This training will contain theory, experiential learning, and opportunities for supervision practice, and can be used as either an arts-therapy based PD opportunity, or towards registration as an approved supervisor with ANZACATA.

It is best suited to experienced professional members, as it assumes a working clinical knowledge and experience in arts therapy.

The training will cover:

1. Definitions of supervision
2. A variety of models and approaches to supervision
3. Arts-based integration
4. Clinical practice
5. Ethics and Contracts

The course will be 40 hours over 5 sessions (including 15 hours of experiential practice) in keeping with ANZACATA policy requirements of Approved Supervisors. Participants will be expected to engage in supervision practice with other participants between the online sessions in order to complete the required number of hours to register as an ANZACATA supervisor. Please note only Professional Members can be on the ANZACATA Approved Supervisor listing.

PRESENTER DETAILS

Maggie trained at London University in Art Psychotherapy, graduating in 1990. She is a registered art therapist and has worked in several clinical and NGO settings. Her art therapy interests are currently cross-cultural art therapy group work, creative debriefing and supervision for mental health teams, practitioners, and art therapists.

Maggie has taught on the Masters of Mental Health Art Therapy at the University of Queensland (UQ) for 17 years. Currently in her private practice, the Art Therapy Studio, she conducts group and individual supervision for art therapists using Zoom as a carrier. She conducts a variety of art therapy workshops and training. She is a registered as a supervisor with ANZACATA. She facilitates supervision training for UQ placement supervisors. She has worked as a remote clinical supervisor for the Master's in Art Therapy, a post-graduate mental health program based in the School of Clinical Medicine at UQ for over 18 years. For four years, she worked as Placement Co-Ordinator for the UQ art therapy course.

Start Date: Friday 29 August 2025
The event is run over 5 days. All sessions except 25 Oct will be AEST while 25 Oct will be AEDT daylight savings times

Fri 29 & Sat 30 August, Fri 19 & Sat 20 September 2025
1–6 pm AEST (3-8 pm NZST, 11am–4pm AWST/HKT/SGT)

Sat 25 October 2025
1-6 pm AEDT (12–5 pm AEST/QLD, 3–8 pm NZDT, 10 am–3 pm AWST/HKT/SGT)

Duration/CPD: 40 hours (25 hours F2F + 15 hours experiential)
Where: Zoom
Cost: $470 (+GST for Aust. members)
Open to: (Experienced) Professional Members
Min/Max: 8/16 participants
Recorded session: No (Privacy Reasons)

Cancellation Policy:
When you register and pay to attend one of our events, you are holding a space on our calendar that is no longer available to other members. In order to be respectful of your fellow members and the presenter, please email us as soon as you know you will not be able to attend the event. We keep our events as affordable as possible and need to pay presenters the fee they request. While we understand sometimes urgent matters come up, if registrants cancel at the last minute, we struggle to pay presenters. A full refund will be given if the cancellation occurs more than 24 hours before the event. If the cancellation occurs less than 24 hours before the event, 50% of your registration fee will be refunded only to defray our costs.

Interpersonal conflict at work is a risk factor for reduced employee wellbeing (Oore & Dolan, 2017) and can make a productive and satisfying relationship at work all but impossible. Exposure to frequent conflicts in the workplace can result in self-doubt, confusion, self-blame, rumination, anxiety, helplessness, and hopelessness.

This practical workshop is designed for practising Arts Therapists and students. It provides an overview of what high conflict or antagonistic personality styles are, how they look, and how they can show up in different kinds of workplace relationships. It also discusses simple, practical strategies that Arts Therapists can offer to clients seeking support in navigating the dynamics of antagonistic workplace relationships. This workshop will also focus on practical Arts Therapy strategies for helping clients to heal from emotionally and psychologically harmful workplace relationships and workspaces and to access their full potential.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Becoming aware of what high conflict or antagonistic personality styles are
• Understanding how these personality styles may impact clients' health and wellbeing
• Developing knowledge of specific strategies—grounded in current psychological theory, research, and knowledge—for managing complex and antagonistic workplace relationships and reducing conflict

PRESENTER DETAILS

Aleksandra Gosteva, MHealSc, MEdPsych, MA AT (Clinical), PGDipEPP, PGDipHlthPsycPrac. Aleksandra is a New Zealand fully trained, registered Health Psychologist and Clinical Arts Therapist. With the breadth of extensive training, research and internships, she has developed specialist interests in different areas of psychology and arts therapy. Aleksandra's work mainly focuses on supporting children and adults recovering from trauma, as well as supporting children and adults with pain management, chronic illnesses, and other health issues. Aleksandra also works with organisations designing flexible and people-centred workplace interventions to improve employee and organizational health and wellbeing and develop research-based initiatives to prevent burnout.

When: Saturday 30 August 2025
Time: 10 am–12.30 pm AEST
12 pm–2.30 pm NZST (presenter time)
8 am– 10.30 am AWST/HKT/SGT
Duration/CPD: 2.5 CPD hours
Where: Zoom
Cost: $40 (+GST for Aust. members)
Open to: All members (except subscription only)
Min/Max: 15/25 participants
Recorded session: No (Privacy Reasons)

Cancellation Policy:
When you register and pay to attend one of our events, you are holding a space on our calendar that is no longer available to other members. In order to be respectful of your fellow members and the presenter, please email us as soon as you know you will not be able to attend the event. We keep our events as affordable as possible and need to pay presenters the fee they request. While we understand sometimes urgent matters come up, if registrants cancel at the last minute, we struggle to pay presenters. A full refund will be given if the cancellation occurs more than 24 hours before the event. If the cancellation occurs less than 24 hours before the event, 50% of your registration fee will be refunded only to defray our costs.

