Introduction & Foundation Courses
 

Introduction to the profession of Art Therapy:
Saturday, 20 July 2013, London
Saturday, 6 July 2013, Southampton
Art Therapy Foundation Courses:
Thursday evenings course London (starting September)
One-week course London 28 October - 1 November
One-week course Manchester 9-13 September

Short CPD courses for Art Therapists
 

(Some courses are open to other health & education professionals)
Secondary Trauma & Resilience
Brief Approached to Art Therapy
Intensive Mentalization Training
An introduction to Mindfulness Based Art Therapy (London & Bristol)
Setting up in Private Practice
Art Therapy & Positive Emotion (Bristol)
Skills for Practice workshops: focus on Art Therapy in Education
Presentation & Teaching Skills (EDINBURGH)

Art Therapy Supervision
Training

Course for art therapists who are supervisors and for those who may be thinking about taking on this role. 23-24 July, London.
and 18 October, EDINBURGH.

CPD Courses: 100% rate our courses good or very good

Latest ratings for our CPD courses is: 85% very good and 15% good - which is even better than last year. CPD courses >>

For BAAT members
 

BAAT members are eligible for various benefits from the AHP Rewards scheme including discounts on business, travel, insurance & lifestyle products. Log onto the BAAT members' site for details


BAAT Research Library
BAAT members can access this new resource that has art therapy research articles and relevant books catalogued under our main practice areas at www.baatlibrary.org.

ICRA Conference
 

International Centre for Research in Arts Therapies conference in London on Tuesday 9 July.
Introduction: Diane Waller, Helen Odell-Miller
Morning presentations: "Intercultural dramatherapy research", "Dance Movement Therapy for Depression: Implications for migrant communities", "Promoting empowerment of vulnerable youngsters by art-based interventions" and "Dramatherapy and Schemafocused Therapy".
Afternoon parallel workshops: "Creating Connexions: Body Oriented Psychotherapy" and "Involving Service Users in Research"
Programme & booking details >>

BAAT Conference:
Attachment and the Arts

"Neuroscience, attachment and creativity" Saturday 5 October at The City Temple, Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2DE
Keynote speaker:  Dr Iain McGilchrist, : author of "The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World".
There has been a growing recognition and research evidence of the impact of attachments on human development, particularly from the field of Neuroscience. This conference will introduce concepts and evidence from this field and focus on the role of art in this process. Possible implications for art therapy practice and research will also be introduced. This conference is of interest to art therapists, artists in health, psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors and other professionals within health, social care and wellbeing
Details of conference and how to book >>

DVD from the  2012 Attachment
and The Arts conference
"Compassion and the Image"

Includes three presentations: Professor Paul Gilbert on Fear of Compassion, Jan Lobban on the Compassionate Image and Richard Kidgell on his experience of a compassionate image as an art therapy client. 2012 Attachment & the Arts conference >>
Price: £6 including p & p. email info@baat.org  or ring 020 7686 4217 to order (pay by cheque or credit/debit card)

Art therapy in galleries
and museums

There is a growing interest in this area from both service users and professionals illustrated by two short films from the Art B project in  North Wales. See the videos >>

NHS Video
"Careers in Art Therapy"

Art Therapy careers in the NHS video