Join us for this exciting ON DEMAND training, where we dive into the world of therapeutic doodling! In this interactive session, you'll learn how to harness the power of doodling to reduce stress, enhance focus, and promote relaxation in therapeutic spaces. Whether you're a trainee or qualified therapist or coach this event is perfect for you if you are curious about how doodling can help you to nurture theraeputic relationships. Discover the therapeutic benefits of doodling and gain practical tips and techniques to incorporate into your therapy room. Whether you are new to creativity or already embrace creative ways of working, this approach is an easy, playful and powerful art approach to exploring the unconscious mind, nervous system regulation and somatic experiencing.

Who can this approach help?

This approach can be useful for clients who...

  • Experience anxiety, stress or low moods

  • Suffer with panic attacks

  • Experience dissociation

  • Struggle to verbalise or express their emotions

  • Often feel stuck within a "talking only" approach

  • Experience somatic - body discomfort in sessions

  • Have creative brains that crave movement in different ways to connect

Resourcing YOU!

  • Downloadable Prompts

    On completing your training, we provide you with the full training PDF booklet so you have prompts ready for when you need them in your practice, whether you are working with children, teens, adults or in groups

  • Resources Guide

    As doodlers for some time now, we share our favourite resources with you so that you can get started in building your doodling kit which you can use online or in person with clients

  • CPD Certificate

    On completion we provide you with a CPD certificate in Therapeutic Doodling Practices so you can demonstrate your ongoing commitment to facilitating creative therapeutic practices

Training Aims

    1. Welcome to your therapeutic doodling training

    1. Part 1

    1. Part 2

    1. Part 3

About this course

  • £29.99
  • 4 lessons

Flexible payments

As a not-for-profit organisation we aim to make training as affordable as possible by offering flexible payments. You can choose to pay in full or to split your payments over two months. (If you split your payments then we will automatically collect your second payment in one months time)

Tanja Sharpe

Course Facilitator

Tanja is an Integrative Counsellor & Therapeutic Coach with a private practice online and in person in Chester. She founded the Creative Counsellors in 2017 where she continues as a co-director and community lead. She is the bestselling author of the "Therapeutic Doodling for Kids" series and "Creative Counselling: Tools & interventions to Nurture Therapeutic Relationships. She is a registered member of the BACP and NCPS and has previously worked as a counsellor within the NHS & Rape Crisis. She is passionate about advocating for a more creative approach to counselling to suit the needs of the client as well as ending counsellor isolation and burn out through her community efforts. Tanja also runs another project called Confident Hearts where she trains others in Compassion, Creative Wellbeing & Mindfulness Coaching through her online courses and offline workshops.

Doodle Yourself Happy! NEW RELEASE

A Therapeutic Doodling Workbook for Children Who Feel Sad or Low

What does happy mean to you? Even though happiness is important to our minds and our bodies, we don't hear people talking about it much. The doodling activities in this book can help you to understand your feelings and find ways to grow a spark of happiness even when things feel tough. This is your book, and you can use it in any way that you like. Featuring 50 fun doodling activities, this creative workbook helps children aged 8+ to work through low mood and sadness and use doodling as a way of inviting more joy, confidence and resilience into their lives. This exploration can be independently led by the child themselves or with guidance from a parent or professional.
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Doodle Your Worries Away

A CBT Doodling Workbook for Children Who Feel Worried or Anxious

This workbook draws on CBT and creative therapy methods to help children aged 8+ understand their worry and anxiety. Featuring 50 fun and engaging doodling activities, this book allows young people to tune into their worries and their sources, using creativity to process anxiety, and building confidence to find their own solutions. This exploration can be independently led by the child themselves or with guidance from a parent or professional.
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CBT Doodling for Kids

50 Illustrated Handouts to Help Build Confidence and Emotional Resilience in Children Aged 6–11

Using creative therapy techniques developed through years of working with young children, this activity book will be an invaluable resource for professionals working with children aged 6-11. Unique drawing exercises develop confidence, encourage self-awareness and help open up conversations where children are struggling to verbalise their thoughts or emotions. In this interactive book, 50 illustrated, entertaining characters help children explore and process their emotions - such as Stomper who loves to dance, or the Balloon Brothers who lift away sad feelings.
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