'Opening the Door to Creativity' Experiential Workshop with Dramatherapist Dr Joanna Jaaniste

*PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. PLEASE CHECK THE MAMA CREATIVES WEBSITE FOR MORE EVENTS* https://mamacreatives.com/

Come and enjoy this interactive workshop featuring the incredible Dr Joanna Jaaniste, published author, academic and registered dramatherapist. This workshop is part of our 'This Creative Life' experiential series.

About This Workshop

Step into a playful and inspiring creative experience where imagination, movement, and connection come together. Guided by Joanna, participants will begin with fun and engaging warm-up activities designed to build trust, spark creativity, and create a shared sense of exploration within the group.

Using the theme of Doors, we will explore the exciting possibilities of entering new spaces, leaving old ones behind, and discovering what happens when we choose to open, close, or walk through different doors in our lives and creative journeys. Through movement, storytelling, and imaginative exercises, participants will reflect on what they carry with them, what they leave behind, and how they travel through new experiences.

This interactive workshop encourages self-expression, collaboration, and creative confidence through movement-based activities and group artistic exploration. Suitable for all levels of experience, it offers a welcoming space to connect, create, and discover new possibilities together.

Also includes:

Light morning tea refreshments

Chance to meet other like-minded creative women

Having access to this type of face to face experience from such an expert is an incredible opportunity and value.

* As a Mama Creatives member you receive a mega 25% discount (individual tickets only).

* Only very limited spots so you get time to learn directly from Joanna and supported by Anna Kellerman, registered art therapist and founder of Mama Creatives.

Come along to meet this incredibly experienced and talented facilitator at this special experiential workshop.

About Dr Joanna Jaaniste

Dr Joanna Jaaniste, PhD, AThR (Drama), B.A.(Hons.), Dip.Ed., Dip.Dramatherapy, is a registered Dramatherapist who has extensive experience practising dramatherapy in the adolescent and substance abuse fields, with 19 years specifically spent in the mental health area.

She specialises in story work, roleplay and improvisational interventions. Her lively approach is influenced by the work of Carl Jung and Rudolf Steiner. She believes strongly in the power of dramatherapy to assist participants to find new directions for their lives.

She is Director of the Dramatherapy Centre in Sydney and runs courses together with colleagues. She is an adjunct fellow at Western Sydney University where she taught at masters level for many years. She has also co-written a Postgraduate Diploma in Dramatherapy at IKON Australia. She has presented papers in Europe, USA and South Africa and has published widely on dramatherapy in many international journals and chapters in edited books, especially in the area of dramatherapy and dementia, her specialist field.

Dramatherapy with Elders and People with Dementia: Enabling Developmental Wellbeing is a foundational book written by Joanna Jaaniste, PhD, a highly experienced Australian dramatherapist. Published by Routledge, the book provides a strengths-based, person-centred framework for using creative arts therapies to enhance the quality of life for older adults. One of the core concepts in the book is Intelligence of Feeling: Jaaniste explores how a "feeling intelligence" remains intact even as words vanish and memories cloud due to dementia. Dramatherapy taps into this emotional awareness to soften distress and anxiety.

More details here.

PLEASE NOTE: Very limited spots. Ticket sales will close Thursday 27 August 2026 at 4pm, unless sold out. There will not be any tickets available on the day.