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Accelerated Trauma Recovery Mandala

Accelerated Trauma Recovery Mandala

Developed by Lindy Bearup, Trauma Therapist, Trainer & Coach

With the permission and support of Lindy Bearup, I am honoured to offer the Accelerated Trauma Recovery (ATR) Mandala process at the Creative Continuum.
This in-depth, 6-week group process harnesses the transformative power of creation through art and symbols to support trauma recovery.

Course Details

  • Start Date: May 1, 2025

  • Duration: 6 weeks, Thursdays from 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Location: Creative Continuum

  • Cost: $150 + GST per session (total: $900 + GST for 6 weeks)

  • Materials: All provided

Lindy Bearup designed this process to accelerate healing and foster integration for trauma survivors.

 

Group Format:
Participants will work individually within a group setting, benefitting from shared support, reduced isolation, and the healing power of normalisation and mirroring. The group environment fosters connection and combats the isolation that trauma often creates.

Facilitator:
Tania Virgona brings decades of expertise to this offering. She is an advanced Somatic Experiencing (SE) Practitioner, senior art therapist, supervisor, and case consultant. Tania integrates:

  • Somatic Experiencing by Peter Levine

  • Polyvagal Theory by Stephen Porges

  • SE Touch Skills by Kathy Kain

  • NeuroAffective Touch by Aline LaPierre

  • Her MA in Art Therapy and Sensorimotor Art Therapy by Cornelia Elbrecht

With over 20 years of experience running therapeutic groups for children and adults in mental health and community settings, Tania is adept at creating a safe, inclusive, and welcoming space. Her passion lies in supporting individuals to connect with their bodies, creativity, and authentic selves.


What to Expect:

  • Safety: Established within the group, the facilitator, and the creative process

  • Connection: An invitation to connect with your whole self

  • Symbolic Language: Development of a personal language of symbols and meaning

  • Journaling: Chronicling thoughts, feelings, memories, and revelations throughout the process

  • Guided Structure: Step-by-step scaffolding to build mandalas, boundaries, and a safe space

  • Articulation: Validation and rewriting of personal narratives

  • New Self Statements: Creation of positive, forward-looking affirmations


Group Rules:

  1. Confidentiality: Avoid sharing specific traumatic details.

  2. Non-judgement: Maintain a non-judgmental and supportive atmosphere.

  3. Focus: Limit general chit-chat during art-making.

 

 

“The greatest illusion of modern society is that freedom is purely individualistic, when in reality, our freedom is deeply interconnected with the well-being of everyone.”
— Richard Cohen, Zen and the Art of Early Childhood

$80.00

Description

What is the ATR Mandala Process?
The ATR Mandala is a gentle therapeutic approach that guides participants through restorative symbol work using a mandala framework, consisting of interconnected circles. The process combines the unique power of art and symbolism to facilitate trauma resolution.

The non-verbal nature of art invites participants to engage their “observer self” or inner witness, fostering a safe space for self-exploration. The structure of the mandala provides a sense of containment and supports the reorganisation of the self in relation to trauma.

Creativity gently restores the right hemisphere of the brain, enabling natural processing of trauma and adaptive responses. Over six weeks, participants work to integrate and restore their psyche, body, brain, emotions, impulses, meaning, implicit and conscious memories, and metaphysical components.

This process helps externalise and symbolically represent the self, placing trauma in context and reconstructing its narrative. By doing so, participants discharge and reduce the trauma’s dominance over their perception, experience, and life.

What the ATR Mandala is Not:

  • Not a painting class, occupational therapy session, or craft workshop.

  • The focus is not on aesthetic beauty but on symbolic expression and trauma resolution.


Who Can Benefit:

The ATR Mandala process is ideal for individuals experiencing:

  • Emotional discomfort or triggers from past or recent trauma

  • Complex PTSD, anxiety, depression, or borderline personality disorder

  • A need for trauma resolution, integration of past and present, or the creation of a new self-narrative


Outcomes include:

  • Trauma resolution and integration

  • Increased self-awareness and reduced alienation

  • A sense of completion and forward momentum in life

Email for registration
info@interagedtraumatherapy.com.au

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