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• Diploma in Graphic Art and Animation

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology at the University of South Africa (UNISA),

• Honours in Bachelor of Arts in Counselling Psychology (Hon.B.A.)

• Master of Arts Degree in Intermedial Art Therapy (M.A.) from the Medical School Hamburg, Germany.

• Masters Thesis Title: Video Art For Adolescents and Young Adults in Psycho-oncology: An Exploratory Research (See: https://www.epubli.de/shop/autor/Regine-Gillmann/20366)

• Practical hours & internship: Art in Clinic - Children in Psycho-oncology; Child & Adolescent Mental Health Unit, in Hamburg Germany; Group work with women affected by cancer and dealing with this life-changing situation, Germany.

• Intermedial Art Therapy Practice: Private practice - individual art therapy; group workshops; discovering your creative self

• Expressive Artist: transformation of the internal emotional landscape to the external expressive image

 

I grew up bilingual, speaking English and German, in Windhoek, Namibia. Having worked in the Film-, Advertising-, Print- and digital media- industry for several years, I have explored a wide range of creative forms of expression. Throughout the years I have been interested in combining psychology with art and have used painting as a form for emotional expression, to heighten my understanding about my own inner world and to find a form of release for thoughts, dreams, and feelings.

In addition to art, dancing, and writing, I love photography and filming, as well as making my own art videos. Additional interests involve the outdoors and nature, philosophising about life, depth psychology and dream work, mindfulness-art, yoga and open-water swimming.

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Regine Gillmann, Kunsttherapeutin (M.A.), gewann den Forschungspreis an erster Stelle, der Medical School Hamburg, im Herbst 2017, mit der Abschlussarbeit Master of Arts in Intermediale Kunsttherapie: Video Art for Adolescents and Young-Adults in Psycho-oncology (Siehe: https://www.epubli.de/shop/autor/Regine-Gillmann/20366).  Sie hat ausserdem einen Bachelor in Psychologie (B.A.) und ist Mitglied des Deutschen Fachverbandes für Kunst- und Gestaltungstherapie (DFKGT).

Als Erstberuf ist sie ausgebildete Graphikerin im Bereich der digitalen Kunst und Zeichentricks. Sie arbeitete über zehn Jahre in der Film-, und Werbebranche, sowohl auch in Druck, digitale Medien, Videoanimation und der Filmbearbeitung.

Ihre kunsttherapeutischen Schwerpunkte liegen im Bereich Kunst im klinischen Kontext, in der Psycho-Onkologie, im Palliative Care, in der Psychosomatik sowie in der Anwendung der Intermedialen Kunsttherapie bei Angststörungen und Depression. Drei Jahre lang war sie als freiwillige Helferin auf der Onkologischen Station einer Klinik in Namibia tätig. Sie bot dort Kindern, Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen seelische Betreuung mit kunstorientiertem Arbeiten an. Ihr künstlerisches Interesse liegt in der intermedialen Kunst und deren Erweiterung im Format Videokunst.

 

Regine Gillmann holds a Master’s degree in Art therapy from the Medical School Hamburg, Germany (MSH), and has attained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Honours degree (Hons. B.A.) in Psychology. She is a member of the Deutscher Fachverband für Kunst- und Gestaltungstherapie (DFKGT).

Gillmann has a diploma in Graphic Art and Animation and has worked over ten years as a graphic artist, digital animator and film editor in the advertising and film industry. She also has extensive experience working with digital media.

Her focus in art therapy lies within clinical art therapy, in psycho-oncology, palliative care and in the use of Intermedial art therapy for anxiety disorders and depression. For three years Regine Gillmann offered art assisted counselling to children, adolescents, and adults at an oncology ward in Namibia. Her artistic interest lies in the expressive arts and in extending the therapeutic scope of creative expression to video-art.