The Helios Horses in London

Colour affects us all the time in some way or other; in the colours we dress in to enhance our image, in the way we decorate our homes, offices, schools, Hospitals, Prisons and Restaurants. Colours makes us feel better and happy, or, have a depressing affect on us. Colour is used in marketing to help to sell products, for example the colour and image on a business card or letter-
head can encourage clients to make contact if it looks interesting. Food arranged in a colourful way on a plate will stimulate the taste buds and makes it look appetising. Colour is fun.

Colour may be used therapeutically to improve our health. Light therapy is one option; this involves shining coloured light onto the body either specifically or systemically. Benefits are experienced in general health and well being. Other specific problems suitable for colour treatment are
stress, anxiety, exhaustion, skin problems and emotional difficulties such as bereavement. Colour often helps with reading disorders such as Dyslexia and with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (M.E) and with the winter Syndrome known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

The colours and shapes drawn in art therapy are indicative of the persons Life style and identify with their problems, as the drawings come from the unconscious mind spontaneously into the conscious one. This is a practical way of using colour in counselling or psychotherapy and is much easier to talk about a problem through an image than just talking about it cold. We often find when the time is right we can deal with a past problem and this can be a practical way of doing so.

Helios offers a tailor made therapy programme using the Transpersonal Perspective of Counselling, Relaxation Techniques and Light Therapy.   Helios also has a Colour Training Programme, which follows guidelines from the Institute for Complementary Medicine and the International Association of Colour.   The following pages give more information on the Training Courses and Personal Development Programme.

   The following page gives more information on the training courses and cdrom.

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