Savina Ioannou - Balanced Circle Art Therapy

15/04/2026

🌿 Eco-Art Therapy: Από τις Στάχτες στην Αναγέννηση

〰️ Μια σειρά από 12 βιωματικά εργαστήρια που εξερευνούν το οικολογικό άγχος (eco-anxiety) και την συναισθηματική επιβάρυνση λόγω της κλιματικής αλλαγής και περιβαλλοντικών καταστροφών.

〰️ Μέσα από τον συνδυασμό τέχνης, φύσης και ψυχοεκπαίδευσης, δημιουργούμε έναν ασφαλή χώρο όπου μπορούμε να αναγνωρίσουμε και να εκφράσουμε συναισθήματα όπως φόβο, θλίψη και απώλεια, αλλά και να τα μετασχηματίσουμε σε δημιουργικότητα, ανθεκτικότητα και σύνδεση με το φυσικό περιβάλλον.

🎨 Σε κάθε συνάντηση οι συμμετέχοντες θα έχουν την ευκαιρία να:
• επεξεργαστούν συναισθήματα που σχετίζονται με την οικολογική κρίση
• εκφραστούν δημιουργικά μέσα από φυσικά και οικολογικά υλικά
• καλλιεργήσουν προσωπική και συλλογική ενδυνάμωση

🌱 1ο εργαστήριο: «Αναγνωρίζοντας το Οικολογικό Άγχος»
📅 25 Απριλίου
🕙 10:00 – 12:00
📍 Balance Circle Studio, Strovolos

📩 Πληροφορίες & κρατήσεις: 97781448

✨ Τα εργαστήρια είναι αυτοτελή με δωρεάν συμμετοχή.

〰️ Η δράση επιχορηγείται από το Υφυπουργείο Πολιτισμού, Τμήμα Σύγχρονου Πολιτισμού στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος «Τέχνη & Υγεία».

✨️Εισηγήτρια: Σαβίνα Ιωάννου, Εγγεγραμμένη Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια (CRPO-Qualifying),
Εικαστική Θεραπεύτρια & Εικαστικός

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🌿 Eco-Art Therapy: From Ashes to Renewal

〰️ A series of 12 experiential workshops exploring eco-anxiety and the emotional impact of climate change and environmental disasters.

〰️ Through the combination of art, nature, and psychoeducation, we create a safe space to recognize and express feelings such as fear, grief, and loss, and transform them into creativity, resilience, and reconnection with the natural environment.

🎨 In each session, participants will have the opportunity to:
• Process emotions related to the ecological crisis
• express themselves creatively using natural materials
• cultivate personal and collective empowerment

🌱 1st Workshop: “Recognizing Eco-Anxiety”
📅 April 25
🕙 10:00 – 12:00
📍 Balance Circle Studio, Strovolos

📩 Information & bookings: +357 97781448

#κλιματικηκριση #οικολογικοαγχος #βιωματικοεργαστηρι #δημιουργικοτητα

25/02/2026

What is Art therapy and it's benefits for people with mental disabilities

18/10/2025

On October 10th, World Mental Health Day, together with .art.therapy.assoc, we advocate for art therapy and mental health 🌱✨️

This years theme, Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies, reminds us that when catastrophe strikes, access to mental health services must remain a priority. 〰️

Advocating for mental health care means meeting people where they are at. When words are not enough, creative self-expression becomes a pathway to resilience, connection, and healing 🦋

18/10/2025

30/09/2025

18/08/2025

📢 Unblocking Creativity: An 8-session Journey into Artistic Flow 〰️

🌱 Offering an eight-session workshop series designed to unblock creativity through various art-making techniques and experiences.

🌱 Each session focuses on a different aspect of the creative process, from freeform exploration and emotional color expression to play-based experimentation and collaborative projects.

🌱Participants will engage in activities that push them out of their comfort zones, allowing them to rediscover their creative flow, embrace constraints, and find inspiration in nature and community.

✨️ Through guided reflection, group sharing, and personal art creation, the workshops aim to foster a non-judgmental, playful environment that helps individuals overcome creative blocks and cultivate a deeper connection to their artistic process.

✨️ To register or learn more visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdST4TJ3-pNWci_bFWdXw5Xo6uTYMQFBZBMTHKjqOReTlPV4A/viewform?usp=dialog
Or contact: 97 781448 (Savina) | 99 975114 (Georgia)

〰️ Limited spots available – Early booking advised.

Developed and Facilitated by Savina Ioannou (Art Psychotherapist & Artist) & Georgia Pozotou (Arts Educator & Sculptor)

11/08/2025

OPEN STUDIO / INTUITIVE FLOW

Wednesdays 5-8pm | Starting September 10th, 2025

✨ A place to gather. A place to create. A place to just be.

🌿 What to expect:
〰️ A calm, supportive studio where everyone belongs
〰️ Paints, brushes, collage, clay — all ready for you
〰️ The freedom to follow your own creative flow
〰️ Gentle guidance if you want it — space to do your own thing if you don’t
〰️ Moments to share, listen, and connect

*Open Studio sessions are not therapy sessions but may be therapeutic 🙂
For adults 18+

For registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScb1qxLhEVeGNvKPc_Xl0me7mBwQeltwGr-KbD9ln1bs1DIsA/viewform?usp=pp_url

For more info: +357 97781448 | ioannousavina@gmail.com

04/08/2025

🌿What does it mean to be Cypriot?

