ExAT Training

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

https://www.wheatinstitute.com/dual-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

https://www.wheatinstitute.com/expressive-arts-certificate

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
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
USA


Affiliated Associations

CATA – Canadian Art Therapy Association

IACAET – International Association of Creative Arts in Education & Therapy

IEATA – The International Expressive Arts Therapy Association

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