BAAT - The British Association of Art Therapists

BAAT - The British Association of Art Therapists We are the UK professional membership body for art therapists. Twitter: https://twitter.com/baat_org
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✨ Art therapy in hospices is more than an art-making session. This Art Therapy in Hospices Week (22–28 September 2025), ...
23/09/2025

✨ Art therapy in hospices is more than an art-making session.

This Art Therapy in Hospices Week (22–28 September 2025), we’re sharing experiences from people like Wendy and Josie, who describe how art therapy made a meaningful difference to their lives.

By sharing these stories, we hope to raise awareness and advocate for wider access to art therapy in hospices.

🔗 Find out more about art therapy in hospices: https://baat.org/insights-updates/new-campaign-highlights-vital-role-of-art-therapy-in-hospices/

Today, we launch Art Therapy in Hospices Week.⁠⁠Hospices support people at some of life’s most critical moments. ⁠⁠As th...
22/09/2025

Today, we launch Art Therapy in Hospices Week.⁠
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Hospices support people at some of life’s most critical moments. ⁠
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As these services face growing pressures, we’re highlighting why art therapy can be a vital part of compassionate care.⁠
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⁠Art therapy can:
✨️ Help when words are not enough⁠
🌟 Alleviate distress and suffering⁠
✨️ Meet people where they are⁠
🌟 Reduce staff burnout⁠
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🔗 Explore the resources, share the materials and help us spread the word throughout this week!⁠ https://baat.org/insights-updates/new-campaign-highlights-vital-role-of-art-therapy-in-hospices/
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🎨 Upcoming course | 'Child Development & its significance in art therapy across the life cycle'📅 17–18 Oct 2025 | Online...
19/09/2025

🎨 Upcoming course | 'Child Development & its significance in art therapy across the life cycle'

📅 17–18 Oct 2025 | Online

Join Mary-Rose Brady for a rich 2-day course exploring child development from trauma-informed, biopsychological, and attachment perspectives.

💬 "Absolutely incredible! This is the learning and growing I have been craving!" - course attendee

✨ For qualified & trainee art therapists.

🔗 Book online: https://baat.org/event/child-development-and-its-significance-in-art-therapy-across-the-life-cycle/

📣 Annual Conference – in-person ticket deadlinesDon’t miss your chance to join us in person at the Wellcome Collection!➡...
17/09/2025

📣 Annual Conference – in-person ticket deadlines

Don’t miss your chance to join us in person at the Wellcome Collection!

➡️ Employer-funded tickets: book by 1 October

➡️ Individual tickets: book by 17 October

If you’d like to be there on the day, make sure to secure your place soon.

🔗 Haven’t seen the full programme yet? Take a look — we’ve got some fantastic presentations in store. https://baat.org/event/annual-conference-2025-art-therapy-and-collaboration-in-person-ticket/

✨ Next week! We’re launching our new campaign on art therapy in hospices — a week of stories, insights, and resources sh...
16/09/2025

✨ Next week! We’re launching our new campaign on art therapy in hospices — a week of stories, insights, and resources showing the difference it can make.

👉 Find out more and get involved: baat.org/publications/this-is-art-therapy/art-therapy-in-hospices/

Congratulations to Martin Hyde, whose artwork has been featured on the front cover of our journal. ➡️ You can read about...
15/09/2025

Congratulations to Martin Hyde, whose artwork has been featured on the front cover of our journal.

➡️ You can read about the artwork in the latest issue of the International Journal of Art Therapy: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17454832.2025.2536963

🖼️'Snakes and Ladders' | vintage snakes and ladders board, hand-painted wooden peg dolls, collage | 2025

⭐ Annual conference speaker spotlight! | Nicki Power ⭐Nicki Power is an art therapist and doctoral fellow at Queen Mary ...
12/09/2025

⭐ Annual conference speaker spotlight! | Nicki Power ⭐

Nicki Power is an art therapist and doctoral fellow at Queen Mary University of London, supported by Barts Charity.

Her coproduced research explores group art therapy for people with learning disabilities and mental distress using creative, inclusive methods.

Nicki is Strategic Lead for Art Therapies (Learning Disability) at East London NHS Foundation Trust, working on system-level change through creative transformation.

Active nationally and internationally in professional leadership, teaching, and publication, Nicki has worked with people with learning
disabilities since 2011.

👉 Don't miss out on securing your in-person ticket! https://baat.org/event/annual-conference-2025-art-therapy-and-collaboration-in-person-ticket/

✨️Do you want to develop your practice to work with parents and infants? Gain an introduction to art therapy in the peri...
11/09/2025

✨️Do you want to develop your practice to work with parents and infants?

Gain an introduction to art therapy in the perinatal period (roughly from pregnancy to two years old) in our upcoming course.

You'll learn about:
- a systemic biopsychosocial approach
- psychodynamic theory and practice
- early relational development
- how art therapy can be helpful

📅 Friday 10 – Saturday 11 October 2025
✨️ Open to suitably qualified and trainee professionals

🔗Find out more: https://baat.org/event/perinatal-art-therapy/

Open gallery submision from Roger Rogers, an artist from the U.S 1. June Reflection | oil on canvas | 2025 2. Weighing M...
10/09/2025

Open gallery submision from Roger Rogers, an artist from the U.S

1. June Reflection | oil on canvas | 2025
2. Weighing Morals | oil on canvas | 2025
3. Understood. | oil on canvas | 2025

'Inspired by cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), my work explores the pursuit of values. Reflection is therapeutic for the client and therapist (June Reflection). Living in line with values and moral standards improves mental health (Weighing Morals). Understanding is a crucial part of psychotherapy (Understood).'

Thank you for sharing your art with us. Find out how to submt your artwork: https://baat.org/galleries/about/

Latest issue of our journal, the International Journal of Art Therapy, out now! Includes four research papers presenting...
09/09/2025

Latest issue of our journal, the International Journal of Art Therapy, out now!

Includes four research papers presenting innovative art therapy approaches with children and young people in a variety of contexts.

➡️ Read the editorial by Christine Phang, Early Career Research Editor: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17454832.2025.2536371

🎨 Cover artwork: ‘Snakes and Ladders’ by Martin Hyde

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