Art Therapy Trainings You Can Attend

Art Therapy Trainings You Can Attend

Hey therapeutic art facilitator! In this post, you’ll see a list of mostly trainings, classes, workshops, conferences, and programs that you can attend to hone your skills in providing therapeutic art services (there are a mix of online and in-person).

If you are a social worker, counselor, creative coach, or any type of healer interested in incorporating art-based approaches into your work, these are a mix of in-person online trainings to consider that are related to art therapy.

(These are not in particular order.) Each one has a particular approach, subject matter, or focus in their training so please check out their respective websites to find out more about what they offer. These are the trainings that will give you specific in-depth knowledge and help you develop real skills, unlike some other online courses out there that give you more superficial information around art therapy.
The list is right below!

Courses and Programs

These are online courses or programs, which may include having a curriculum, evaluation, getting a certificate, etc. Note that these are generally more extensive and intensive than one-time classes.

  1. Center for Creative Arts Therapy - https://www.c4creativeartstherapy.com

  2. Canadian International Institute of Art Therapy - https://ciiat.org

  3. Oxford College of Arts & Therapies - https://www.ocat.org.uk/courses/

  4. Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy (some online, offers certificate program AND one-time workshops/classes) - https://expressive-arts-therapy.thinkific.com/collections 

  5. University of Florida’s “Arts in Medicine” program - https://arts.ufl.edu/academics/center-for-arts-in-medicine/programs/arts-in-medicine/

  6. Arts in Health Institute - https://www.artsinhealthinstitute.com/collections 

  7. Institute for Creative Mindfulness - https://www.instituteforcreativemindfulness.com/

  8. Eco-Art Therapy - http://ecoart-therapy.org/ (website currently being updated)

  9. Art4Healing® Program - https://art4healing.org/international-certification/

  10. Person-Centered Expressive Arts Certificate Program - https://personcenteredexpressivearts.com/

  11. Prairie Institute of Expressive Art Therapy in Calgary, AB, Canada- http://www.pieat.ca/#trainingdesk

Keep scrolling for one-time classes and workshops listed below…

One-Time Classes or Workshops

The trainings below are live professional presentations and workshops offered through conferences. Usually anyone, especially any professional (no matter their field) can sign up for these conferences.

  1. Expressive Therapies Summit (held 2x a year, was in-person but also started doing online as well since 2021, don’t know if they’ll continue to do it online in the future) - https://www.expressivetherapiessummit.com/

  2. American Art Therapy Conference (annual, usually in-person only, except during 2021-2022) - https://arttherapy.org/annual-conferences/

  3. International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Conference (online) - https://www.ieata.org/conference-events

  4. Water & Stone Creative Arts Therapy Conference (both online & in-person) - https://www.creativelyhealing.com/conference.html

  5. ITA Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Conference (online) - https://itachicago.org/conference/

  6. European Arts Therapies Conference (in-person) - https://www.ecarte.info/conference

  7. The Art Therapy Project (online continuing education workshops) - https://thearttherapyproject.org/continuing-education

Please note that these offerings may change their online / in-person format, so check their websites to verify if they still provide it online.

Also check out your local university’s art therapy master’s program’s community offerings (e.g., free public lectures or workshops) and local art therapy organization’s continuing education classes. They can be great resources to expand your knowledge.

If there are more trainings you know, please share them in the comments!

Hope that this was helpful! Bookmark this page or share with a friend who might need this!

x Youhjung

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