Learning to Live with Meditation ... The 2027 Annual Training Program
Mondsee, Austria
$3,638 / 3 Days
Sometimes it’s helpful to step away from daily life for a few days to work through an issue—for example, by painting for a whole week at a time. This approach allows traumas, in particular, to be “painted through” in one go. Developmental trauma, however, tends to require more time and different approaches to make meaningful progress. In such cases, recurring periods of painting are beneficial.
Guided Painting and Solution-Oriented Painting (LOM®) are recognized art therapy methods. The focus is on painting images that can touch and move us, rather than on meanings. The work takes place directly with the image and together with the painter during the painting process, without interpretations or explanations.
GUIDED PAINTING:
Start and let yourself be guided and surprised by the image.
This leads to the exciting creation of images that are NEW, and thus creates space for creativity, transformative effects, and truly new solutions.
Through guidance, the processes, sudden breaks, and completely new possibilities are brought to consciousness, so that genuine choices emerge. The interventions lead the painters beyond their learned limits.
SOLUTION-ORIENTED PAINTING:
When thinking no longer helps, we need something that can lead us to new, unexpected experiences and solutions.
In Solution-Oriented Painting (LOM®), concerns are clarified and resolved directly through painting, using a structured method that goes beyond conventional paths.
You can choose whether you simply want to schedule a short session or opt directly for a longer individual therapy sequence spanning several days.
On these days, you decide how much you would like to work.
To truly address an issue effectively, I recommend at least 12 hours spread over at least 2 days (€80 per hour, €150 per 2 hours).
The most important facts in a nutshell:
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Many participants are coming from out of town and need a place to stay.
There are lovely hotels and accommodations in Münster-Wolbeck and the surrounding area, e.g.,
landhotel-muenster
If you’re traveling by car or bike, accommodations right on the Werse River are also a great option.
In downtown Münster, there are many options for staying overnight, and then taking the bus or bike to Münster-Wolbeck.
pension-hotel-muenster
airbnb ... unique accommodations from local hosts
If you’d like to come to Crete to paint, we can provide recommendations for accommodations upon request.
I will guide you through the painting process.
I have been working as a freelance art therapist since 1999. You are welcome to come for painting sessions if you are dealing with various symptoms, concerns, or the effects of trauma.
Katina Kalpakidou
You are responsible for arranging your own travel.
Münster is easily accessible by train and car. A bus departs from the main train station every 15–20 minutes for the studio in Münster-Wolbeck, taking you there in about 15 minutes.
There are direct flights to Crete from many airports. The studio is located about 100 km from both airports on Crete. Plakias is a beautiful resort town on the south coast.
Mondsee, Austria
$3,638 / 3 Days
St Florian, Austria
$374 / 2 Days
Altwigshagen, Germany
$672 / 4 Days
5.0Celles-en-Bassigny, France
$1,368 / 8 Days
$182 / 2 Days