey.
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.
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.
Course Start Dates:
June 19th 2024
July 3rd 2024
July 17th 2024
July 31st 2024
Additional Info:
There is a recommended materials list to help you
get ready for your course.
However, we encourage to use any items you already have at home.
The items you may need can be purchased at any Officeworks
or arts and craft stores.
Materials list will be emailed to you upon enrolment and payment.
NB: This practitioner certification does not lead to the Australian higher
education awards.
1. What is the eligibility criteria for the part scholarship?
Answer: The part scholarship is available to all prospective students who demonstrate a genuine interest in holistic creative arts therapy and the potential to benefit from the course. Applicants must complete a short application form, explaining why they wish to enroll in the course and how they plan to use their skills post-completion.
2. How do I apply for the part scholarship?
Answer: To apply for the part scholarship, click on the "Apply Now" button on this page. You will be directed to our application form where you will need to provide your personal details and a brief personal statement. Once submitted, our admissions team will review your application and notify you of the decision in 48 hours.
3. What is the deadline for applying for the part scholarship?
Answer: We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to secure your spot in the course and take advantage of this financial assistance.
4. What does the part scholarship cover?
Answer: The part scholarship covers 50% of the total tuition fee for the holistic creative arts therapy course. This means that the student is required to pay only $1100, while the college subsidizes the remaining $1100. For the $1100 paid by the student, they will get full access to the HICAT course and study platform, including all course materials, resources, and support services.
5. What are my payment options after receiving the scholarship?
Answer: Once you are awarded the scholarship, you must pay the $1100 tuition fee in one full payment within 48 hours.
Practical topics covered in this course include:
Theory topics covered in this course include:
Course Outcomes:
Graduates receive a practitioner qualification in Holistic Integrated Creative Arts Therapy and can use the letters Mbe.HICATprac. after their names.
Graduates can also join the International Institute of Complementary Therapists, International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine and the Complementary Medical Association and get professional insurance.
You will graduate with the skills, knowledge and confidence required to set up your own Holistic Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Practice; run workshops, work with specific groups and see individual clients in either general practice or specializing in specific areas of interest, if you wish. You may also be able to seek employment within some organizations who value holistic and complementary therapies.
All information is evidence-based and will prepare you for a professional career. However, this course is also suitable for personal development.
Holistic Integrated Creative Arts Therapy is the use of art, music, drama, dance/movement, poetry/creative writing, play, storytelling and sandplay within the context of therapy, counselling, rehabilitation, and holistic healing. HICAT enhances physical, mental and emotional functioning and well-being. Holistic therapists work with the whole person and assist people in becoming self-empowered through supporting them on a journey of self-exploration and personal growth, incorporating the body, mind, emotions and spirit. This course is evidence-based.
It connects clinical research with ancient traditional wisdom, developing the mind, expanding creativity, building confidence and self-awareness, realigning the body’s cells, reconnecting with the essence of joy and awakening the spirit. If helping people rediscover their innate creativity and playfulness, while developing skills to overcome physical, mental and emotional hurdles and live happier healthier lives, is how you would like to make your living, this course is for you!
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 - excursion to the beach
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
Module 5
Theory
Unit 12 – Art and developing intuition
Unit 13 – Drawing from within
Unit 14 – Colour and emotions
Practical
Art Therapy - Painting
For the complete course outline, download the course prospectus below.
"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
"The course has been lifechanging as you have witnessed. I will never be the same and I am so extremely grateful for creating a course that has brought so much healing for me and that I in return will provide a service that will be heart centred to the greater community."
Theresa, 2022
"I spent so much of my life lost and powerless, I knew I wanted to heal but just didn’t know how! We really are powerful beings, and this is such a profound and amazing course. This is the information that changes our earthly experience."
Natasha, 2021
"What an awesome journey this has been doing the HICAT course with Sanja. It’s difficult to start and finish a testimonial for something that has given me so much enlightenment and knowledge. This has been life changing, instead of just being taught the theory of the course content, it is experiencing it for yourself which causes the most change. I would do it all over again. We have had a class of 16, which I thought would be too many, however having the eclectic individuals and perspectives has contributed greatly. The supportive group with clear non-judgemental support has been fantastic. What more can I say? Give it a go, you won’t regret it."
Trudy, 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 just finished the Holistic Integrated Creative Arts Therapy training. It's given me the tools and inspiration to take my counselling service to the next level. It gave me the nudge and the confidence to start running a men's group again. Personally, it's given me a better understanding of my limiting beliefs/habits, and more traction to recover from them."
Andy, 2020
"I am so glad I followed my heart and passion and enrolled in the HICAT course with Sanja at the College of Conscious Living. The course provided me with valuable tools, knowledge and confidence to find work and set up my own business. If you enjoy being creative and like to help others, then I would highly recommend this course for you. I particularly liked the face-to-face intimate teaching style and flexible delivery. I was blessed to meet some amazing women in my course who I now call friends. Thank you so much for your time and dedication Sanja."
Angela, 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
"This course is fabulous. I have not studied since leaving school in the seventies, I have loved every minute in the classroom and doing the homework. I thoroughly recommend the course!"
Margo, 2019
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