A client’s intentions determine how your art-integrated coaching should proceed. But is the client’s stated goal his or her real intention for the coaching sessions? 

In this fourth module, you will learn: 

• The importance of true intentions and how it can be articulated through art therapy
• How to use art techniques to draw out a client’s intentions
• How to ease a client’s apprehensions about using art therapy techniques
• What kinds of questions to ask during coaching that uses art techniques

Integrating art therapy techniques in your life coaching sessions can be life-changing for you and your client. To this, you need to learn the basics of life coaching and art therapy.

In this second module, you will learn the foundational principles of coach and art therapy, as well as:

• Explore the creative process in therapy 
• Appreciate the power of art as a form of expression 
• Understand the role of a coach  
• Explore the benefits of integrating art and coaching techniques 
• Enhance the client’s self-awareness and self-expression through art 
• Provide a perfect working space for clients 
• Select appropriate art materials and supplies

To effectively use art therapy techniques in your coaching sessions, you need to be familiar with what colors and shapes mean to us as individuals and as groups of people. Knowing these significant meanings could provide keys to your client’s inner world.

In this third module, you will learn: 

• The deeper meanings of certain shapes
• The symbolism of colors in various ancient civilizations 
• The effect of cultural, environmental, and historical significance of certain colors
• The emotional effects of different colors
• How doing art through certain mediums affect people in particular ways
• That matching the client’s needs with the medium they’ll use could enhance the coaching and therapeutic experience.

A client’s intentions determine how your art-integrated coaching should proceed. But is the client’s stated goal his or her real intention for the coaching sessions? 

In this fourth module, you will learn: 

• The importance of true intentions and how it can be articulated through art therapy
• How to use art techniques to draw out a client’s intentions
• How to ease a client’s apprehensions about using art therapy techniques
• What kinds of questions to ask during coaching that uses art techniques

Having your client create art to express themselves and communicate what they find hard to verbalize is valuable in your life coaching. Learn how to facilitate an art therapy session, step by step.

In this fifth module, you will learn how to:

• Create a safe and nurturing space where the client can be vulnerable and express themselves verbally and through their art free from any judgment and or criticism. 
• Establish trust, confidentiality, and non-judgment for a good life coach–client relationship. 
• Effectively analyze and interpret the client’s artwork through attentive observation. 
• Use knowledge about metaphor, symbolisms, themes and how they connect with life. 
• Help your client process what they just expressed, connect it with their current state and situation, and align it with their stated intentions to facilitate their personal growth. 

Integrating art therapy techniques into your life coaching sessions will help your clients look at themselves more deeply and express themselves better. Here, you will learn how to integrate such techniques into your sessions.

In this sixth module, you will learn how to use art techniques to:

• Set goals and do action planning 
• Create visual representations of their dreams and goals 
• Facilitate self-exploration and reflection on values 
• Help them organize information 
• Do mind mapping to help gain clarity, identify potential barriers, set goals, and develop action steps towards achieving those goals 
• Help clients track their progress and action steps towards previously set goals

When coaching or counseling children and young people, you’ll need to take extra care because of their unique sensitivities. This is why art therapy is especially effective with them, allowing them to communicate what is difficult to express verbally.

In this seventh module, you will learn:

• How to use art therapy with children and young people
• The benefits of using art therapy with children
• Guidelines in coaching children with art therapy
• What to avoid while coaching children
• Particular art techniques you can use in your coaching session with children.

As a life coach, you will eventually have clients who have experienced or are experiencing personal trauma. While you have to refer those with severe trauma to the proper professionals, you can help clients with milder forms of trauma through coaching that uses art therapy techniques.

This eighth module will teach you:

• What is trauma and PTSD
• How art therapy techniques can help treat trauma
• What therapeutic mechanisms are involved in the use of art therapy for traumatized clients 
• How to facilitate art therapy sessions for traumatized clients
• The ethical guidelines in using art therapy in coaching.

As with children, the elderly and the mentally ill need special care when you coach them because of their unique conditions. Though you have to refer those with mental illnesses to the proper professionals, you can coach those with mild mental issues to cope with their condition.

In this ninth module, you will learn:

• The different focus of art therapy for elderly clients compared to other clients
• Physical-biological and psychosocial changes the elderly go through that could trigger negative emotions
• The benefits art therapy provides to elderly clients

• A broad view of mental illness and the history of spontaneous artwork by the mentally ill
• Descriptions of these sample mental illnesses and how art therapy could help people who have them.
• Required qualities of the therapist or coach

One of the essential components and benefits of art therapy is mindfulness, that is, the ability to focus and set aside distractions. You will now go deeper into this essential component that could help your client achieve his or her goals. You will also explore other non-visual art therapy techniques.

In this tenth module, you will:

• Explore the importance of mindfulness in coaching, therapy, and in everyday life
• Learn how art therapy that promotes mindfulness can benefit clients
• Learn how to coach your clients to practice mindfulness, even without art techniques
• Explore other art therapy techniques like clay sculpting, diorama making, dance therapy, dramatherapy, and music therapy

If you want to integrate art therapy techniques into your life coaching sessions, you have to have a wide selection of art therapy techniques that you can choose from to fit the profile of your client. This would help ensure that your client’s intentions are met in the most effective way.

In this eleventh module, you will learn:

• Why it’s important to have a wide selection of art-related exercises you can use in your sessions 
• Art therapy exercises to use with different people and when addressing different challenges 
• Tools to make sure each session is based on the individual needs, preferences, and therapeutic goals of a client 
• Unconventional activities, to keep sessions fresh and interesting

To further equip you in your life coaching through art, we have provided you with more art therapy exercises that you can use. This way, you will have more to choose from, enabling you to customize your sessions with your clients.

In this twelfth module, you will:

• Learn more art therapy techniques that you can use in your life coaching sessions
• Have a short summary of the Life Coaching Through Art Course
• Take an exam that, if you pass, grants you a certification in art therapy