Events
CPD courses
Perinatal art therapy
Friday 13 - Saturday 14 September 2024
Online via Zoom
This course introduces art therapy practice within the perinatal period (roughly from pregnancy to two years old). It's a time of enormous change, when the emotional and mental health of parents impacts infant wellbeing, and support can be crucial.
ARTiculate courses
ARTiculate for staff in education and social care
Day 1: Friday 20 September 2024
Day 2: Friday 18 October 2024
Day 3: Friday 15 November 2024
Online via Zoom
We've designed this course to better equip education and social care professionals to use art safely and effectively as a communication tool when supporting young people with a range of issues such as trust, relationship building and emotional literacy.
CPD courses
Mentalisation-based art therapy: introduction day
Friday 27 September 2024
Online via Zoom
Mentalisation-based art therapy can be useful for adults who suffer from intense emotional distress and children experiencing social, emotional and mental health difficulties. This course introduces practitioners to the underlying principles and possible applications of mentalisation-based approaches to art therapy with adults and children.
CPD courses
Psychoeducation in art therapy practice
Saturday 5 October 2024
Online via 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
Child development and its significance in art therapy across the life cycle
Friday 11 - Saturday 12 October 2024
Online via Zoom
This course will explore child development from a trauma informed, biopsychological and attachment perspective. It will examine the crucial and unique role that art therapy can play in both pinpointing and reworking poorly negotiated developmental steps.
Introduction and Foundation courses
One week foundation in art therapy
Monday 28 October - Friday 1 November 2024
Online via Zoom
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.
Conferences
Annual conference 2024: Art therapy and innovation: attending to context and relationship
Saturday 9 November 2024
Wellcome Collection, London
This year our annual conference will be held in person at the Wellcome Collection on Saturday 9 November 2024. Together we will explore art therapy and innovation, looking at some of the changes in practice that have developed over recent years.
Introduction and Foundation courses
Introduction to the profession of art therapy
Saturday 16 November 2024
Online 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 is for you.
CPD courses
Working with loss and grief: till death do us art
Friday 22 - Saturday 23 November 2024
Online via Zoom
This new creative course explores death, loss and grief, its implications for therapy work, and the importance of self-care. On this course, you will have the opportunity to safely explore this important aspect of living, reflecting both on client work and on your own feelings and experiences.
CPD courses
Supervision training
Tuesday 3 - Wednesday 4 December 2024
Online via Zoom
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.
CPD courses
The bodymind model of art therapy
Friday 6 December 2024
Online via Zoom
The bodymind model delineates core processes and mechanisms of art therapy. In this course you will learn how to use this model in practice and research.
Frequently asked questions
Bookings for our online 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 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.