Come for the Skills.
Stay for the Community.
Leave with Your Spark Reignited.
16th Annual Expressive Therapies Fall Virtual Summit
November 6-9 & 13-16, 2025 | Live via Zoom
Over 45 Workshops
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CE Credits
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Hands-on & Interactive
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Over 45 Workshops 〰️ CE Credits 〰️ Hands-on & Interactive 〰️
Experience the Transformative Power of
Creative and Expressive Therapies
This two-week event provides ample opportunities to expand your skills and deepen your practice. Engage in hands-on, experiential sessions led by leading experts in art, music, drama, dance, poetry, and play therapy. Whether you’re looking to explore new therapeutic techniques, strengthen your clinical toolbox, or gain fresh insights into working with diverse populations, this summit offers an enriching and practical learning experience. Discover innovative approaches that support healing, resilience, and personal growth, all from the comfort of your own space. Join a vibrant community of professionals committed to harnessing the arts for meaningful change in the lives of their clients.
Summit Specialities
Experiential Learning
Not lectures or pre-recorded webinars. You’ll practice the hands-on therapy techniques in real-time with expert guidance.
Affordable Pricing
Nonprofit pricing allows us to keep our rates reasonable, and CE credits are included. No minimum required! Sessions start at just $25 per hour when you register before November 2.
Community Connection
Meet peers who speak your creative language and understand your challenges. Leave feeling validated and renewed.
Flexible Scheduling
Select any one or more sessions to create your own schedule. Daytime, evening, and weekend options of 2, 3, 4, and 6 hour workshops available.
Immediately Applicable
Use new techniques with clients on Monday morning. No theoretical frameworks you’ll never implement.
Expert Faculty
Learn from over 40 renowned speakers with decades of combined experience in a variety of creative modalities and clinical topics.
Earn Board-Approved Continuing Education Credits
NBCC, ATCB, SWSYS, NY LMHC, NY CAT, NY LMFT, APT
Choose Workshop Topics That Fit Your Practice
Learn From Leading Experts in a Variety of Creative Modalities
See Why Participants Return Year After Year
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"I am always inspired by the depth of the Summit sessions! Not only are the presenters open, professional, and highly knowledgeable, the experience is further enhanced by the diverse attendees and everything they bring."
Linda S.
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"The Summit consistently offers cutting edge creative arts workshops that are accessible and relevant for the non-arts therapists as well, providing a well organized educational experience that is both engaging and highly informative. I always leave with practical information I can use that enhances my private practice!"
Peggy K.
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"I love the Expressive Arts Therapy Summit! It is truly an inspiring and eclectic gathering of dedicated and caring people who create community through the arts. Knowledge is imparted joyfully while holding space to breathe and process the hard to hear information. Give yourself a treat every year - this is the place to spend your hard-earned CEU dollars!"
Allyn S.
Who Should Attend the
Expressive Therapies Summit?
Licensed Counselors (LPC, LMHC)
Social Workers (LCSW, LMSW)
Marriage & Family Therapists (LMFT)
Art Therapists (ATR-ATR-BC)
Play Therapists (RPT, RPT-S)
School Counselors
Psychologists (PhD, PsyD)
Music, Drama, and Dance Therapists
Seasoned professionals seeking fresh approaches
New clinicians building their toolbox
Mid-career professionals preventing burnout
Graduate students
Career changers exploring new modalities
Trauma specialists expanding approaches
Looking to add creative interventions to your practice
Want to deepen existing expressive arts skills
Experiencing burnout and seeking renewal
Interested in evidence-based creative approaches
Need CE credits that don’t feel like work
Want connection with like-minded colleagues
FAQs
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Our workshops are open to educators and students, coaches, arts professionals, mental health, senior and hospice care, and social service professionals. You are not required to have any expressive arts or clinical experience unless specified in the session description.
We encourage healers and helpers of all kinds to take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity to come together to learn, collaborate, and network. -
Some sessions have specific requirements, usually common art-making supplies that are easy to obtain. Supply lists will be provided by sessions speakers and will be linked in your agenda as well as in our Attendee Hub.
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All sessions are scheduled on Eastern Time (GMT -5:00) US and Canada. Use this easy time zone converter to adjust for your location. Be sure to set both the time and the date as our conference falls just after Daylight Savings Time ends.
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Selected workshops have recordings available for review by registered attendees for a limited time. CE credits can only be issued if you attend the event live, but this is a great option for international participants.
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Early bird pricing $25/hr before 11/2/25
You can purchase one full week of sessions for $529 or two full weeks of sessions for $999 (both including CE credits. -
MODIFICATION POLICY
Unless you are adding sessions to an existing registration, session change requests initiated by registrants incur a $15 fee per modification, $25 after October 15.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICYCancellation Requests must be submitted in writing (email).
• Registrations cancelled more than 60 days before the start of the event are eligible for a 75% refund of the registration fees paid.
• Registrations cancelled between 30 and 60 days before the start of the event are eligible for a 50% refund of the registration fees paid.
• Registrations cancelled less than 30 days before the start of the event are not eligible for a refund.
The Summit is not responsible for changes to faculty or sessions/times.