Learning Center
Continuing Education
The Learning Center
The Art Therapy Program Learning Center provides engaging professional development workshops designed for art therapists, counselors, social workers and other mental health professionals interested in expanding their knowledge base. Workshops can also help therapists and social workers earn credit toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Workshops cover a wide range of specialties, including neuroscience and counseling approaches, trauma training and Jungian and archetypal concepts. Sessions generally last one full day and include one or more visiting speakers, visual arts activities and panel discussions.
Workshops:
Using a Collaborative Approach to Unpack Ethical Dilemmas
Monday, May 6, 2024
12:00 – 4:00pm EST
4 CEC (ATCB, NBCC)
GWU Student Center, Room 310
800 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052
Workshops and Talks Available for Registration
The GW Art Therapy Graduate Program, provider #1708, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
The GW Art Therapy Program has been approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 3053. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The George Washington University Art Therapy Department is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Past Workshops
Lessons for Art Therapists on Creating Accessible Art Spaces in a School Based Art Therapy Setting
Saturday, 3/26/2022, 9:00am - 12:00pm
How do we, as abled service providers, provide access to art and have everyone be heard? Join us to learn about client engagement in the art making process.
Rewiring our Perception of Discipline: Connections over Compliance
Wednesday, 3/16/2022, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
We will explore student self-regulation and expressive protocols through the lens of neuroscience.
Saturday, 3/5/2022, 10:00am - 11:00am
Join us for a time of reflection and discussion as we examine how the art therapy world has upheld ableist practices and how we can dismantle them.
The Evolution of our Cultural Identity as Art Therapists
Saturday, 2/26/2022, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
This panel will explore the evolution of our cultural identity of art therapists and how it impacts past, present, and future directions of the profession.
Locating the Contemplative - Transpersonal View
Saturday, 1/29/2022, 10:30am - 6:59pm
A summary of the perennial, transpersonal themes inherent in art and art therapy frame the core of this presentation.
Past, Present and Future Directions in Transpersonal Art Therapy
Saturday, 1/15/2022, 10:30am - 12:00pm
This interdisciplinary panel invites attendees to confront their own biases and prejudices when exploring transpersonal issues that may arise in their work.
Language is Power: Ethical Practice of Bias-Free Language to Counteract Violence and Oppression
Friday, 3/12/2021, 12:00pm - 6:59pm
Because language is power, how we use language to name, describe, represent, and “construct” others is a pressing concern for art therapists in counteracting vi
Zoom Fatigue: Creative Tools for Therapists in the time of COVID
Friday, 12/4/2020, 9:30am - 6:59pm
Does your clinical practice suffer from “zoom fatigue?” Join this creative workshop to reimagine the direction of clinical practice.
Friday, 9/18/2020, 12:00pm - Thursday, 12/31/2020, 6:59pm
If you are interested in this training and would like to obtain the CEC's simply register for the event and we will send you a recording of the session.
Stitching Stories: Art & Narrative Therapy Practice through Story Cloth
Saturday, 10/19/2019, 10:00am - 7:59pm
This workshop explores the power of “women’s work” and how returning to the art of sewing in this technological age provides an opportunity to slow down.