This presentation showcases how collaborative art therapy research initiatives address complex socio-political, scientific, and healthcare dynamics to generate knowledge to advance and sustain the field. The project unfolded in three interconnected phases: 1) a comprehensive scoping review of art therapy literature and conference presentations illuminating trends, gaps, and emerging priorities; 2) perspectives  gathered from art therapists worldwide through surveys and focus groups, inviting dialogue on theoretical approaches, professional experiences, and research needs; and 3) a synchronous international symposium reflecting diverse voices and priorities of the global art therapy community.

In this presentation we will address the following:

• Introduction to our project of creating and art therapy research strategic plan
• Outline of the research philosophy and methods
• Description and definition of the resulting 6-point plan, goals and strategies
• Review of the current projects being implemented to actualise the plan goals
• Future goals and next steps
• How you can join.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• To identify the rationale for a systematic and coherent art therapy research strategy
• To describe the primary reason for building a global art therapy research community
• To identify the six pivotal categories for sustainable art therapy research
• To identify three current projects in process by the Art Therapy Research Community Network

PRESENTER BIO

Dr Theresa Van Lith is an Associate Professor of Art Therapy at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Her research focuses on art-based, mindfulness, and co-designed interventions for diverse groups in educational, community, and healthcare settings. She is an ANZACATA board member and Associate Editor of Art Therapy, the official journal of the American Art Therapy Association. Her work bridges research and practice, promoting inclusive, evidence-based art therapy solutions.

Dr Nancy Gerber, Ph.D., ATR-BC is Teaching Faculty in the Art Therapy Program at Florida State University, where she received the 2022–23 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. She is Associate Clinical Professor Emerita, founding and former director of the PhD Program in Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel University. Dr Gerber’s scholarship focuses on doctoral education, art therapy research strategic planning, and arts-based research. Dr Gerber co-created the Arts-Based Research Global Consortium to advance socially responsible arts-based research. She is co-researcher/developer of the Art Therapy Research Community Network. She has recently published a book entitled Imagination and Arts-Based Practices for Integration in Research.

When: Monday 8 September 2025
Time: 10am–11am AEST
8am AWST/HKT/SGT
12pm NZST
Duration/CPD: 1 CPD hour
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Open to: All members
Min/Max: no cap on attendees
Recorded session: Yes

Cancellation Policy:
When you register and pay to attend one of our events, you are holding a space on our calendar that is no longer available to other members. In order to be respectful of your fellow members and the presenter, please email us as soon as you know you will not be able to attend the event. We keep our events as affordable as possible and need to pay presenters the fee they request. While we understand sometimes urgent matters come up, if registrants cancel at the last minute, we struggle to pay presenters. A full refund will be given if the cancellation occurs more than 24 hours before the event. If the cancellation occurs less than 24 hours before the event, 50% of your registration fee will be refunded only to defray our costs.

This training will contain theory, experiential learning, and opportunities for supervision practice, and can be used as either an arts-therapy based PD opportunity, or towards registration as an approved supervisor with ANZACATA.

It is best suited to experienced professional members, as it assumes a working clinical knowledge and experience in arts therapy.

The training will cover:

1. Definitions of supervision
2. A variety of models and approaches to supervision
3. Arts-based integration
4. Clinical practice
5. Ethics and Contracts

The course will be 40 hours over 5 sessions (including 15 hours of experiential practice) in keeping with ANZACATA policy requirements of Approved Supervisors. Participants will be expected to engage in supervision practice with other participants between the online sessions in order to complete the required number of hours to register as an ANZACATA supervisor. Please note only Professional Members can be on the ANZACATA Approved Supervisor listing.

PRESENTER DETAILS

Maggie trained at London University in Art Psychotherapy, graduating in 1990. She is a registered art therapist and has worked in several clinical and NGO settings. Her art therapy interests are currently cross-cultural art therapy group work, creative debriefing and supervision for mental health teams, practitioners, and art therapists.

Maggie has taught on the Masters of Mental Health Art Therapy at the University of Queensland (UQ) for 17 years. Currently in her private practice, the Art Therapy Studio, she conducts group and individual supervision for art therapists using Zoom as a carrier. She conducts a variety of art therapy workshops and training. She is a registered as a supervisor with ANZACATA. She facilitates supervision training for UQ placement supervisors. She has worked as a remote clinical supervisor for the Master's in Art Therapy, a post-graduate mental health program based in the School of Clinical Medicine at UQ for over 18 years. For four years, she worked as Placement Co-Ordinator for the UQ art therapy course.

Start Date: Saturday 1 November 2025
This event is run over 5 days. Sat 1 & Sun 2 Nov, Sat 22 & Sun 23 Nov, Sun 7 Dec 2025
Time: 1–6 pm AEDT (12–5 pm AEST/QLD)
3–8 pm NZDT
10 am–3 pm AWST/HKT/SGT
Duration/CPD: 40 hours (25 hours F2F + 15 hours experiential)
Where: Zoom
Cost: $470 (+GST for Aust. members)
Open to: (Experienced) Professional Members
Min/Max: 8/16 participants
Recorded session: No (Privacy Reasons)

Cancellation Policy:
When you register and pay to attend one of our events, you are holding a space on our calendar that is no longer available to other members. In order to be respectful of your fellow members and the presenter, please email us as soon as you know you will not be able to attend the event. We keep our events as affordable as possible and need to pay presenters the fee they request. While we understand sometimes urgent matters come up, if registrants cancel at the last minute, we struggle to pay presenters. A full refund will be given if the cancellation occurs more than 24 hours before the event. If the cancellation occurs less than 24 hours before the event, 50% of your registration fee will be refunded only to defray our costs.