Who is ANZACATAANZACATA is the peak professional body representing creative arts therapists in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia/Pacific region. What is Creative Arts Therapy?Creative arts therapy is an experiential psychotherapeutic approach utilising arts modalities within a relationship with a trained therapist, attending to emotional, cognitive, physical and spiritual well-being. |
Schools Mental Health Interim MenuANZACATA is providing Victorian rural or regional schools with Arts Therapy support. |
LATEST NEWSAllied Health professionals including Arts Therapists, as authorised workers, may also be asked to provide evidence of their vaccinations in Australia. Please head over to the Services Australia website for more information. In New Zealand, head over to this website covid19.govt.nz. In Singapore, this website details mandatory vaccination mom.gov.sg and in Hong Kong, look at this website coronavirus.gov.hk for information on vaccine passes Mandatory COVID Vaccines in Australia | FairWork Australia has released details on industries where COVID vaccines are mandatory. Read more. Latest COVID updates in your State or CountryVictoria | New South Wales | South Australia | ACT | Northern Territory | Queensland | Western Australia | Tasmania New Zealand | Singapore | Hong Kong Fourth Biennial, International Childhood Trauma Conference
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We can finally come together to meet each other and our speakers in person at Melbourne Convention Centre. It is going to be a special conference with opportunities to interact, learn and build our community of trauma professionals. Conference Theme: Connection and Healing. Our International Childhood Trauma Conferences are incredible week-long events for professionals who work with people affected by trauma associated with abuse, violence and relational disruption. Delegates come to hear from world experts on neuroscience, trauma, attachment and therapeutic intervention. They are also an important opportunity for local practitioners, researchers and policy makers to share and learn from each other. More than 10,000 delegates have participated over the past three conferences. The event runs from 31 July to 5 August 2022. Super Early Bird rate is ending soon! UPCOMING ANZACATA EVENTS
Click here to view More ANZACATA events >> Members can also login to access events, courses, training and workshops offered by members and other bodies. |
Looking for an art therapist?Search our member directory to find a therapist in your local area (Australia, New Zealand, Asia). |
Want to know where to study?
Search training programmes accredited by the Qualifications Authority in their respective country. |
Categories and requirementsLearn about pathways to professional registration as a creative arts therapist with ANZACATA. |
Want to become a member?Information about benefits and requirements of becoming a member of ANZACATA. |
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Members can easily search for ANZACATA approved supervisors to facilitate supervision requirements. | Members can stay up to date with current jobs sourced from various platforms and updated regularly. | Members can book into various events throughout the year. Events are available to members only. | Members can access a wide variety of resources including webinars, special logos, news and more. |
JoCAT Volume 16, Number 2 is live!Our second Journal edition for 2021 is now published online and open access. Four full length articles exploring themes of Lived Experience; poiesis and arts-based research; heuristic enquiry into the therapeutic relationship in art therapy with a traumatised child; and a postgrad art therapy student exhibition in Singapore. You will also find a number of creative contributions, reviews of three books and an outsider art exhibition. Dip in, drill down, save it for the summer break – this is an 92-page edition full of variety, interest and insight into the world of creative arts therapies. Click here to read more. |  |
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ANZACATA acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land and waters of Australia and we pay our respect to Elders - past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.
ANZACATA acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua and Treaty of Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand and embraces the three guiding principles of the Treaty – Partnership, Participation and Protection. We extend our respect to other indigenous peoples on all the lands in which we work.
ANZACATA supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
Supporting and advancing creative arts therapies in Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific
Last updated: 11 May 2022