Blanka Hubena

  • Senior Lecturer - Therapeutic Studies
  • Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
  • Uwch Ddarlithydd - Astudiaethau Therapiwtig
  • Cyfadran y Gwyddorau Bywyd ac Addysg

About Me

Senior Lecturer in Therapeutic Studies, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education; Practising Art Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor; Course Leader, MA Art Psychotherapy 2015-2024. Professional representation of arts therapies, consultancy and national leadership in/on: - Wales Arts Therapies Advisory Forum (WATAF) - Wales AHP Educators Group (WAHPEG) - Wales Allied Health Professions Health Inequality Network - HEIW Stakeholder Reference Group - NHSE Commission - Arts Therapies - BAAT Curriculum Guidance for Art Psychotherapy pre-reg. training courses in the UK. In the last few years I have been focusing on curriculum development and learning and teaching pedagogies/strategies to improve mental health outcomes/achieve trauma informed organisations.

Skills And Qualifications

  • Art psychotherapy
  • Clinical supervision
  • Research methods
  • Competency - arts therapies
  • Creativity and leadership
  • Interprofessional learning
  • Pluralistic principles in HE pedagogy and practice
  • Early childhood trauma and reparative psychotherapeutic practice
  • Clinical practice with diverse populations
  • Attachment and trauma informed practice
  • Trauma informed organisations
  • Improving healthcare through trauma informed organisations
  • Applied neuroscience in learning and teaching in HE
  • Pluralistic leadership and management

Interests

Responsibilities

  • MA Art Psychotherapy
  • Trauma informed organisations
  • Quality improvement
  • compassionate leadership
  • service development and (re)design
  • HCPC and arts therapies regulation in the UK
  • peripatetic service delivery and (re)design

Publications And Past Projects

  • Contribution to the development of a strong professional profile of the Arts therapies in Wales through the Wales Arts Therapies Advisory Forum (WATAF), a representative body for Arts therapists living and/or working in Wales
  • Development of Helen Kegie Centre and USW Therapy
  • School counselling service development ＆ management, Wales (now TalkingZone)
  • HCPC and arts therapies regulation