Annual conference 2023: Art therapy and the climate crisis
Annual conference 2023: Art therapy and the climate crisis
Art therapy and the climate crisis: building emotional resilience
The climate crisis is a global health and mental health crisis. From extreme weather to air pollution, climate anxiety to the energy crisis, increasingly our planet’s greatest existential threat is becoming a part of our everyday lives.
This year, we invite you to join our online conference to think about the effect the climate crisis is having on you, your work and how art and art therapy can help meet this challenge.
How can we help build emotional resilience in ourselves, the people we support, and our communities?
Keynote speaker: Judith Anderson
Emotional resilience and the climate crisis – a psychological overview
Judith Anderson is a Jungian Analytical Psychotherapist with a background in psychiatry. Judith has been particularly focused on the climate, environmental and biodiversity crises facing us and how psychotherapeutic methods can be in service to these challenges. Judith is currently Chair of Climate Psychology Alliance.
Conference program
Also presenting at this year’s annual conference will be:
- The sustainable healthcare perspective: art therapy supporting sustainable healthcare, presented by Ben Whittaker, Health and Allied Health Professions (AHP) Lead at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
- How do we shape the future of art therapy in a climate emergency? Presented by Art Therapists, Gary Nash and Vanessa Jones.
- What role does art therapy play in individual and collective responses to climate crisis? Presented by Dr Jamie Bird, Art Therapist and arts-based researcher at the University of Derby.
- A case study of environmental art therapy in practice, presented by Josephine Burke, Art Therapist.
- The evidence base for nature-based art therapy, presented by Dr Zoe Moula, Lecturer in Mental Health, King’s College London and Editor-in-Chief Designee – International Journal of Art Therapy.
About our annual conference
Our annual conference brings together art therapists, artists and other professionals to share cutting edge practice, and to connect and learn from each other.
Frequently asked questions
Bookings for the course close one week before the start date, at 10.00am.
Joining instructions and the delegate pack will be available in your Memberzone, under bookings, once bookings have closed. A reminder email will be sent out to delegates one week before the course.
It is the attendees’ responsibility to check they have access to the joining instructions before the course. Contacting the office on the day or evening before the start date will not always be responded to prior to the course starting.
Employer funded bookings are now available to pay by card and are no longer at a higher cost.
When making a booking, your employer will be required to provide their credit/debit card details to complete the payment. Please also tick the employer funded option at checkout.
If your employer wants to pay by invoice, we will now be charging an additional £20 admin fee (this applies per person, per booking).
You will need to complete our Invoice Details Request – Course Booking Form, and return it to us along with a PO number. Please note, we cannot accept the form without a PO number.
If you need further assistance, please contact us at events@baat.org.
