Trainings at Expressive Arts Collective
At Expressive Arts Collective, trainings are rooted in intermodal expressive arts and a practice‑centered approach. Learning occurs through a weaving process—moving back and forth between instruction, personal engagement in the arts, and translating those experiences into your work with others. Our programs support those who are integrating expressive arts into existing work, beginning a new professional path, or deepening a personal creative practice.
If you are working towards REAT, you may choose to complete your hours primarily with one institute or combine offerings from multiple IEATA‑aligned providers to create the pathway that fits you best.
Our Training Philosophy
At Expressive Arts Collective, experiential learning—visual art, movement, music and writing — is embedded in each training so you develop skills from the inside out. Each offering stands on its own and can be combined with others to create a training path that fits your background, schedule, and goals in expressive arts facilitation, education, and therapeutic application. Our core training hours are aligned with the guidelines of IEATA® (International Expressive Arts Therapy Association) for REAT® (Registered Expressive Arts Therapist).
Our trainings are currently designed specifically for therapists, counselors, and other mental health professionals who are integrating expressive arts into their clinical work. No previous art experience is required—just a willingness to be present, curious, and engaged in the creative process. Each training includes a specific number of continuing education hours and a certificate of completion. All art supplies are included in the cost of each training.
In all trainings you can expect:
A balanced blend of experiential process, reflection, and straightforward teaching.
Opportunities to witness and be witnessed in a supportive community.
Invitations to translate learning into your own settings through practice, projects, or case reflections.
Each training is designed so you leave with practical tools, clear next steps, and renewed confidence to bring expressive arts into your work with clients.
Upcoming Trainings
Eating Disorders and Expressive Arts
June 5, 2026
9:30-4:30
This experiential training offers a trauma-informed, evidence-aligned framework for integrating expressive arts therapy into eating disorder treatment. Licensed mental health professionals and students can learn how to add visual art, movement, writing and symbolic expression and earn 6 CEU hours. Participants will gain practical tools to enhance emotional regulation, body reconnection, and parts-based work while upholding safety, ethics, and cultural humility.
Ethics, Burnout & Self-Care in Expressive Arts
July 10, 2026
9:30-4:30
This experiential training explores the ethical integration of expressive arts modalities while also addressing clinician burnout and the ethical responsibility of self-care. Clinicians will examine scope of practice, informed consent, cultural humility, risk management, and documentation of expressive interventions, and earn 6 CEU hours. In addition, the training explores how creative practices can support therapist regulation, resilience, and longevity in clinical work.
Grief and Expressive Arts
September 11, 2026
9:30-4:30
In this 6 hour experiential training, participants will learn how creative processes can support core grief needs such as emotional expression, connection, meaning-making, remembrance, and integration. Through a blend of clinical teaching and guided experiential exercises, the training demonstrates how trauma-informed expressive arts interventions can help clients externalize grief, regulate the nervous system, and access deeper layers of emotional experience. The training also explores ethical considerations, cultural humility, and appropriate pacing when working with grief of multiple types of losses through creative modalities.
*At this time, all trainings are provided by Carrie Henry, who really enjoys working with clinicians in her private practice. If there is a dual relationship and you are considering a training, please contact Carrie to discuss any risks or benefits.
