Expressive Therapies Australia

09/03/2026

Pearson, M. (2026). Mindfulness and Relaxation Activities for All Ages. Over Sixty Fun and Engaging Evidence-based Visualisations, Meditations and Self-awareness Games. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.

Use this link to the book on the publisher’s site to have a look at it.
You can order and save $14.80 and get free shipping:
https://www.routledge.com/Mindfulness-and-Relaxation-Activities-for-All-Ages-Over-Sixty-Fun-and-Engaging-Evidence-based-Visualisations-Meditations-and-Self-awareness-Games/Pearson/p/book/9781041204381

09/03/2026

My new book is out today:
Pearson, M. (2026). Mindfulness and Relaxation Activities for All Ages. Over Sixty Fun and Engaging Evidence-based Visualisations, Meditations and Self-awareness Games. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
https://www.routledge.com/Mindfulness-and-Relaxation-Activities-for-All-Ages-Over-Sixty-Fun-and-Engaging-Evidence-based-Visualisations-Meditations-and-Self-awareness-Games/Pearson/p/book/9781041204381

This new practical guide to mindfulness activities provides ready-to-use scripts that readers can use to deliver calming, soothing and grounding activities to young people of all ages, including adults.
This book showcases evidence-based scripts for activities to develop relaxation, mindfulness, self-compassion, self-awareness and resilience in people of all ages. It aims to prompt the creative development of support activities that bring forward positive well-being responses. It provides over 60 ready-to-present activity scripts and includes visualisations, movement and stillness games and meditations and recommendations for creative expression to integrate and understand the experiences.

The chapters indicate the age range for whom the activities are designed. Chapter 2 provides activities that prepare participants for engagement in the activities. Chapters 3 and 4 focus on activities for younger people, Chapter 5 is designed for young adolescents and the activities in Chapter 6 are designed for presenting to older adolescents, as well as adults.

Through this book, readers will be able to apply age-appropriate activities that can lead participants of all ages to improved clarity, focus, calmness and an enhanced positive sense of self.

27/01/2026

15 days - Six modules to choose from, in-person training in multi-modal expressive therapies for better outcomes with adult clients.

27/01/2026

New in 2026 - Short and longer online specialty courses

27/01/2026

A few places left - An opportunity in Singapore to join this long-running course:

18/01/2026

When words fall short, the arts often speak.

Module 1 of ETA's Expressive Therapies with Adults begins in February, in-person, in Singapore, offering clinicians a grounded, ethical introduction to using creative modalities with adult clients.

If you’re curious, tentatively interested, or quietly longing to work more creatively, this may be for you.

Details and registration: https://gentleart.blog/2025/05/28/expressive-therapy-australias-certificate-in-expressive-therapies-with-adult-clients-2026/

18/01/2026

ETA’s Sandplay & Symbol Work Certificate will be offered in person in Singapore facilitated by Paula Huggins of The Gentle Art in March 2026. Spaces are limited so act soon as they are starting to fill. Details here:

Expressive Therapies Australia’s Sandplay & Symbol Work Certificate with Children, Adolescents and Adults ETA’s 12-Day Certificate TrainingSingapore 12 days in-person plus additional 8 hours online sessions for case presentation sessions Facilitator : Paula Huggins Course Dates The course is div...

13/01/2026

Join the global movement towards expanding therapeutic skills with evidence-based Sandplay Therapy:

13/01/2026

NEW RESEARCH OUTCOMES PAGE

22/12/2025

Looking to deepen your therapeutic work without abandoning the approach you already love? If you are seeking to expand your practice in a grounded, ethical, and deeply human way, this hands-on training in Expressive Therapies may be for you.

You don’t need to be “artistic" nor change your modality. What you get is a solid grounding in the use of powerful, flexible, creative tools that meet clients where they are.

ETA's Expressive Therapies with Adults Intro Module starts in February in SINGAPORE in PERSON and it’s designed for practitioners who want practical, creative, and trauma-informed ways to support clients beyond words. Expressive Therapies provide an experiential, emotion-focused, meaning-making approach that goes beyond words. Expressive Therapies can be blended in with your existing approach whether that is person-centred, psychodynamic, transpersonal, DBT, CBT, EFT, somatic-based as Expressive Therapies lend themselves to a pluralistic and integrative approach to therapy. Expressive Therapies invite safety, choice, and client-led expression through metaphor and symbol, through movement and sound making, through colour and mark-making on a page without any need for you (or your client) to be "artistic".

Places on each module are limited to 12 in-person participants. Enrolment is now open for February - in person in Singapore.

Creative and Expressive Arts for Healing, Growth and Wellbeing In Person In SingaporeTrainer : Paula Huggins Expressive Therapy is an invitation to self-discovery through integrative, activity-based methods that foster insights and internal change within the client. Embracing a client-centered and m...

09/12/2025

Hi all,
We have just updated our website with 2026 programs. Have a look, a few new features, including more online courses. www.expressivetherapies.au

Also, our most recent newsletter has just been released, you can check it out at: https://mailchi.mp/expressivetherapies/edm5_2511

Expressive Therapies Australia was founded by Dr Mark Pearson and Dr Helen Wilson and offers specialised extension training courses in Creative Arts Therapies and Sandplay Therapy. Our programs are aimed at counsellors, guidance officers, psychologists, social workers and professionals in related fi...