CHENNAI: Arts is often considered to be inferior to other subjects such as engineering and medicine. But those interested in proving everyone wrong and understanding how storytelling, music, dance, drama, painting, and the other arts can be used for therapy, can now consider joining a year-long course in Expressive Arts Therapy. The course will be conducted from December 2011 till November 2012.The World Storytelling Institute will supply the storytelling therapy component in this course, which is being presented by the East-West Center for Counselling, and Women’s Christian College.This course is open to men and women, and might be especially beneficial to those who are, or who aspire to be, therapists (counsellors and psychologists), human resource people, social workers, NGO workers and teachers.Interested applicants can contact the Center for Counselling, Magdalene Jeyarathnam on 98841 00135.For more details, call Dr Veena Esvaradoss on 28275926, 28231676 (Ext 323, Psychology Department, Women’s Christian College). Dr Eric Miller from the World Storytelling Institute can be contacted on 98403 94282.
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