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Nuances: Art Therapy Research and Disability Justice The Ontario Art Therapy Association Conference, Retreat and AGM 2025

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OATA 2020 Retreat and AGM

2020-10-24 @ 09:00 AM - 2020-10-24@ 03:30 PM
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Practice Sustainability for Art Therapists: Strengthening the Systems Behind the Work

2026-05-30
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Ontario Art Therapy Association
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St.Catharines, ON
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Core information only, is provided in french. / L’information de base est actuellement disponible en français.

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💻 next PD: May 30 (linked)

Click the link in bio to register 🧑🏻‍🎨 Facilitato Click the link in bio to register 🧑🏻‍🎨

Facilitator: 9&5 Consulting
Nemi Adoki 

Saturday May 30, 2026 
Zoom 
1030-12noon 

Those who register will also receive a private link to a recording.
What’s the difference? ART THERAPY x ART FOR WELLN What’s the difference? ART THERAPY x ART FOR WELLNESS … 

A friendly reminder that art therapy can only be practiced by licensed art therapists in Ontario. 

These are not art psychotherapy: 

❌ craft clubs
❌ peer support painting
❌ knit night 
❌ open studio 
❌ Art Hives 
❌ art classes & education 
❌ using a self help book 

The more you know 🧑🏻‍🎨
Looking for an art therapist in Ontario? Visit our Looking for an art therapist in Ontario? Visit our website: 

https://oata.ca/what-is-art-therapy/find-an-art-therapist/

#arttherapy #ontario #mentalhealth #arttherapist #artist
This month, we’ll be hosting facilitator Nemi Adok This month, we’ll be hosting facilitator Nemi Adoki from The 9&5 Consulting to discuss practice sustainability for clinicians. Session objectives include: 

1. Identify common operational pressures that can affect sustainability in private, independent, or small-practice settings.

2. Distinguish between workload challenges and workflow or systems-design challenges.

3. Reflect on how workflow clarity, task definition, communication pathways, and routine practice structures can support stable and ethical service delivery.

4. Explore practical approaches to organizing the administrative side of therapeutic practice so clinicians can focus more fully on their core work.

5. Consider simple operational systems and routines that may support more consistent practice management.

Register here: 

https://oata.ca/event/practice-sustainability-for-art-therapists/

#arttherapy #professionaldevelopment #business #privatepractice therapis
What are you reading this month? Image features What are you reading this month? 

Image features book: 

Neimeyer, R. (2012). Techniques of grief therapy. Routledge.

@routledgebooks
Truth! Art making supports wellbeing. #arttherapy Truth! Art making supports wellbeing.

#arttherapy #ontario #wellbeing #arts_help
April 22nd is Earth Day. We’ve started a list of April 22nd is Earth Day. 

We’ve started a list of earth-friendly art therapy studio practises for practitioners. What would you add to this list? 

• What simple swaps have you made in your personal or therapeutic art studio? 

• How do you reduce, reuse and recycle in the art therapy studio? 

♻️ 💙🌎🌱🪨🌊

#earthday #arttherapy #ecofriendly #environmentallyfriendly #therapists
Curious about our last OATA × TATI “Seeds and Spro Curious about our last OATA × TATI “Seeds and Sprouts” Art Hive?

OATA members April Penny and Susan Beniston have put together a lovely collection of reflections and images to share with our community.

We invite you to read about it here:
www.aprilpenny.com/catarthive
🎨 You don’t need a Fine Art degree to become an ar 🎨 You don’t need a Fine Art degree to become an art therapist!

In Canada, many paths can lead you here—psychology, social work, counselling, fine arts, and other related fields. What matters most is a strong foundation in both creative practice and human understanding.

✨ There’s more than one path into this work.
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