🟧 ORANGE SHIRT DAY on Sept 30 raises awareness of Canada’s complex history with First Nations peoples. First observed in 2013, since 2021 the day has became a statutory holiday in many provinces and named “National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.” The date was chosen to coincide with the time of year when Indigenous children were historically taken from their homes to residential schools. The use of an orange shirt as a symbol was inspired by the accounts of Phyllis Webstad whose personal clothing -including a new orange shirt- was taken from her during her first day of residential schooling in British Columbia. As an activist and educator, Webstad has since written multiple books, including a picture book that illustrates her experiences. Accountable healthcare is grounded in a holistic, ecological framework. Working creatively with (intergenerational) trauma and suffering recognizes each client’s unique positionality and lived experience. This opens the way for constructive empathy. Through the arts, we deepen our understanding of the human experience. The journey of healing begins with truth and reconciliation. ———————————————- #thecreateinstitute #createinstitute #expressiveartstherapy #expressivetherapy #creativeartstherapy #expressivearts #creativegrowth #psychotherapytraining #artandmentalhealth #arthealing #artandhealing #healingarts #crpo #OEATA @oeataofficial #torontoarts #torontoartscene #torontomentalhealth #torontopsychotherapy #canadianmentalhealth #mentalhealthtoronto #psychotherapytoronto #truthandreconciliation (fb)

🌀 The CREATE Institute’s 2025-26 training year is under way! This September, six cohorts undertake the three-year program. Students are teachers, nurses, social workers, yoga instructors, community educators, professional artists — all working to deepen their relationship with the multidisciplinary arts and mental health practice. 🔻 First year textbooks introduce fundamental principles & concepts of intermodal Expressive Arts Therapy. Experiential learning centres imagination, play and creativity. Group processes come to life through a relational psychotherapeutic approach. An anti-oppressive framework attunes the pedagogy to a diverse and profoundly complex society. 🔸 How do we achieve health and wholeness in a fractured world? Healing always begins with reconnection. It begins with coming to our senses. We help our clients restore their intuitive body - the imaginative body. Through guided play and creativity, we rediscover spaciousness. In these moments we can begin to remake ourselves. The future will always be a work of art. 🌻 ———————————————— 🇨🇦 The CREATE Institute in Toronto has been training Expressive Arts Therapists for over thirty years — offering on-line short courses and summer workshops, in addition to its 3-year diploma program. For MORE INFO, see link in bio. ———————————————— #thecreateinstitute #createinstitute #expressiveartstherapy #expressivetherapy #creativeartstherapy #expressivearts #creativegrowth #psychotherapytraining #artandmentalhealth #arthealing #artandhealing #healingarts #crpo #OEATA @oeataofficial #torontoarts #torontoartscene #torontomentalhealth #torontopsychotherapy #canadianmentalhealth #mentalhealthtoronto #psychotherapytoronto (fb)