Events
CPD courses
Working with looked after and adopted children: complex trauma and art therapy
Friday 24 - Saturday 25 March 2023
Delivered via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
This course promotes best practice in working safely, ethically and effectively with children who are looked after, on Special Guardianship orders, in kinship care or adoption. You will gain knowledge of current good practice in this field and become familiar with the specific contributions art therapists can make when working with complex trauma.
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EMDR meets art therapy for children, young people, and adults
Saturday 8 April 2023
Delivered via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) can be used as a treatment for people who have a diagnosis of PTSD/C-PTSD, depression, OCD, and eating disorders, to name a few. This course introduces practitioners to the potential of EMDR as a useful tool and signposts to training and accreditation.
CPD courses
Intersectional self-reflexivity: embracing anti-oppressive art therapy practice
15 April 2023 (10.00-12.30) + 3/17/31 May 2023 (18.00-19.30) + 17 June 2023 (10.00-12.30)
Online via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
As art therapists, we are ethically bound to consider our conscious and unconscious selves and the power we carry within the therapeutic relationship. Intersectional thinking encourages considerations of identity and the relational nature of power. This course is an introduction to intersectional frameworks, and invite you to meaningfully explore how identity and lived experiences may impact their practice.
Introduction and Foundation courses
One week foundation in art therapy
Monday 17 - Friday 21 April 2023
Online via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
This course is for people who are interested in art therapy as a career and want to consider training as an art therapist. It is also useful for other professionals who want to gain a better understanding of art within a care context.
CPD courses
Supervision training
Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 May 2023
Delivered via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
This two-day course provides the theoretical and practical guidance to support your supervisory role, whether it's a clinical or managerial role, or both.
Introduction and Foundation courses
Introduction to the profession of art therapy
Saturday 13 May 2023
Delivered via Zoom
Are you looking for a new career that involves helping others, creativity, and personal growth? Whether you are starting to shape your professional path or want to change an established career, this introduction day will give you a chance to find out if the profession of art therapy may be for you.
CPD courses
Online art therapy approaches and methods
Saturday 27 May 2023
Delivered via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
Learn more about approaches and methods to use online in your art therapy practice and how to create a safe and secure virtual environment. The course will introduce you to web-based digital art media programs to incorporate into individual and group art therapy work, and how you can use these art-based tools therapeutically.
CPD courses
Citizen art therapists: advocating for social justice and democracy
Friday 2 and Friday 9 June 2023
Delivered via Zoom, information for the day & invite to join will be sent 1 week before
In recent years, much of the world has been confronted with challenges to democracy. Learn how to position your clinical and community work in a manner that champions social justice, open dialogues, critical perspectives, and citizenship.
CPD courses
Animation and embodied story-making in clinical settings
Friday 16 - Saturday 17 June 2023
Online via Zoom, information for the day & invite to join will be sent 1 week before
Stop-frame animation is a powerful medium to use in clinical settings, allowing participants to tell difficult and traumatic stories. This course will give you a foundation for using animation and story-making from an experiential, theoretical, and practical perspective.
Introduction and Foundation courses
Introduction to the profession of art therapy
Saturday 1 July 2023
Delivered via Zoom
Are you looking for a new career that involves helping others, creativity, and personal growth? Whether you are starting to shape your professional path or want to change an established career, this introduction day will give you a chance to find out if the profession of art therapy may be for you.
CPD courses
Challenging dominant narratives from an LGBTQIA+ perspective: how to better serve art therapy service users
Saturday 8 July 2023
Delivered via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
This course is for anyone who would like to expand their self-reflection and challenge their limits in order to open up the therapeutic space. Specifically, the course is about how to better serve our LGBTQIA+ service users, but most importantly, we will see how reaching this goal helps us better serve all of our users.
CPD courses
Psychoeducation in art therapy practice
Saturday 16 September 2023
Online, delivered on Zoom
On this course we will explore how to effectively integrate psychoeducation into your clinical work. We will consider formal psychoeducational approaches, informal responsive interventions and the role of imagery to enhance therapeutic practice and support learning, collaboration and change.
CPD courses
Intersectional self-reflexivity: embracing anti-oppressive art therapy practice
16 September 2023 (10.00-12.30)
27 Sept/11 & 25 Oct 2023
(18.00-19.30)
11 Nov 2023 (10.00-12.30)
Online via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
As art therapists, we are ethically bound to consider our conscious and unconscious selves and the power we carry within the therapeutic relationship. Intersectional thinking encourages considerations of identity and the relational nature of power. This course will cover an introduction to intersectional frameworks, inviting participants to meaningfully explore how identity and lived experiences may impact their practice.
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.
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.
