Art Therapeutic Approach for Personal and Community Transformation
The aims of Songololo Feet are to provide an Art Therapeutic approach where by Art and creative expression is the vehicle for physiological and psychological change. We encourage a trauma informed creative approach through creative expression and the arts, to help raise self-awareness and community cohesion where social and personal difficulties are explored and new possibilities harnessed.
The Millipede’s Wisdom in Therapeutic Arts
The indigenous African millipede is an ancient and colourful creature. This creature nourishes and thrives in adverse environments, and its many arms under one body is the metaphor that underlies S.F. therapeutic arts organisation principles.
While some legs are attuning, mirroring, and dialoguing, others are listening, building relationships and curiously researching. Each leg walks the road of diversity, dignity, empowerment, and social justice.
Your therapist may recommend introducing...
Body mapping
Unveiling hidden trajectories, whilst tracking visual sensations and psychosomatic tensions trapped in the body
Clay field
The Clay field (Elbrecht, 2013) seemed clearly useful, as it offered a relationship close to an interpersonal
Printed textiles
Power of Print (POP) works with the repetitive process of printing, which mirrors the repetitive nature
Somatic swimming
We know that trauma profoundly affects both our minds and bodies. We explored how trauma, often caused