〰️ In a recent art therapy workshop at the Majestic State Gallery of Contemporary Art, participants came together to explore cultural identity through creative expression—reflecting on memory, land, and belonging.

〰️ The space held a bi-communal intention for both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots: to open dialogue around Cyprus’s ongoing division and the psychological impacts of conflict—trauma, collective memory, and resilience.

〰️ Cultural identity lives in memory—in the colors of tradition, the rhythm of rituals, and the silent stories passed down through generations. It’s deeply connected to the land, to personal and shared histories, and to the emotional landscape shaped by the island’s continued separation and its lasting impact on both communities.

〰️ Cultural identity is not fixed. It shifts, adapts, and evolves—serving as an anchor that helps us understand ourselves and relate to others. Through storytelling, art, and dialogue, we found moments of healing—and hope.

🌱 In a place marked by historical division, we asked: how does collective memory shape who we are? What does trauma leave behind—and how can resilience grow from it?

🫒 This workshop was a quiet act of hope—imagining future spaces where more voices can be heard, and more stories can be shared.

〰️ Art became a mirror. A form of healing. A step toward understanding not just ourselves, but each other through creative expression and the sharing of stories.

30/07/2025

Bilateral Integration in Art Therapy
~ Response art from an online workshop facilitated by Cathy Malchiodi as part of the World Art Therapy Conference
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Bilateral Stimulation such as drawing or painting with alternating hand movements can support emotional processing and nervous system regulation

✨️ When combined with proprioceptive input (body awareness) and bilateral integration (coordinated use of both sides of the body), this approach strengthens neural connectivity, enhances self-regualtion and fosters deeper therapeutic engagement

14/07/2025

〰️ Even mental health professionals need healing spaces ✨️

〰️Back in April, our Art Therapy workshop brought together the team for some moments of creative expression, connection, and team building 💫

〰️ Moments of reflecting, recharging and reconnecting, because caring for others starts with caring for ourselves 🌱

30/06/2025

🌱Some more moments from our 8-session psychoeducational art therapy program "RECYCLE - REUSE - REFEEL" at the Psychiatric Clinic of Nicosia General Hospital.

〰️A meaningful collaboration with with the support of and .cy 🙏

Through Open Studio workshops, participants had the opportunity to connect with nature, create furniture from recycled wood for their space, express their thoughts and feelings through art-making, increase their self-esteem, share their values and reflect on what gives them strength in difficult times.

✨️Developed and facilitated with .i.artpsychotherapy


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🌱Ολοκληρώθηκε το ψυχοεκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα εικαστικής θεραπείας "RECYCLE - REUSE - REFEEL" στην Ψυχιατρική Κλινική του Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Λευκωσίας.

〰️Μια ουσιαστική συνεργασία με το Σωματείο Εικαστικών Θεραπευτών και Φίλων Κύπρου και την υποστήριξη της ΟΝΕΚ και του ΟΚΥΠΥ 🙏

Μέσα από 8 εργαστήρια "Open Studio", οι συμμετέχοντες είχαν την ευκαιρία να συνδεθούν με τη φύση, να δημιουργήσουν έπιπλα από ανακυκλωμένα ξύλα για τον χώρο τους, να εκφράσουν τις σκέψεις και τα συναισθήματα τους μέσα από την δημιουργική διαδικασία, να αυξήσουν την αυτοεκτίμησή τους, να μοιραστούν τις αξίες τους και να αναλογιστούν στο τι τους δίνει δύναμη σε δύσκολες στιγμές.

02/06/2025

🌱Our 8-session psychoeducational art therapy program "RECYCLE - REUSE - REFEEL" at the Psychiatric Clinic of Nicosia General Hospital has come to an end.

~A meaningful collaboration with with the support of and .cy

Through Open Studio workshops, participants had the opportunity to connect with nature, create furniture from recycled wood for their space, express their thoughts and feelings through art-making, increase their self-esteem, share their values and reflect on what gives them strength in difficult times.

✨️Developed and facilitated with .i.artpsychotherapy


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Ολοκληρώθηκε το ψυχοεκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα εικαστικής θεραπείας "RECYCLE - REUSE - REFEEL" στην Ψυχιατρική Κλινική του Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Λευκωσίας.

Μια ουσιαστική συνεργασία με το Σωματείο Εικαστικών Θεραπευτών και Φίλων Κύπρου και την υποστήριξη της ΟΝΕΚ και του ΟΚΥΠΥ

Μέσα από 8 εργαστήρια "Open Studio", οι συμμετέχοντες είχαν την ευκαιρία να συνδεθούν με τη φύση, να δημιουργήσουν έπιπλα από ανακυκλωμένα ξύλα για τον χώρο τους, να εκφράσουν τις σκέψεις και τα συναισθήματα τους μέσα από την δημιουργική διαδικασία, να αυξήσουν την αυτοεκτίμησή τους, να μοιραστούν τις αξίες τους και να αναλογιστούν στο τι τους δίνει δύναμη σε δύσκολες στιγμές.