Arts Therapy

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Arrange a tailor made experience for your team, with a time frame to suit
  • 1 1/2 hours to 3 days (18 hours) duration
  • tailor-made programmes selected from an Arts Therapy menu

What is Arts Therapy?

Combining the Arts with psychology to gain personal insight and more informed decision-making, enhanced wellbeing and new strategies for fulfilling personal and professional goals. Working within a group context, there is the added benefit of employing social dynamics and strategies for team unification.

What are the benefits of Arts Therapy in team building and staff training events?

Good health and positive creative flow tend to stream from the same well. By realigning with nature and opening up to creativity, new solutions and fresh perspectives will result. Working within a group process, teams develop greater understanding and support of each other, strengthening focus toward shared goals.

What is on the menu?

Work with a professionally qualified Arts Therapy team to gain benefits through Arts methods. Work with your team’s choice and/or combination of: visual arts, music, dance, drama

Some suggestions:
  • environmental sculpture
  • artistic role plays and dramatic enactment
  • creative dance movement and painting with music
  • developing group rhythm through percussion instruments
  • creating a group artwork or composition on a relevant topic to your operation or shared goal
  • unleash creative drive onto canvas in painting
  • learn more about life balance, stress management and strategies for health

What are the key areas of focus catered for?

  • environmental awareness
  • stress management
  • cultural diversity
  • heightened creativity
  • team cohesion

What are the key areas of focus catered for?

  • being involved artistically in attuning with nature, supports the interests of both personal wellbeing and global sustainability
  • strategies provided can be implemented for long term health and creative benefits
  • exploration of own culture and a sharing of other cultural perspectives of group assists in catering for cultural diversity in staff and client base
  • encourages a creative flow in which new solutions can emerge
  • arriving at new insights which leads to better decision making
  • the team develop a greater understanding and respect for each other, and find new effective ways of working together

Who are the providers and what are their qualifications?


marionMarion Gordon-Flower is a graduate of Masters of Arts in Arts Therapy (Clinical) programme achieving first class honours. She is an experienced arts therapist within a number of contexts. She also has a Bachelor of Media Arts and a Diploma in Secondary Teaching and has been an art teacher for a number of years. Other roles have included working in advertising and business administration. She is currently a full-time health practitioner and arts therapist assisting people to achieve their recovery goals (including employment) and establish to establish better health.


roderickRoderick Flower has a Bachelor of Human Biology and a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. A former Medical GP, he now works full-time in the Mental Health field as a recovery pathways educator, WRAP facilitator and health practitioner. He is an accomplished musician having formerly recorded as part of a band and has ability with a number of musical instruments. He has been a long-term keen supporter of the Arts and has participated in drama with Mt Albert Players, and in a number of culturally based traditional dance groups. His forte is providing creative strategies for stress management and sustaining good health.


How to arrange a tailor-made package:

  • Bella Rakha will put Marion from Artwings, in contact with your group co-ordinator, to discuss your needs and objectives
  • after an initial discussion, a menu questionnaire will be provided for your completion and tailor-made package will be developed