CREATIVE CEUs | TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS
The Center for Creative Arts Therapy is dedicated to leading and developing creative training opportunities and continuing education for the mental health community, enhancing arts-based psychotherapy skills within one’s practice.
We also offer clinical consultation, as well as internships, postgraduate training and supervision. Training opportunities are designed for students and professionals in health and wellness professions to learn, network and collaborate.
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The Center for Creative Arts Therapy's Faculty and Staff are available to provide creative arts therapy presentations, trainings and workshops on a variety of topics designed to meet your educational interests.
All program options are customizable to the organization and individual.
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CUSTOMIZABLE PROGRAMS FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION
For Organizations
Mental Health Training for Schools, Arts Organizations & Social Service Agencies
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Parent Support Through Group Art-Making
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​Effectively Engaging a Child with Special Needs in Learning
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What Did You Say?: Improving Communication with Your Teenagers
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The Importance of Art and Movement in Therapy
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Introduction to Music Therapy and Dementia
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Forever Goodbye: How to Talk to Your Children About the Death of a Loved One
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Express Yourself: Creative Movement for Children with Special Needs
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Social Skills for the Socially Challenged Through Interactive Drama Therapy
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Art Making for the Physically Challenged
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Preparing For the Long Journey: How the Terminally Ill Can Make Peace
For Students
​Introduction to Drama Therapy
Students learn the history, foundational principles and current approaches in the field

Psychodrama
Development of psychodrama, practical applications and history of Jacob L. Moreno

Expressive Arts Therapy
Understand the power of imagination to access and transform parts of self through the use of the arts

Therapeutic Theatre
Students learn various approaches in drama therapy with different populations
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Ethical Issues in Expressive Arts Therapy
Gain working knowledge of the accrediting creative arts therapy bodies and the Counseling Association Standards of Ethical Practice
For Professionals
Creative Social Skills
Learn how to incorporate the arts into social skills sessions for clients.
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​Creative Self Care
Helping clinicians support their emotional well-being in a fun and interactive workshop.
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​​Expressive Arts Therapies in Psychological Treatment: Guidelines for the Practicing Technician
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Drama Therapy with Abused and Neglected Children
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Welcome Home: Reintegration of Soldiers and Families through Expressive Arts Therapy
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Feel the Beat: Music Therapy with Developmentally Disabled Clients
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Psychodrama and PTSD
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Dance/Movement Therapy for the Terminally Ill and Their Caregivers
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Healing Flute Circles for Those Living with Cancer
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Expressive Arts Therapy in Medical Settings
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Beat It: Drumming for Oppositional Defiant Adolescents
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Telling My Story: Healing Through Words
For Artists
Trauma Informed Directing Practices
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Mental Health Training for Arts Organizations
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Therapeutic Theatre
Students learn various approaches in drama therapy with different populations
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​Creative Self Care
Helping artists support their emotional well-being in a fun and interactive workshop.
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Art Making for the Physically Challenged
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Telling My Story: Healing Through Words
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Emotional Wellness for Student Artists
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What Do I Do Now?: What To Do When a Student Discloses.
Let us inspire and guide you towards healing the world through the arts.
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The Center for Creative Arts Therapy offers creative, clinically focused trainings and workshops for students, mental health professionals, artists, organizations and educators in expressive arts and drama therapy.
Train with one of our globally influential and award-winning faculty, prepare yourself or your organization as leaders in your field, and effect purposeful and inspiring revolutions in the community.
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For more information on Creative Arts Therapy training programs, compassionately creative counseling services and arts-based psychotherapists throughout the country, call us at (847) 477-8244, email us, or visit us at 2600 Warrenville Road, Suite 205, Downers Grove, IL 60515.