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On 22 September 2018 we were delighted to welcome Professor Shaun McNiff, veteran art therapist, prolific author and wonderful artist to run a one-day symposium for London Art Therapy Centre.

Many art therapists have read his books and for those who are not […]

London Art Therapy Centre was delighted to run a workshop for children with Stargardt’s eye disease, a progressive condition which affects the central vision in both eyes, on 15 September 2018. The Stargardt charity were themselves running a session alongside, for parents and carers on nutrition.  Art Therapist’s Guy Rashty and Sarah Holmes […]

By Hephzibah Kaplan

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On one weekend in January 2018 London Art Therapy Centre hosted Professor Susan Hogan and her colleague Kate Phillips for a special 2-day event to learn and reflect about their work on the Birth Project they have been conducting at […]

by Auriel Sarah Eagelton

Auriel Sarah Eagleton looks at what neuroscience has to say about the benefits of art therapy 

When asked about his experience of art therapy, a young boy with dyslexia replied, “I feel proud”, while gesturing to his creations. An older boy on the autism spectrum […]

by Colleen Steiner Westling

On August 16^th Louise Fitzpatrick and I, both art therapists at London Art Therapy Centre, had the pleasure of facilitating an art therapy workshop for a group of children living with food allergies. The workshop had been requested by the health organisation Aimmune whose mission […]

On 15^th February 2017 London Art Therapy Centre was invited to run a half-term workshop for Noah’s Ark Charity. There were 20 families invited which meant parents, siblings, carers and wheelchairs in a big space totaling about 80 participants. Art psychotherapist Jon Martyn ran the workshop assisted by final year trainee Sarah Blick and Georgie […]