Expressive Arts Therapy Training in Canada (Offer 2+ year diplomas recognized by OEATA)
The CREATE Institute (Toronto, ON) Director: Ouida Pihulyk

VATI EXA (Vancouver Art Therapy Institute, BC) Co-Directors: Heather Dawson and Sabette Thompson.

Please contact Heather Dawson and Sabette Thompson for further information about VATI’s Expressive Arts Therapy Training heatherdawson@vati.bc.ca and sabette@vati.bc.ca
WHEAT (Winnipeg Holistic Art & Expressive Arts Therapy Institute, MB) Director: Darci Adam

Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma: cross-disciplinary training in the multi- and inter-modal expressive arts therapy approach to change through the creative process.
- Diploma includes spring and summer in-person immersions, online coursework during the academic year, 300-hour direct contact practicum experience, ongoing supervision, and academic and writing support in the completion of a research project in an area of personal interest.
- A diverse group of teachers will support students to explore identity and self in relation, journeying towards braver and safer creative spaces. Solution-oriented in essence, WHEAT integrates aspects of psychology, phenomenology, somatic awareness, and Indigenous worldviews to develop playful, creative, informed therapeutic arts programs that support the nourishment of the imagination and the strengthening and sharing of each individual voice.
- Summer and spring immersions take place at Painted Sky Studio, a beautiful, tranquil, lakefront location in the Métis community of St. Laurent, Manitoba. Yoga and meditation combined with our water spa experience, and top-quality training create a profound holistic healing experience. Enjoy Painted Sky sunsets, beach walking, kayaking, and delicious food in community with your cohort to make this your most memorable learning experience ever.
- Diploma cohorts launch annually in July.
- 2.5 year program
Dual Art Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy Program: 800+ hour Dual Diploma including training, supervision and research opportunities in both disciplines.
For more information, please contact WHEAT Institute at info@wheatinstitute.com or 1-431-887-2787
https://www.wheatinstitute.com/expressive-arts-therapy-diploma
Expressive Arts Training in Canada (Certificate Programs, 1 year or less that are recognized by OEATA)
The CREATE Institute (Centre for Expressive Arts Therapy Education, Toronto, ON) Director: Ouida Pihulyk
The School of Expressive Arts Therapy (Hamilton, ON) Director: Susanne Dorder

Prairie Institute of Expressive Arts Therapy (Calgary, AB) Director: Carmen Richardson
WHEAT (Winnipeg Holistic Art & Expressive Arts Therapy Institute, MB) Director: Darci Adam

Expressive Arts Certificate
- Certificate includes a spring and summer immersion, along with therapeutic arts weekends in the content areas of Poetry, Video Storytelling, Music, Movement, and Drama, as well as core inter-modal expressive arts weekends and exposure to somatic work.
- Features a variety of talented expressive arts educators and artists, sharing knowledge born of years of practicing their crafts and honing their skills as artists, educators, and helpers. Our Certificate program supports professionals who work full-time to explore the foundations of inter-modal expressive arts in combination with a deeper dive into the therapeutic use of music, movement, drama, poetry, film, and mindfulness. This work has been applied in schools, assisted living residences, ministry, social service agencies, land-based work, and beyond.
- Certificate cohorts launch annually in July or October.
- 1 year program
For more information, please contact WHEAT Institute at info@wheatinstitute.com or 1-431-887-2787
World Arts Organization (Edmonton, AB ) Director: Markus Scott-Alexander
International Expressive Arts Therapy Training
FINLAND
- Institute INARTES Rastilan kartano
Karavaanik 4 SF-00980 Helsinki
Ph: +358 040 770 4299
Email: kirsi.lybeck@kolumbus.fi
www.inartes.fi
GERMANY
- Langen Institut
c/o Präha Gruppe
Rathausstrasse. 20-22, Kerpen DE-50169
Ph: +49 0049 22 73 9 3250 Fax: +49 22 73 9 3259
Email: info@praeha.de
www.langen-institut.de
ISRAEL
- ISIS ISRAEL
PO Box 48533, 61484 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
Tel.+972 3 6996369 or Tel. +972 3 6996343
Fax +972 3 6996376
Email: ofer@isis.co.il or yaacovn@hotmail.com - ISIS MUSRARA
Haar street 9, MUSRARA-Jerusalem ISRAEL
Tel. +972 2 6280934 Fax +972 2 6264479
Email: anor1@netvision.net.il
www.musrara.co.il
NORWAY
- Norsk Institutt for Kunst-og Uttrykksterapi
Fossveien 20,N-0551 Oslo
Ph & Fax: +47 22 38 25 12
Email:rfencl@online.ne
www.nikut.no
PERU
- TAE Peru Terapia de Artes Expresivas Peru
Calle Ayacucho 166 Miraflores
Ph: (511) 2414452 Fax:(511) 94151941
Email: informes@taeperu.org
www.taeperu.org
SPAIN
- Institut de sociologia i psicologia aplicades – ISPA
Amigo 19
E-08021 Barcelona
Tel. +34 93 209 77 46 Fax +34 93 200 99 51
Email: ispa@ispa.es
www.ispa.es
SWEDEN
- Svenska Institutet fsr Uttryckande Konstterapi
Fjällgatan 23A, SE-11628 Stockholm
Ph: +46 08 640 74 47
Email: info@expressivearts.se
www.expressivearts.se
SWITZERLAND
- European Graduate School (Saas-Fee, Switzerland)
- Institut ISIS
Ottikerstr. 2, CH-8006 Zürich
Tel. +41 44 382 33 09 Fax +41 44 382 33 07
Email: egis-isis@access.ch - L’ATELIER
24 avenue du Midi, CH-1205 Genève
Tel. & Fax +41 22 3203993
USA
- Appalachian State University
- CIIS – California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco, CA)
- The Expressive Arts Institute of San Diego
3817 Ray Street, San Diego, CA 92104
Ph: (619) 239-1713 Fax: (619) 234-8223
Email: judith@arts4change.com
www.arts4change.com - Florida Expressive Arts (Sarasota, FL)
- Lesley University (Cambridge, MA)
- Tamalpa Institute
P.O. Box 794, Kentfield, CA 94914
Ph: (415) 457-8555 Fax: (415) 457-7960
Email: info@tamalpa.org
www.tamalpa.org - Sophia University
Affiliated Associations
CATA – Canadian Art Therapy Association
IACAET – International Association of Creative Arts in Education & Therapy
IEATA – The International Expressive Arts Therapy Association

