What will I learn?

Art-based processes in supervision will feature prominently in the curriculum.

Understanding implications of the legal framework as well as organisational dynamics and their impact on supervision will be an integral part of the programme.

The training will also focus on enabling you to become a research-aware supervisor and learn how to evaluate the efficacy of your supervisory work.

Read the course information pack to learn more about our art therapy supervision diploma.

Download information pack (PDF)

How will I learn

This course is run online. You can study the course full time or part time:

• Full time – one year
• Part time – two years

Application deadline

The deadline for applications is 1 November 2024

Download application form (doc)

Please send your completed application form to hello@baat.org.

Interview dates

Interviews will be held on:

• 20 November 2024
• 27 November 2024
• 4 December 2024
• 18 December 2024

Programme Leader

Dr Sarah Haywood 

Sarah is an art psychotherapist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. She has 13 years of post-qualifying clinical experience, working with children, young people, parents/carers and families. Sarah first began supervising others’ practice in 2012.

Sarah is an art therapy educator, researcher, trainer and writer. She has been facilitating teaching and training for adult learners for almost 25 years, including university education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In 2022, Sarah was nominated for an Excellent Teaching Award through the Student Teaching and Representation (STaR) Awards at Queen Margaret University (QMU).

Sarah cares passionately about making spaces for both work and learning inclusive and accessible for all. In 2023, she joined the editorial board of the International Journal of Art Therapy as one of its lead Associate Editors for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

Scholarships

We are offering 3 scholarships of £1,000.

Who can apply for a scholarship?

We’d like to encourage suitable applicants from minoritised and marginalised groups, who may have traditionally faced barriers to participation in art therapy education or professional development. This includes persons of colour, those who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community, disabled persons, and members of neurominority groups.

One of the scholarships is supported by NHS England and will be awarded to an applicant who has faced barriers to learning due to disability. We understand this concept in relation to the social model of disability, which recognises that persons are disabled by barriers in society, not by an impairment or difference. You may not explicitly identify yourself as ‘disabled’ but nonetheless be eligible for this scholarship.

Applicants for the scholarships must:

1. Be a full member of the British Association of Art Therapists.
2. Meet the course entry requirements.
3. Be a member of an underrepresented group within the art therapy profession compared with the working-age population.

If you are not sure whether you are a suitable applicant for a scholarship award, please feel free to contact us at hello@baat.org to discuss.

How to apply for a scholarship

To apply, please add a statement of up to 500 words or a 3-4 minute video to your programme application to let us know how the scholarship will help enable you to take part in the diploma. Tell us about:

1. The barriers you have experienced to participating in learning or professional development opportunities.
2. How the scholarship award would help to dismantle or work around those barriers.
3. Specific examples of challenges, from your own experience.

The scholarship applications will be reviewed by a panel including our diplomas programme leaders, professional development manager, and a member of our council. The panel will review each application based on the above criteria.