Online Child Counselling & Art Therapy skills (Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education)

Online short trainings from Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education
(Member organisation of UKCP/ academic partner of the University of East London)

Certificate in Child and Adolescent Counselling Skills (£995 starts February 2026)
Develop essential counselling skills including therapeutic presence, empathy, active listening, narrative competence, use of imagery to support emotional expression and healing. Gain practical interventions that build self-worth, compassion, and confidence, enabling young people to process difficult life experiences and enhance emotional wellbeing.

Certificate in Art Therapy Skills (Children & Young People) (£995 starts January 2026)
Explore creative ways to support mental health through art, sand play, poetry, clay, storytelling and more.... Learn how creative processes help young people name the pain and heal. The course offers a pathway towards becoming a registered art therapist/child psychotherapist.

Certificate in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (£545 Learn anytime, anywhere)
Informed by a wealth of psychology/ neuroscience studies, this training challenges the disorder, bad genes, broken brain view of mental health. Understand the causes and healing of anxiety, depression, self-harm, phobias, eating disorders, complex PTSD, dissociation, and lots more. Hear deeply moving case studies of relational approaches that bring mind in torment to mind in peace.