Repairing the Broken Bowl®

A Kintsugi-Inspired Approach to Restoration & Resilience

A daylong experiential master class integrating expressive arts, trauma theory, and meaning-making. Broken Bowl® is an original experiential process developed by Christa Brennan &
hosted by the Summit for over 10 years!

virtual workshop registration

VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS: MAY 31 & NOVEMBER 8 • VIRTUAL FACILITATOR TRAINING: NOVEMBER 15

A Kintsugi-Inspired Approach to Restoration & Resilience

Christa Brennan, LCAT, ATR-BC, CADC, LPC

Repairing the Broken Bowl®

Repairing the Broken Bowl® Workshops - $239

May 31, 11am - 6pm • November 8, 11am - 6pm
Includes supplies, shipping & 6 CE credits

*Facilitator Certificate Trainings - $299

November 15, 11am - 6pm
Includes 1 hour post-training consultation & 6 CE credits

*Pre-requisite: All participants must take the Broken Bowl® workshop before attending the Facilitator Training

Limited Seating!

Sells Out Fast!

Facilitated by Christa Brennan LCAT, ATR-BC, CADC, LPC is a licensed board certified Art Therapist and Substance Abuse counselor. Christa developed the Broken Bowl® workshop as a Summit workshop in 2012, and launched the Broken Bowl® Facilitator Training in 2022.

What You’ll Learn

• Use the Broken Bowl® process to facilitate grief and loss work

• Apply kintsugi philosophy to therapeutic meaning-making

• Integrate expressive arts with attachment and trauma theory

• Guide clients through the process of fragmentation, repair, and integration

This Training Is Ideal For

• Art Therapists

• Counselors and Psychotherapists

• Grief Therapists

• Trauma Specialists

• Social Workers

• Educators using expressive arts

Program At-A-Glance

• Format: Live Online Experiential Master Class (see below for in person opportunity)

• Length: 11:00am – 6:00pm EST

• Audience: Mental health professionals, educators, expressive arts practitioners

• CE Credits:Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB

• Instructor: Christa Brennan, LCAT, ATR-BC, CADC, LPC

• Registration: Limited Seating

• Cost: Workshop $239 (includes CEs, supplies & shipping)
Facilitator Certificate Training $299

Learn a powerful expressive arts process inspired by the Japanese practice of kintsugi. This experiential training helps clinicians guide clients from loss and fragmentation toward restoration, resilience, and renewed meaning.

Handmade ceramic bowl and sphere decorated with colorful abstract patterns and handwritten messages, including "I will love you anyway" and "stay inside the waves."

Interested in Taking Broken Bowl® in Person?

Join us at the Expressive Therapies Summit: Sedona, AZ
to experience
Repairing the Broken Bowl®: Kintsugi Inspired Approach to Restoration and Resilience

Register for In-Person Workshop Here