Art Therapist First | Art Always

Art Therapist First | Art Always

Art Therapist First | Art Always is a one-day symposium devoted to nurturing the art therapist self. Together we honor intuition, creative practice, and art as a lifelong source of healing, reflection, and professional grounding. This gathering invites art therapists to return to their own art-making, deepen clinical insight, and reconnect with the heart of the work through conversation, experience, and shared creative wisdom.

The day begins with coffee and a continental breakfast, offering time to arrive, settle in, and connect through informal conversation.This opening space is intentionally designed to support connection—offering time to meet one another, reconnect with colleagues, and settle into the day through shared presence before formal programming begin

Then we move into a rich and reflective conversation between Bridget Rose, intuitive healer and art therapist Caroline Tye, exploring the role of intuition and gut knowing in art therapy practice. Together, they…