This course is for qualified Art Therapists and Art Therapy Trainees only. Evidence is mounting that patient education can both increase the effectiveness of psychological therapy interventions by strengthening the therapeutic alliance and be a valid brief intervention in its own right. Psychoeducational approaches which are overly academic or cognitively based can be less effective in situations where learning and attention can be compromised by emotional distress or developmental issues.

Convenors: Neil Springham

This training day is for both experienced and newly qualified art psychotherapists only who are thinking about becoming self-employed either as a private or independent practitioner. The aim of the course is to equip art therapists to work safely, ethically and legally as self-employed practitioners.

Convenors: Anthea Hendry & Themis Kyriakidou

This level 2 dyadic parent-child art psychotherapy training is for art therapist who have already completed the Level 1 dyadic parent-child art psychotherapy training run in London, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Manchester or Belfast since 2014.

Convenors:

Anthea Hendry, Lizzie Taylor Buck, Katie Wilson & Amanda Platt

This training day is for both experienced and newly qualified art psychotherapists who are thinking about becoming self-employed practitioners either as a sessional worker, private practitioner or some other form of independent practitioner.

Convenors: Janet de Heger & Dave Rogers

The current sharp increase in children and young people’s mental health issues at a time of significant budget cuts means that services are struggling to meet this need. ARTiculate is designed and endorsed by BAAT specifically for staff in education settings who wish to be better equipped to support children and young people through art.

Convenors: Mary Rose Brady

A key task of the British Association of Art Therapists is to act as the learned society for the profession and the International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape is the primary record of this activity. The validity of what appears in the journal rests on sound peer review with the BAAT membership forming the basis of that peer system. The development of art therapy theory that is truly representative of contemporary practice rests on the widest possible involvement of BAAT members.

Convenors: N. Springham, A. McDonald, S. Carr & H. Jury

The course will look at Eating Disorders (mainly Anorexia) from different perspectives. It will consider physical health issues, common complex dynamics of splits in families, the possible paralysis of thinking in teams and organisations, and the role of individual therapists within this.

Convenors: Cliff Free

This course is open to all who wish to attend. What is the impact of trauma, neglect, toxic stress & disrupted attachment on children, adolescents, and on their surrounding adults? What is the impact on the body, brain, emotions, behaviours, learning, and relationships? This course focuses on translating the latest evidence-base, neuroscience findings, and attachment, loss, stress, and trauma theories into day-to-day case work.

Convenors: Dr Karen Treisman

This course is intended for art therapists who are supervisors and for those who may be thinking about taking on this role. All levels of experience are welcome. 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.

Convenors: Val Huet & Janet de Heger

This course is for qualified mental health practitioners only. (psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, art therapists, drama therapists, play therapists etc.) You must be qualified and currently under a professional body which enables you to undertake mental health treatment as well as hold insurance. CATT is an internationally applied and well-established child-centred technique for treating developmental trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Convenors: Carly Raby

This course is open all qualified professions only. The course will outline the basics of formulation, with examples of formulations drawn from mainstream psychological therapies. It will give careful consideration to the needs of those who use art therapy services and then to how existing art therapy practices can be added to formulation in order to strengthen it as a basis for treatment.

Convenors: Neil Springham & Alex McDonald