Events
CPD courses
Dyadic parent-child art psychotherapy training - Level 1
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 January 2023
Delivered via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
Dyadic Parent-Child Art Psychotherapy is a way of working which focuses directly on the child’s primary attachment relationship. The therapist does not become the child’s therapist or the caregiver’s therapist but the relationship’s therapist. The aim of this two day course is practical: to give art therapists what they need to feel confident and competent to work in this way. It will provide a rationale, basic principles and outline how to put these into practice.
CPD courses
The power of language - the words we use and the way we story people
Saturday 4 February 2023
Delivered via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
This powerful and important workshop explores and reflects on the words which we use in conversations, in therapy, in notes/recordings, and in places like meetings & client consultations.
Introduction and Foundation courses
Introduction to the profession of art therapy
Saturday 11 February 2023
Delivered via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
Are you looking for a new career that involves creativity and personal growth? Whether you are starting to shape your professional path or want to change an established work career, this workshop will help you to find out if the profession of art therapy may suit your needs.
CPD courses
Art therapy with groups of children
Friday 24 February 2023
Delivered via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
This course will support your understanding of what you need to consider in order to set up and begin facilitating art therapy groups with primary aged children.
CPD courses
Haptic perception in art therapy: using clay for implicit repair of developmental deficits
Tuesday 7 - Wednesday 8 March 2023
Delivered via Zoom, information for the day and invite to join will be sent 1 week before
Haptic Perception, touching objects with our hands, is the most fundamental of human experiences. This course teaches practitioners about haptic perception in art therapy where using the hands and touch therapy with clay can offer diagnostic insights and implicit repair of developmental deficits.
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. The aim is for participants to gain knowledge of current good practice in this field and be familiar with the specific contribution’s art therapists can make when working with complex trauma.
CPD courses
Introduction to EMDR in 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) is a treatment that was originally developed for people who had a diagnosis of PTSD/C-PTSD to process traumatic life events. This course aims to introduce practitioners working with children, young people and adults to the potential of EMDR as a useful tool for their clinical practice and will include signposting to training and accreditation.
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
Supervisory tasks may include clinical or managerial roles or both and supervisees may be experienced art therapists or students in training. The course will provide theoretical input by looking at different models of supervision.
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
This course is open to qualified art therapists and art therapy trainees who would like to learn more about approaches and methods to use in online art therapy practice. This course introduces ethical considerations for helping create a safe and secure virtual environment, web-based digital art media programs to incorporate into individual and group art therapy work, and how to implement 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 this course, participants will examine how they can position their clinical and community work in a manner that champions social justice, open dialogues, critical perspectives, and citizenship. In particular art therapy can support social justice by facilitating opportunities for visualizing injustices, representing voices, bringing people together, and imagining solutions.
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.
Frequently asked questions
Bookings for the course close one week before the start date.
Joining instructions for the course will be emailed to you then.
With the new website you will also be able to find this information in your Memberzone, under bookings, one week before the course.
It is the attendees’ responsibility to check their email including junk and spam folders for joining instructions. Contacting the office on the day or evening before the start date will not always be responded to prior to the course starting.
We will no longer require you to complete a form for these bookings. However, upon 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.
The specific employer funded rate is no longer applicable. When booking please select your normal member rate.
If your employer is unable to pay by card and needs an invoice, please email us at events@baat.org. Please note we require a PO number for these payments.
