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Silvia Tafur

Silvia Tafur holds a City and Guilds Level 7 Award MCGI Award (MA) from Tobias School of Art and Therapy in the UK,  accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC) and the International Association of Anthroposophic Arts Therapies Educations (iArte). She completed a BA degree in Fine Arts specialised in painting at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and she has trained in photography, sculpture, engraving and design. She has used Arts as a therapeutic tool for more than 15 years in various educational contexts like fairs, private settings, corporate events, and community projects  in Peru, Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S.  She has also helped clients on the integration of spiritual journeys using artistic processes.
She works in diverse socio-cultural contexts, adapting techniques and materials to local resources. She is currently serving as Art Facilitator at Stanford Hospital and she develops a private practice as Transpersonal Arts Counsellor at Live Oak Medicine. She is also a Community Educator at Berkeley Adult School.
Currently residing in San Francisco’s East Bay, Silvia offers individual and group sessions both in person and virtually. Her work involves nature observation, somatic movement, meditation, image making, and overall the use of diverse creative processes aiming to help clients strengthen their life forces and reconnect with their sense of balance in order to achieve holistic wellbeing. More information here.
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Arts Counselling

Arts Counselling supports and encourages clients to connect with their healing forces through creative processes. Art media is used as sensory stimuli to unveil universal archetypal forms that reconnect us with our intrinsic restorative qualities. Personal imagery is used as a resource to promote self-care, strength, and agency to pursue integrative health. The work
process oriented, and the results are expected to enhance a sense of wellbeing, although there are moments where an encounter with an image can elicit difficult emotions. That is why the counselling component is important, it allows participants to integrate these emotions and images that in many cases come from unprocessed memories as a result of traumatic and/or adverse experiences.

The Sessions:

Our sessions involve the production of images, open conversation, subjective and objective observation. It is a fun, active, and profound experience of honouring space and time together. While experimenting with different art techniques and materials chosen according to individual needs and purposefully. Different components and techniques are incorporated along the duration of the sessions to promote neuroplasticity and a sense of balance. The exercises are simple, and the focus is on the creative process rather than the result. The counselling process prioritizes compassionate listening, guidance, and objective observation rather than image reading or direct prescription of any kind. The ultimate goal is to strengthen the sense of self, and decision making is a key element for clients to exercise agency. Anyone undergoing a transition period or carrying questions about their destiny will benefit from working with integrative practices like Arts Counselling. These processes bring forward parts of ourselves that may not be easy to discuss or even perceive through regular interactions. It allows the participants to reframe their approach to their difficulties and perceive broader patterns in their lives. Working with images is beneficial for integration, and by exploring different techniques and materials we stimulate the sensory somatic nervous system to connect our experiences with deeply enrooted aspects of ourselves.

Anthroposophic Art Therapy

Anthroposophic Art Therapy encompasses artistic and medical work, incorporating components of transpersonal psychology. It is based on philosophical principles developed by Rudolf Steiner and Ita Wegman, as well as exercises and theories developed by Margaret Hauschka and Collot D’Nerbois. There are various other authors and artists who have contributed to the development and shaped the appreciation of anthroposophic artistic practices, such as Eleonor Merry, Hilma Das Klimt. Joseph Beuys and W. Kandinsky, to name a few. The main processes used in anthroposophy are painting, drawing, clay modelling and sculpting. The former, have an emphasis in balancing our emotions and feelings, they work on a level that is directly related to our breathing, our connection between our physical body and our sense of self. The latter address our formative qualities. grounding, balancing, movement and sensory processes. There is a large number of activities within this spectrum, and many other materials and processes that are used to transition between the techniques mentioned here. A comprehensive view of the human being is the core of anthroposophic medicine.

Different authors in the field of psychology have developed concepts and theories that align with anthroposophical principles. Jungian psychology, humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, psychosynthesis, among others, have in common an approach to the human being in a comprehensive manner, seeking health and wellbeing beyond the merely physical body. An important model developed by Vija Lusebrink and Sandra (Kagin) Graves Alcorn in the late seventies hast proved to be aligned both with important concepts in anthroposophy and with some trauma-informed practices that focus on the somatic experiences. This model is called the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ECT). It serves as a way to understand how the artistic processes can help integration within the human brain and body. In anthroposophy, this is also understood as a work that incorporates our relationship with the cosmic elements, which are present within us and help us replenish our inner strength and vitality.
Although verbal communication is relevant, this approach is based on the creation of images that often happen in collaboration. between the client and the therapist, and in some cases prescribed by a doctor. My work focuses on integration through artistic processes and somatic sensory experiences that promote healthy living.
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Artistic therapies are beneficial for:
  • Promoting a holistic sense of wellbeing
  • Integration Post-Psychedelic Assisted Therapies
  • Finding balance during a life crisis
  •  Integration, grounding, and reconnection during spiritual
    emergency
  • Self awareness and development for neurodivergent population.
  •  Sensory Processing Disorders
  •  Transition into Adulthood
  •  Trauma and Anxiety Disorders
  •  Vulnerable Population (Immigrants, People of Colour,
    LGBTQIIA+)
  • Physical Wellbeing supported by specific exercises prescribed in
    collaboration with a doctor.

Learn More:
Arts Counselling / Anthroposophic Art Therapy
Art Walk in Nature / Goethean Observation
Biographic Imagery & Narrative
Grounding and finding balance
Integration Post Psychedelic Assisted Therapies

Individual Sessions

Group sessions / Corporate Events / Social Art

If you are looking for bonding opportunities for your family, workplace, or partner, please consider the options below:
  • Arts Counselling / Anthroposophic Art
    Therapy.
  •  Art Walk in Nature / Goethean Observation.
  • Online Workshop – Theme TBD.
  •  Biographic Imagery & Narrative.
  •  Grounding and finding balance.
  • Warmth and Darkness.
  •  Light and Form.
  • Private Retreat / Corporate Event
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Lea grew up in a creative household, and her love for nature has evolved into sustainable design of apparel for people and pets. Silvia’s painting and sculpture studies animal. plant, and human imagery involving the perception and reception of natural phenomena as a journey of inner transformation and personal growth. We strive for harmony and peaceful communication, using art as a nurturing element that connects us with our instinctual nature.
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Different authors in the field of psychology have developed concepts and theories that align with anthroposophical principles. Jungian psychology, humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, psychosynthesis, among others, have in common an approach to the human being in a comprehensive manner, seeking health and wellbeing beyond the merely physical body. An important model developed by Vija Lusebrink and Sandra (Kagin) Graves Alcorn in the late seventies has proved to be aligned both with important concepts in anthroposophy and with some trauma-informed practices that focus on the somatic experiences. This model is called the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ECT). It serves as a way to understand how the artistic processes can help integration within the human brain and body. In anthroposophy, this is also understood as a work that incorporates our relationship with the cosmic elements, which are present within us and help us replenish our inner strength and vitality.

Anthroposophic Art Therapy

Different authors in the field of psychology have developed concepts and theories that align with anthroposophical principles. Jungian psychology, humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, psychosynthesis, among others, have in common an approach to the human being in a comprehensive manner, seeking health and wellbeing beyond the merely physical body. An important model developed by Vija Lusebrink and Sandra (Kagin) Graves Alcorn in the late seventies has proved to be aligned both with important concepts in anthroposophy and with some trauma-informed practices that focus on the somatic experiences. This model is called the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ECT). It serves as a way to understand how the artistic processes can help integration within the human brain and body. In anthroposophy, this is also understood as a work that incorporates our relationship with the cosmic elements, which are present within us and help us replenish our inner strength and vitality.
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