Our Vision

Why Tobias?

Our Vision is a holistic, client-centred approach to transpersonal arts counselling  supporting mental, spiritual, and creative well-being. Our programme enables students to explore authentic self-expression and to deepen their human potential by building on existing strengths. We honour diverse cultural perspectives on health, creating an inclusive learning environment.

The programme fosters personal and social change through image, metaphor and meaningful human connection. Our curriculum integrates diverse artistic and therapeutic modalities, including Steiner’s Anthroposophy, Goethean phenomenology and approaches from Jung, Freud, Rogers, Gestalt, Maslow, Psychodynamic, Humanistic and the Transpersonal. This broad foundation prepares students to guide clients creatively in a safe, supportive environment.

Our Approach

At Tobias, our transpersonal approach weaves together various therapeutic modalities embedded in the anthroposophic understanding of the human being. This anthroposophic foundation sees the individual as a union of body, soul, and spirit, with the potential for deeper self-awareness through conscious, inner development. By grounding our programme in these dimensions, we provide students with a multi-faceted yet cohesive approach to human growth and healing that respects the inner experience and unique path of each person.

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Experiential
Learning

Learning at Tobias is experiential, emphasising action learning. Students develop therapeutic skills through engagement with art and counselling bringing depth, intimacy and presence to their work. In the spirit of inquiry, our community respects each individual’s beliefs and encourages the development of meaning and self-knowledge. We are committed to nurturing each student and upholding their emotional integrity. This commitment to the soul’s journey is both our creative challenge and our guiding principle.

Our students leave with a compassion for self and others and the desire to serve in their communities through individual growth and collective transformation.