Using the creative process to enhance wellbeing
Holistic Integrated Creative Arts Therapy
"HICAT"
is a mental health profession that uses the creative process of art-making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being for individuals of all ages
Learn, grow, heal
Study online or in person while fully supported by your Tutor, Assessor,
and community of peers
Online
12 month course
Self-led study
20 Modules
400 hours study
Online course platform access
Course work submission via online platform every 2 weeks
10 hours home study per week
12 weeks of study breaks
12 weeks of study breaks to be taken at times that suit you
Recognised certification,
HICAT graduates can use the letters,
Mbe.HICATprac. after their name
Support
Progress feedback from your Assessor
Weekly Tutor/Assessor led Zoom calls
Private course Facebook group
Study Buddy pairing/grouping
Book one to one progress check-ins with your tutor
In person
7 retreat style weekends - May to December 2024
Venue: Launde Abbey Leicestershire, LE7 9XB, England
20 Modules
400 hours study
Online course platform access
Course work submission via online platform between weekends
5 hours home study per week
In person participants are expected to attend every weekend
Recognised certification,
HICAT graduates can use the letters,
Mbe.HICATprac. after their name
Support
Progress feedback from your Assessor
Weekly Tutor/Assessor led Zoom calls
Private course Facebook group
Course participant pairing/grouping
Book one to one progress check-ins with your tutor
International industry recognised training
Our next online courses commence on
Monday 3rd June and Monday 16th September 2024
Our in person training takes place in Leicester
May to December 2024
A Creative Therapeutic journey for you, while learning to support others
Creativity is not something we are, or we are not, it is in all of us
Holistic - consideration of a person as a whole interconnected being - body, mind and soul/spirit.
Integrated Creative Arts - an amalgamation of creative techniques. Integrative approaches often involving two or more creative techniques to enhance awareness, encourage expression, understand emotional growth, and enhance relationships with self and others. Creative techniques can include anything from drawing, painting and crafts, sculpture and clay. Music, movement or dance, drama, sound therapy, storytelling, creative writing, journaling, creating with nature - any activity that engages a person’s creativity.
Therapy - to facilitate and support self-expression, self-development, self-understanding, and a healthy self-image. Empowering yourself (and future clients!).
You are not required to have any prior experience or artistic ability to study HICAT.
Devine-Creative provides a safe space to learn about and share beautiful, gentle, creative tools. We provide the highest level of support to all our students, we will support you every step of the way.
If you are looking for a creative, practical, user friendly, industry recognised course, you are in the right place!
If you’ve ever had the urge to embrace your creativity why not try creating your best self...
Creativity is unique and individual to everyone
Arts Therapists in the UK must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), which is the statutory regulator of the profession. The Holistic Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Practitioner Training course is not an HCPC approved programme and completing the course will not lead to participants being able to register as an Arts Therapist or to provide art therapy.
Our course is industry-recognised, this means graduates can join the regulating associations when they graduate and gain insurance to practise
Creativity is about the process not the end result
Creativity is a way of connecting with our inner most selves
There are so many benefits to being more creative, many believe that you have to be ‘artistic’ to enjoy or gain a benefit from being creative. Creativity is in all of us, we might just have forgotten or be a bit out of practise!
Just some of the benefits of being creative are suggested below – your own list may house many, many more benefits – we believe the benefits of creativity are potentially limitless in supporting our health and wellbeing.
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Being creative is a beautiful and effective way of stimulating and relaxing the mind
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Become mindful, express your creativity, learn, grow and accept
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Slow your breathing
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Calm your body and mind
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Discover the moment - become aware of all of your senses, observe yourself
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Gently explore your physical and mental health while opening to your soulful spiritual self
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Connect with you
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Be
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Reignite your imagination, bring forth your carefree inner child
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Re-discover lightness, a sense of freedom, play, have fun, let go
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Keep your magic alive, explore and re-discover the beauty of colour, writing, storytelling, music
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Improve your focus and concentration
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Discover new ways of expression
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Symbolise feelings and emotions in new ways
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Relieve yourself of stresses and concerns
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Enhance your problem solving skills
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Reduce stress and anxiety
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Lower your blood pressure
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Relieve symptoms of depression and trauma
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Creativity can change our beliefs
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Creativity encourages open-mindedness
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Creativity can push us out of our usual comfortable patterns and help us learn, discover and grow
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Accept and allow
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Recharge
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Heal
Creativity is expression
Mind Body Education Training Courses
are internationally award winning!
What our students say
I can thoroughly recommend the HICAT course with Devine-Creative. The course material is fab, the creative journey is enlightening and Katie's support is invaluable
Chris - HICAT Graduate
I’m seeing and feeling the benefits of knowing stress yet not reacting to it.
Thank you for bringing this into my life
Rebecca - HICAT Student
This course is enabling me to be myself, to be at peace with who I am - probably for the first time in my whole life and it really is magical!
Katie - HICAT Student
As the weeks go on I am becoming stronger as a person, and, whilst I have always had incredibly strong values and beliefs, I am getting so much better at saying;
"THIS IS ME, I am me, I am great and I am to be accepted for who I am"
Nikki - HICAT Student
Read more from our students on our Testimonials page
