Description:
OPD Points: 5
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the webinar, you will have the opportunity to:
1. Understand the therapeutic use of modality of Cinematherapy, and how the immersive and conscious experience of viewing a movie is a gateway into healing.
2. Explore examples of powerful movies and the ways in which their unique themes/ scenes/ characters, model virtues and values such as: perseverance, courage and resilience.
3. Experience the ways in which filmic storytelling reinforces inner strengths and resources.
4. Consider viewing our own lives as narratives and gain support in finding new perspectives on problems.
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
You will be guided through the creative approach of Cinematherapy. This can be a powerful catalyst to promote self-awareness, work on negative beliefs, build self-esteem, discover the self through film characters, and grow through the experience of watching a film. You can learn practical ways in which the effects of imagery, plot, music and all the elements in films can be used to inspire insight, relief and emotional release.
Presenter / Provider:
Kathryn Guestre
Presenter Qualifications:
Kathryn is a qualified Social Worker from UNSW and a member of the AASW. She has extensive experience in working with neurodiversity, psychosocial disability and mental health within the NDIS. Kathryn provides mobile mentoring and counselling in the community, as well as for carers and family members of people with NDIS funding. Her expressive niche is in providing Cinematherapy (can also be called movie or film therapy) where movies are used as a therapeutic resource in supporting healing, growth and self-awareness. Kathryn promotes radical honesty, embracing crisis and struggle, intensive inner work, taking courageous risks and releasing all types of control.
