Events
Masterclasses
Masterclass in art therapy with ‘hard to reach’ children & young people
Saturday 28 February 2026
Online via Zoom
This masterclass aims to allow a creative space to safely discuss and explore what is meant by the term ‘hard to reach’ when working with children and young people (CYP). We will explore factors that might contribute to this classification and consider examples of ways to encourage engagement in art therapy.
Masterclasses
Masterclass in maintaining your creative practice as an art therapist
Friday 12 June 2026
Online via Zoom
Maintaining fitness to practice for an art therapist includes ‘engagement in their own arts-based process’. This masterclass is for all art therapists who want to explore and/or re-ignite their creativity. We will address potential blocks and barriers that hinder creative potential and look at ways to maintain a regular creative practice that fits around the challenges of daily life.
Masterclasses
Masterclass in working alongside neurominority and learning disability communities
Saturday 26 September 2026
Online via Zoom
This masterclass will offer opportunities to consider and explore how you can shape your art therapy practice to be more welcoming and accessible for people whose ways of being sit outside socially constructed norms of behaviour and emotional expression.
Masterclasses
Masterclass in art therapy with people who experience psychosis
Saturday 27 February 2027
Online via Zoom
This masterclass focuses on advancing effective art therapy practice with people who experience psychosis. Contemporary understanding of psychosis is shaped by service user-informed approaches. This class will provide an opportunity for art therapists to further consider how to use service-user-informed models, research, and guidance effectively.
Frequently asked questions
Bookings for our online Introduction, Foundation, ARTiculate, CPD and Masterclass courses close one week before the start date, at 10.00am.
Joining instructions and materials 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 available for our online Introduction, Foundation, ARTiculate, CPD and Masterclass courses.
These bookings can be made on our website by paying by card at no extra cost. The booking should be made on the delegate’s account as we will need their contact details for the course. If they don’t have an account they can create one for free here. The 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, 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. Please note, there is an additional £20 admin fee for bookings via invoice.
If you need further assistance, please contact us at events@baat.org.
Some of our courses are open to a wider range of professionals. Information about who each course is designed for can be found on the event page under ‘Who this course is for.’ If you are unsure about your eligibility, please contact us at events@baat.org.
Please note that our CPD courses are short training opportunities intended for ongoing professional development. While you may be able to attend even if you are not an art therapist, these courses do not provide a professional qualification and do not entitle you to use any protected professional title other than those for which you are already qualified.
In the UK, the titles ‘Art Therapist’ and ‘Art Psychotherapist’ are legally protected. Only those who have completed an HCPC-approved masters degree and are registered with the HCPC in that profession may use these titles. This requirement is set by UK law, not by BAAT. You can read more on the HCPC’s website.
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