Transpersonal Art in Therapy Training

Transpersonal Arts in Therapy is a professional training, academically accredited by the City & Guilds at Level 7, Membership Level, (Masters equivalent).

Our transpersonal approach offers a unique curriculum which unites a broad range of practical and academic experiences into a whole journey.

The courses are called “Transpersonal” because the transpersonal emphasises the paradoxical and mysterious, the creative and the spiritual dimension in the universal scheme of things. Our programmes develop the artist’s awareness and understanding that natural, organic processes are imbued with spiritual wisdom, i.e. the archetypes. The programme focus is in deepening the student’s proficiency in engaging with such processes through art and the human encounter for healing, personal growth, and social change. Counselling is developed as an art, the spiritual art of transformative meeting.

This programme reflects the deep relationship between creativity, community, health and spirit, and explores the ways in which the personal and the transpersonal work together through perception.

Our graduates have embarked on careers in art therapy, community arts education, and educational consulting. They have been remarkably successful working as facilitators of personal growth in schools, colleges, hospitals, clinics, prisons, other institutions and private practice.

We are a member of the European Academy for Anthroposophical Art Therapy whose primary aim is to monitor quality assurance and standards of training and research and development. The Medical Section of the Goetheanum/Free University of Spiritual Science (Dornach, Switzerland) recognises the European Academy as an instrument of regulation and quality assurance for Anthroposophic Art Therapy Trainings.

Completion of the course may lead to individual accreditation with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

This award does not lead to registration as an Art Therapist with Health Professions Council in Britain. Those wishing to practice in the UK will need to practice under a different title unless already registered. Our graduates are eligible to apply for registration with the Council for Anthroposophical Health and Social Care (CAHSC). CAHSC is the formal registry for Anthroposophical medicine.

Tobias School of Art and Therapy is a United Kingdom Border Agency Tier 4 Sponsor under the points based system.

Course Duration:
3 Year Full-time Training (Beginning September each year):

Year 1: Sept – Jul - attendance Mon & Tuesday, 9:30am-5pm and Placement Day.
Year 2: Sept - Jul - attendance Mon &Tuesday, 9:30am-5pm and Placement Day.
Year 3: Sept – Jul - Supervised clinical placement, dissertation writing and case studies. Mentoring, tutorials and supervision are conducted. Examination, Assessment and Graduation period.

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4 Year Modular Training: (Next course commences March 2012.)

2-week modules in March and 3-week residential modules in June every year. This training is ideally suited to students residing outside of the UK but is also suited to students who have work commitments and are happy to commute from within the UK. There are seven intensive modules over a four year period consisting of a two-week Spring Module and a three-week Summer module each year. At these modules thoughts are transformed into imagination, as inward experiences which renews the soul’s life of feeling and perception.

A detailed prospectus is available from the Tobias office.