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We are the UK professional membership body for art therapists. Twitter: https://twitter.com/baat_org
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27/01/2026

✨️💬 'What becomes possible is research that isn’t something happening to us or without us, but something we’re actively shaping.'

Dr Simon Hackett believes research shouldn’t be locked behind the university door. We asked him what becomes possible when art therapists shape research, not just receive it.

🔗 Read the full article: https://baat.org/publications/insight/winter-2025/breaking-barriers-opening-research-pathways-for-art-therapists/

26/01/2026

🙌 New research by Bangor University shows how the arts, creativity and art therapy deliver at least £588 million a year in health and productivity benefits across Wales.

Read the findings and report on the Art Council for Wales website 🔗 https://arts.wales/about-us/research/assessing-economic-impact-arts-on-health-and-healthcare-services-wales

23/01/2026

'Clients will not necessarily have the words for the profound nature of what has happened to them, but this is the gift art therapy can bring.'

🔗 In our interview with her last year, art therapist and consultant Anthea Hendry shared her unique journey from social work to pioneering dyadic art therapy within the adoption sector: https://baat.org/publications/insight/summer-2024/art-therapy-and-adoption-services/

➡️ You can also learn more from Anthea in our training on working with looked after and adopted children, coming up in March: https://baat.org/event/working-with-looked-after-and-adopted-children-complex-trauma-and-art-therapy-3/

21/01/2026

📑 New research paper | 'Inpatient adolescent mental health care: art therapy, acute distress, and restrictive practices'

The findings from the paper indicate that art therapy is an important part of mental health care. It can provide opportunities for expression, choice and control in a challenging hospital environment, which can benefit young people who struggle to engage with verbal therapies.

🔗 Read the whole article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17454832.2026.2614094?src=

19/01/2026

Associate editors Sarah Haywood and Kirstie Nel both felt some trepidation about putting themselves forward as peer reviewers.

In their article, they bust the myths that might otherwise stop colleagues wanting to get involved, such as...

'I'm not an academic'
'I don’t have enough experience'
'I’m not the right kind of person'

🔗 Read more, and you could be helping to contribute to a journal issue like these! https://baat.org/publications/insight/winter-2025/peer-review-myths-busted/

16/01/2026

❓️ Are you a trainee or qualified art therapist. Or someone interested in art therapy? ⁠
⁠
Become one of our members and enjoy: ⁠
⭐️ Discounts on our courses⁠
⭐️ Free CPD library
⭐️ Regular bulletins with all the latest art therapy news and updates.⁠
and more. ⁠
⁠
🔗 Learn more: https://baat.org/baat-membership/how-to-join/

15/01/2026

Ahead of our series of courses on art therapy with people experiencing psychosis, check out the article by course tutor and experienced art therapist, Dr Chris Wood.

🔗 https://baat.org/publications/insight/spring-2025/working-as-an-art-therapist-with-people-who-experience-psychosis/

📸 Dr Chris Wood in her studio; A corner of the Netherne Studio (circa 1980); The Daydream’, by one of Chris's clients.

14/01/2026

🌟Upcoming course! Introduction to the profession of art therapy

This introduction day will give you a chance to find out if the profession of art therapy may be for you.

📆 Saturday 14 March 2026, 10am - 4pm
📍 Online

🔗Find out more: https://baat.org/event/introduction-to-the-profession-of-art-therapy-9/

12/01/2026

📑 New research paper | 'Therapeutic potentials of people, spaces and collections in museum-based art psychotherapy groups'

Findings suggest museum-based adult art psychotherapy groups have four main therapeutic benefits, including increased inclusion in the wider community and increased self-esteem.

🔗Read more - free to read for the first 50 clicks: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SZPHVIT5TTZGH9RQTVKU/full?target=10.1080/17454832.2025.2597991

09/01/2026

📣 Special issue call for articles | community-based art therapy
📆 Deadline for submissions: 1- 31 Macrh 2026

In an upcoming special issue of our journal, the International Journal of Art Therapy, we're welcoming research, practice and opinion submissions on community-based art therapy.

🔗 Find out more: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/community-based-art-therapy/

08/01/2026

"One of the aspects I value most is collaborating with children and young people, recognising that they are the true experts in their diagnosis, treatment, and lived experience."

🖌️ In our latest spotlight article, Dr Patricia Watts tells us about her work at the Teapot Trust as an art therapist in NHS paediatric rheumatology. ⁠

Read the full article on our website: https://baat.org/publications/insight/winter-2025/working-as-an-art-therapist-in-nhs-paediatric-rheumatology/

07/01/2026

🔥 Art therapy sessions could cut the risk of burnout by half, a study of London medics suggests.

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust worked with 129 doctors, nurses and other health professional from London hospitals to study the effects of group art therapy sessions.

They found that those who took part in the sessions reported much lower emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation, and less stress, anxiety and depression.

🔗 Read the full article from the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yj6412gvxo

📷️ Image: Dr Francesco Rosato
Credit: BBC

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British Association Of Art Therapists 24-27 White Lion Street
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Monday	10am - 6pm
Tuesday	8am - 4pm
Wednesday	8am - 4pm
Thursday	8am - 4pm
Friday	8am - 4pm

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