Online Training: Certificate in Art Therapy Skills (for work with children and young people)
Part One (leading to the award of Certificate in Child and Adolescent Mental health)
- 10 x 2-hour child and adolescent mental health forums (one or two Thursday evenings a month or watch the recording in your own time).
- Time 5.30pm to 7.30pm
- 2 additional mental health webinars on therapeutic relational skills (watch in your own time)
- Assessment: Multiple choice to assess your assimilation of the course content.
Part Two: From Mental Health Theory to Therapeutic Practice (Art Therapy Interventions)
- Part Two of the programme starts during Part One
- (10am to 4.30pm each day)
- 2 additional art therapy webinars (watch in your own time)
- You will need to attend the final assessment day but you do not need to present.
- You will need to pass assessments from Part One and Two to gain the award.
As this is a rolling programme, you can complete part one at any time during part two. Once accepted, you will be given access to all 10 x 2 hour sessions (recorded) and two additional webinars. There is then a mostly multiple-choice assessment.
Fees
£1,195.00
Admissions
Application form and attending part one. You will need to pass both part one and part two assessments to get the award.
Early booking highly recommended as limited places
Dates
Autumn Cohort
ONLINE (10am to 4.30pm)
Day 1: Sunday 10th October 2026
Day 2: Saturday 7th November 2026
Day 3: Sunday 29th November 2026
Day 4: Saturday 16th January 2027
Day 5: Saturday 6th February 2027
Day 6: Saturday 6th March 2027
Day 7 (Assessment Day): Saturday 20th March 2027
Please note: IATE courses do not qualify for government education funding. As such, students cannot fund our courses via the Student or Advanced Learner Loans.
As we are not able to sponsor international students, you must have the right to live, work and/or study in the UK to join one of our on-site training programmes. Please note that we do not give advice on visas or visa requirements to live, work and/or study in the UK.
“This course gave me more than I ever expected. Just when I thought I knew myself, the experience shifted my perspective in profound ways. Thoroughly planned and deeply engaging, it's an essential foundation for anyone interested in arts therapeutic practice. With Ellie Baker at the helm, you're truly in safe hands – her guidance makes the journey both transformative and inspiring.”
Jacqui Ison Parcell
A flexible rolling training programme
Includes second award: Certificate in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
A training programme co-run by The Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education (Academic Partner of the University of East London) and Centre for Child Mental Health.
About the training
- Gain a wealth of knowledge about the causes and healing of child and adolescent mental health problems.
- Learn key art therapy skills: sand play, art, poetry, clay, art imaged-emotion cards, use of puppets. Everyday words fail to do justice to what a child wants to say, whereas a picture or image really does speak 1000 words.
- Learn how to enable children/young people to use arts and imagery to name their feelings and communicate far more effectively in order to process important life events.
- Includes second award: Certificate in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (part one)
- Progression route for those participants who want to go on to become a nationally recognised and registered art therapist or child psychotherapist.
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“I found this course to be a gift. The action of carving out time to create, explore and find myself again has offered me so much both personally and within my work. The exploring of lots of different art forms and the interweaving of theory has allowed a deeper understanding and prompted further exploration outside of the training days. What a wonderful and easily accessible course to get you started on a creative exploration and journey.”
Jeni“I really enjoyed this course, I learned so much about myself and as someone wanting to see if Art Therapy is something I want to pursue, it’s given me a lot more idea of what it’s potentially like to work as an art therapist, more than any course/taster sessions I’ve ever been on. Thank you so much to the tutors, I feel deeply inspired.”
Zoe“Such an inspiring course – what you bring to it is so unique! The space you create has been deeply transformational for me and encouraged me to explore myself and my inner world with far greater artistic confidence. Thank you.”
Tina“This course has been life changing in many ways and is something that I would never have expected from an online learning opportunity. The group has been supportive and empowering and I have felt honoured to be able to share my own, and others experiences in this way. The content has always been appropriate, engaging and informative. None of this would have being possible without the guidance and support of the experts we have had leading the way. At the heart of it all is Ellie – our queen bee. A solid, kind, and brilliant presence who has led this journey with wisdom, care, and grace. She has held the hive – and helped it thrive.”
Charlotte