Art Therapy Summer School

The Cork Art Therapy Summer School welcomes participants from all over the world, providing them with a unique opportunity to learn about and experience the Art Therapy process.

Choose one workshop from a fascinating choice of four. Over five days, let the adventure unfurl, and through your own creativity come to a deeper appreciation of both Art Therapy and yourself. A series of lectures help contextualise the history, conceptual framework and current practice of Art Therapy. This may be your first step on the road to a career in Art Therapy. It may be an opportunity to re-engage with your creative identity.

If you are a trainee or qualified therapist, it will be an investment in both your personal and professional development. Every year this course proves to be an invaluable personal encounter, whatever one's motivation for attending.

Course leader

Aideen Cooney/ Marianne Adams

Target group

Arts , psychology, social work, nursing , teachers , Students
Psychotherapists, Creative therapists

Course aim

Understand the role of creativity as a therapeutic methodology

Learn about the history of art therapy and some of the clinical contexts where it is practiced

Experience the theory of Art Therapy in practice through experiential workshops

Engage with and develop your own understanding of the creative process

Credits info

5 EC
Level 9 / 5 credit module
Continuous Professional Development ( CPD ) 26.5 hours

Fee info

EUR 499: Cork Art Therapy Summer School provides all your materials, tuition and meals (tea/ coffee, snacks, lunch and one 3-course evening meal) over the 5 days.
EUR 450: Limited availability

Scholarships

Concessionary fee (student/unwaged) €399
Limited availability