Training
Course
On this page you can find all the information about our training course
How did the
training course start?
Josine Hutchison-de Lanoy Meijer started to work as an art therapist in 1976.
In 1978 she started to work as a painting therapist with Dr L. P. Walburgh Schmidt and from 1982 with Dr P. T. Hutchison.
Since meeting Liane Collot d’Herbois in the autumn of 1978 she has been working to put into practice the wide knowledge of colour and painting therapy that Liane shared with her.
At the close of the painting therapy courses which Josine gave for final year students at the Tobias School of Art in England from 1980-1990, she was also frequently approached by people requesting a full-time training course in this way of doing painting therapy.
In the spring of 1986, in direct response to requests from both Liane Collot d’Herbois herself and a group of people from England and The Netherlands, Josine started the first training course. The course was made possible thanks to a unique combination of a number of patient work series, made by patients in Josine’s own practice, and the knowledge and indications for treatment for these patients which Liane had shared with her and Paul.
Over the years there was a steady increase in the number of participants in these courses and it became clear that a more official framework was needed.
In November 1988 the “Foundation for Promotion of Painting Therapy on Anthroposophical Principles according to the work of Liane Collot d’Herbois”, was set up. In March 1989 Liane Collot d’Herbois gave the foundation the name “Emerald”.
Since 1988 the Foundation has taken over all activities. Josine Hutchison-de Lanoy Meijer and Dr Paul Hutchison, GP are the founders, directors and senior teachers of the training course.
Until her death in 1999, Liane Collot d’Herbois had contributed continuously to the training course. During the courses she would speak to students of the spiritual background out of which she had developed her all-embracing insights into light, colour iand darkness in relation to the cosmos and to man.
Who is the
training course for?
There is a minimum educational requirement: completed secondary education. Otherwise, our training course is especially suited for:
- Everyone who wants to become a painting therapist and is interested in the working of light, colour and darkness, outside and inside the human being.
- Doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, medical students and therapists
- Nurses, curative educators, social workers and teachers
- Artists
How is the training
course composed?
The Emerald Foundation offers a 5- year international training course in medical painting therapy.
The training comprises 3 stages and 12 ‘therapeutic pictures’ given in 10 full-time course modules.
In the 1st year there are 2 foundation modules of 4 weeks. The 2nd – 5th year consist of 8 therapeutic modules of 6 weeks.
The three stages in the painting therapy course are:
| Stage 1 1st. year |
General basic work in light, colour and darkness (an artistic schooling for the student) |
| Stage 2 2nd. till 5th. year |
General therapeutic work in light, colour and darkness (a therapeutic schooling for the student) |
| Stage 3 2nd. till 5th. year |
Individual therapeutic work in light, colour and darkness (schooling for the student to give therapeutic exercises to the patient) |
During these stages the main subjects will include:
Practical subjects e.g. :
- Observation and drawing
- Light and darkness with charcoal
- Painting on semi wet paper
- Veil painting
Schooling in therapeutic skills and research e.g. :
- Observation of the healthy human being and the human being with his illnesses
- Diagnostic work
- Building up a therapy path
- Presentation of case studies
- Cooperation with a physician and therapists
Theoretical study and research e.g. :
- Light and darkness
- Colour
- Study of nature
- Phenomenology
- Anthroposophy in relation to light, colour and darkness
- Cultural epochs, aspects of art history
General and anthroposophical medicine and research e.g. :
- Anatomy
- Psychosomatic illnesses
- Morpholgy
- Psychology
- Physiology
- Psychiatry
- Pathology
- Embryology
- Paediatrics
- Geriatrics
- Curative education
- Case studies
The course modules are at Emerald and take place around the same time every year: one after Easter and one in the Autumn. In between these modules students are required to do 5 periods of practical placements and individual practical and theoretical work and research. Students can do these studies at home in their own country. Courses are given in English, German and Dutch.
Course timetable
| Duration | 5 years. | |
|---|---|---|
| Course module | 10 modules, one in the Autumn and one after Easter. | |
| Duration course modules |
Module 1 and 2: 4 weeks. Module 3 -10: 6 weeks. All modules are full time. |
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| Daily structure |
Mon., Tues., Thurs. and Fri. Wednesday |
09.00 – 12.30 14.30 – 17.30 09.00 – 13.00 |
| Course outline | 1st year 2 modules with stage 1, basic therapeutic work. 2nd till the 5th year 8 modules with stage 1, 2 and 3: basic work, general therapeutic work and individual therapeutic work. |
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| Language of instruction |
English. | |
| Independent study, practice and research |
These works are made in your own time at home. This can take about three half days a week. | |
| Practical Placements | 5 Practical Placements have to be completed in these 5 years. |
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| Course load | per year the course load is circa 950 hours. | |
Status of the training course and profession
The Emerald Foundation Training Course is an independent and internationally oriented course. Students come from all over the world. For example: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, Brazil, Finland, Germany, Hungary, France, Thailand and the USA.
The training course is recognised by the European Academy, which is affiliated to the Medical Section of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum, Dornach as a “Further Training, authorising graduates to apply Anthroposophical Therapy in their own profession”.
When a student graduates with a diploma from the Emerald Foundation she or he may apply for membership to the professional association for Anthroposophical art therapists in their home country. Every country, however, has its own specific regulations and demands regarding professional practice so graduates should be aware they will also need to meet those requirements.
The Emerald Foundation offers advice for students on an individual basis.
This medical painting therapy can be an integral part of the treatment of somatic, psychosomatic or psychiatric disease.
In the paramedical field this therapeutic method is a new approach in both general medical practice and for medical practice based on anthroposophy.
Costs
The costs per course week are as follows:
| Course fee | € 275,00 per week, excl. materials |
| Materials | after first purchase around € 10,00 per week. |
| Accommodation | around € 25,00 – € 30,00 per night. |
[Coffee, tea, cookies included]
When during the course modules there are extra lessons the week price will stay the same.
Work opportunities
- Private practice
- Cooperation with anthroposofical general practitioners and regualt general practitioners
- In anthroposofical and regular medical institutions all over the world, for example: hospitals, clinics, curative education institutes, social-therapeutic institutes, anthroposofical health centres, nursing homes and Waldorf schools
