Posted on: 8 November 2024
As part of the CaRE Project’s ongoing efforts to enhance creativity, resilience, and engagement across healthcare settings, Dominik Havsteen-Franklin and Jenni de Knoop will lead a significant training day in Stockholm, Sweden, on 14 November 2024. This session will spotlight innovative approaches to Mentalization-Based Arts Psychotherapy (MBAP), specifically designed to deepen understanding and strengthen team cohesion among practitioners in Swedish Arts Therapies.
The training will address core elements of MBAP, emphasising how musicality, art-making, and embodied practices can enhance self-awareness, mutual understanding, and collaborative capacities within healthcare teams. By focusing on both individual and group dynamics, the session aims to equip participants with skills to foster robust interpersonal relationships, support emotional resilience, and create environments where staff can effectively respond to challenges.
Supporting Havsteen-Franklin and de Knoop will be Andrew Darlison, music therapist, and Sara Stayne, art therapist and psychotherapist, each bringing specialised perspectives on creative arts therapies. Their collaborative contributions will provide a unique, ecosystemic approach to team development, emphasising how arts therapies can cultivate supportive, creative, and resilient working environments.
The CaRE Project’s initiatives align with NHS goals to enhance workplace wellbeing and foster adaptive, collaborative teams, essential for sustainable health services. This training in Sweden not only demonstrates the project’s international reach but also highlights the importance of arts-based methods in creating resilient care ecosystems.