British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT)

We are the UK professional membership body for art therapists.
Our official journal is @IJATInscape.
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We’re no longer active on this account, but you can find our latest updates and resources here:

🌐 Website: https://t.co/5nplSXYJKk

📲 Social media:
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📧 Or email us: [email protected]

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This week's #ArtTherapist is by Poppy Love Oldham, a trainee from Goldsmiths, London

1. Parts (as a collection)
2. Milk teeth | clay, oxides, iron, glaze | 2025
3. Hatched | clay, glaze, iron | 2024

🔗Find out how to submit your artwork: https://t.co/Xh2kCFjuVc

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🌱 New hot topic in InSight: By Dr Zoe Moula & Katarina Horrox share how nature-based art therapy can

🌿 reduce barriers to therapy

🌿 address eco-anxiety + climate grief

🌿 strengthens connection with nature

Read here 👉 https://t.co/zS1hmiCiPn

📷️ by Gerry Weatherhead

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✨️'When we learn about ourselves, we start to have more choices'

Ahead of our October course on psychoeducation in art therapy, we’re resharing Joanna Stevens’ excellent hot topics article.

📖 Read the full piece: https://t.co/YB0LM0RtgC

#ArtTherapy #Psychoeducation

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Did you know there are over 2500 art therapists in the UK?

🔗Find an art therapist in your area: https://t.co/dN638GutEB

#FindATherapist #ArtTherapy

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How can art therapy strengthen parent–baby connection?

➡️ Julia Ruppert interviews Diane Bruce, a highly experienced art psychotherapist specialising in maternal, perinatal and parent–infant mental health.

🔗https://t.co/CMWYMi8u7d

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Our journal is moving to LinkedIn. For the latest articles, news and calls, make sure to give it a follow!

#ArtTherapy #IJATInscape

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We're moving to LinkedIn! Give us a follow at: https://t.co/NKrZbnrhd6

We're keeping this account open, but we will no longer be posting regularly.

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👀 Exciting News! The full programme for our annual conference is out now!⁠
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Join us for a day of insightful presentations on how art therapists can collaborate in innovative ways.⁠
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🔗 Visit our website: https://t.co/9tEiNV7qqY
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"I brought a lot of life experience to it, and a lot that I had to question on that training. But it's the most enriching thing I've ever done in my life - without a shadow of a doubt"

📽️Watch the full video of trainee and recent graduate arts therapists: https://t.co/O6SCTAFiow

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What can #ArtTherapy offer in the NHS and CAMHS?

Dr Laura Smith, Trust Lead for Psychological Therapies in Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, explains why art therapy is an important part of their services.

🔗 Read the full article: https://t.co/WLUNENYvEG

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Artwork call | community settings

For a special issue of the International Journal of Art Therapy, we’re calling for artworks on the theme of #art within #community settings.

📆 Submissions open 31 March 2026

🔗Find out how to submit your artwork: https://t.co/Xh2kCFjuVc

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Do you want to build your skills and career in research? Dr Jed Jerwood gives some top tips on the opportunities available through the NIHR.

🔗Take a read: https://t.co/JAvhbQJv28

#ResearchCareers #ArtTherapy

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#ArtTherapistArt by Andrée Salom in Colombia ⁠
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'Inverted Rorschach's' (#1, #2, #3) | enamel, dyed paper | 2018 ⁠
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🔗 Find out how to submit your artwork: https://t.co/acHz5zRWyl ⁠

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Are you considering training as an art therapist?

Our week-long foundation course offers a brilliant introduction to the profession before you apply for master's training.

📅 27 - 31 October 2025
📍 Online via Zoom

🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/o3zoCiLBem

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🌟 Yesterday, we published our new curriculum guidance for #ArtTherapists.

It will help ensure art therapists have the skills, experience and knowledge needed to meet the diverse and fast-changing needs in the UK’s population.

🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/KrUThePFSp

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📽️Meet future art, music and drama therapists!

Our new curriculum guidance for art therapy will help support the next generation of art therapists for a fast-changing workplace.

➡️ Find out more: https://t.co/HkTUFvZOES

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📽️New film! Why train as an art, music or drama therapist?

💬 Trainees and recent graduates tell their stories.

https://t.co/ugdIoQkFDf

#FutureArtsTherapists #DiscoverArtsTherapies #ArtTherapy

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Congratulations to the Goldsmith art therapy trainees who had their MA exhibition last month!

🖼️ by Anna Allworthy, Amy Waitt, Holly-Marie Van Krinks and Liselle Joslyn

#ArtTherapistArt

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💭Discover how art therapy can help people.

🔗 Find out more at: https://t.co/5nplSXYbUM

#DiscoverArtsTherapies #DiscoverArtTherapy #arttherapy

This work was commissioned and funded by NHS England.

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🎨 Do you work with children in a school, youth service, or social care setting?

Learn how to use art safely and effectively as a communication tool to build trust, foster emotional literacy, and support wellbeing — no artistic skills required!

🔗 https://t.co/ChK4PE3Jyx