Book details

  • Genre:body, mind & spirit
  • Sub-genre:Entheogens & Visionary Substances
  • Language:English
  • Pages:92
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317843274

The Art & Psychedelic Integration Workbook

By Catie Bragagnolo

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Overview


When words aren't enough, this workbook offers an accessible addition or alternative to talk-based integration—no art experience necessary—to help process events, cope with emotions, gain insight and understanding, promote connection and improve overall well-being. Give yourself the gift of exploring your creativity and using your artistic license to help process and integrate challenging psychedelic or non-ordinary experiences from the comfort of your home.
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Description


Healing doesn't have to hurt. By getting curious and giving yourself a space to get creative, this workbook can be a resource to help process, understand and integrate challenging or difficult experiences through the act of making art from the comfort of your home. As psychedelic and plant medicine becomes more available, finding support for healing from adverse, mystical, challenging or non-ordinary experiences can be limited. When words aren't enough, engaging in art making allows you to increase your self-awareness and reconnect with your own inner healer. This workbook is a resource as well as a safe, nonjudgemental space that encourages curiosity and self-reflection. The subconscious often speaks in symbol, metaphor and archetypes—similarly to plant medicine and psychedelics. Art and creative approaches to psychedelic integration allow expedited healing through increased somatic understanding, providing and embodied awareness of themes from the experience, identifying archetypes, and removing the limitations of words. Creating art and making meaning are natural human practices that allow us to process events, cope with emotions, gain insight and understanding, promote connection and improve our overall well-being. Inside this workbook, you'll find art directives, reflective journal prompts, coloring pages, templates, and interactive components that encourage creating. This workbook is suitable for all skill levels—no art experience needed! It offers creative tools, accessible psychoeducation and can used as be an additions or alternative to talk-based integration.
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About The Author


Catie Bragagnolo is a Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), EMDR & Somatic Experience Practitioner (EMDR-SEP), Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist (CCTS-II), published writer, and Fine Artist. Catie's career has focused on supporting women and children through adverse or traumatic life experiences as well as developing community focused, art-based programming. She has 18 years of experience working in helping professions and 7 years working within the psychedelic space as a facilitator and therapist. Catie's personal experiences in healing—in addition to her career path—allowed her to recognize how beneficial creative practices can be when processing complex, challenging or traumatic experiences. Passionate about promoting the benefits of plant medicine, art making & creative practice, she is committed to facilitating opportunities that allow individuals to reconnect with their own inner healer and creative license. Co-founder of the Psychedelic Art Therapist Network, Catie currently works within her virtual private practice offering art therapy, clinical counseling, somatic therapy and psychedelic integration services.
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