Art Therapy Summer School 2025

About

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. This summer school is run by the department of Arts in Health and Education where the longest running Art Therapy Training in Ireland is held. We have the use of beautiful Studios spaces within the Crawford College of Art and Design.

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 contextualize 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

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

Fee info