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• Saturday Supervision Group
  This group is for arts psychotherapists who work with complex and 'difficult to engage' clients, including those in forensic settings.  There is an emphasis on  exploring the personal impact of this work both on ourselves and the wider MDT.   Attention is also paid to the roles that we take up within the organisations we are employed in and how this affects our relationships with both service users and colleagues. The group is particularly useful for therapists who work alone, in small departments or who have limited clinical experience. The group meets for 3 hours, 6 Saturdays a year.
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• Summer Open at The Clock Tower Gallery, Sheffield
  16th August - 17th September 2010
  Open Mon-Fri  9.00 am - 5.00 pm
  Open exhibition for artists of all levels and abilities to display your work. Contact Kerry Blackett, Arts coordinator Kerry.Blackett@sth.nhs.uk
  tel 0114 271 4949
  Flyer in pop-up window >>
  
  
• 9th Exeter Arts & Therapies Conference 2010
  Friday 17th September 2010
  The Exeter Guildhall, High Street, Devon
  "Doom & Bloom"-  In challenging times people need both art and community more not less. Further details and booking form >>
  Web site: www.insiderart.org.uk       
   
• Art Therapy Practice Research Network
   
  Symposium 24 September 2010
  This symposium will introduce different research methodologies that can be used by Arts Therapists. More >>
  
  

• Dance Day UK 25 September 2010
  Dance Day UK is about raising funds for a number of frontline charities that look after and support our Serving and Ex-Service men, women and their families.We are inviting the Great British Public to organise events across the country for National Dance Day 2010 to help raise much needed support and funds for the following charities.
  Flyer >>        Web site www.dancedayuk.org
  
  
• Felt Making and Clay Making Workshops
  One-day, weekly and week-end workshops in Henley on Thames
  Flyer >>  Special offer for BAAT members >>
  Web site: www.trishacrocker.co.uk
   
• THE BIG DRAW
  The Big Draw returns this October under the banner, Make your Mark on the Future, for what should be its biggest and most successful season yet.  Last year more than 1600 events across the UK - and in seven other countries - encouraged people of all ages to engage creatively with their community, environment and heritage.  The annual Big Draw provides an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of creativity in healing.

If you're interested in organising your own Big Draw event head to www.campaignfordrawing.org and after registering (free) you will receive a free DVD jam-packed with excellent case studies offering inspiring examples and useful strategies.  It's worth noting that 20 Awards worth up to £1000 each are presented to organisers of outstanding events.

Several of the 2009 Award winning Big Draw events advocated creativity within healthcare, including: students of Stockport College raising public awareness of mental health day with a hundred-metre Big Doodle and clockwork drawing machines making wonderful geometric patterns;  Fresh Arts encouraged positive involvement in North Bristol hospitals with patients, visitors and health care professionals collaboratively producing a plethora of wonderful art work; Prema Arts Centre devised a project for patients with longer-term medical conditions and enduring mental health problems which prohibited their taking part in mainstream community life- the aim was to provide a safe environment for everyone to develop new skills, to think big, and to have fun. The Big Draw offers a great opportunity to promote the excellent work of Art Therapy in a fun and engaging way.

• SUPERVISING COMPLEX CASES
  15 October 2010, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
  The British Psychological Society
  30-34 Tabernacle Street, Finsbury, London EC2A 4UE
  Dr Maggie Stanton, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
  Christine Dunkley, Advanced Practitioner in Psychological Therapy
  Suitable for mental health professionals.
  Further details and booking: http://www.stantonltd.co.uk/product.php?xProd=14&xSec=2
   
• Guild of Psychotherapists Annual Public Lecture
  Saturday 13 November 2010
  "From Survival to Creative Destiny: The  Clinical and Theoretical Work of Nina Farhi" by Jean White. Details >>
   
• West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy
  Jungian Public Lectures 2010/11
  Programme and booking >>