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Foundations of Expressive Arts (EXA) Therapy: 15 Week Training Group

$875.00 $995.00

UPCOMING INFO SESSIONS: 12/5/25 & 1/9/26

WHEN:
15 Weeks ~ 45 Hours
Fridays, 10am – 1pm PST (3 hours)
February 6th – May 15th, 2025

WHERE:
Live Online via Zoom

FEE:
$875 if registered by 12/26/26
$995 Full Course Fee
Payment Plans & Student Discounts Available

This experiential 45-hour training group will offer both a first-hand experience of the healing power of the arts as well as a foundational understanding of the theory and practice of expressive arts therapy. The expressive arts are innately healing. Modern research is now able to give scientific explanations to ancient healing practices that humans have used for thousands of years. Anyone who has worked with the creative arts knows that they can be used for profound transformation and growth.

In this 15-week training, you will:

  • Experience the healing power of intermodal arts firsthand

  • Build a versatile toolkit of creative interventions

  • Explore EXA history, theory, and contemporary practice

  • Learn to apply arts-based methods in assessment, treatment, and closure

  • Strengthen trauma-informed, culturally responsive facilitation skills

  • Rekindle your creativity and clarify your professional identity

This training is for psychologists, therapists, social workers, counselors, life coaches, healers, activists, teaching artists, group facilitators, and other mental health professionals.

  • 36 Continuing Education Credits Available

  • Get course credit towards becoming a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT)

UPCOMING INFO SESSIONS: 12/5/25 & 1/9/26

WHEN:
15 Weeks ~ 45 Hours
Fridays, 10am – 1pm PST (3 hours)
February 6th – May 15th, 2025

WHERE:
Live Online via Zoom

FEE:
$875 if registered by 12/26/26
$995 Full Course Fee
Payment Plans & Student Discounts Available

This experiential 45-hour training group will offer both a first-hand experience of the healing power of the arts as well as a foundational understanding of the theory and practice of expressive arts therapy. The expressive arts are innately healing. Modern research is now able to give scientific explanations to ancient healing practices that humans have used for thousands of years. Anyone who has worked with the creative arts knows that they can be used for profound transformation and growth.

In this 15-week training, you will:

  • Experience the healing power of intermodal arts firsthand

  • Build a versatile toolkit of creative interventions

  • Explore EXA history, theory, and contemporary practice

  • Learn to apply arts-based methods in assessment, treatment, and closure

  • Strengthen trauma-informed, culturally responsive facilitation skills

  • Rekindle your creativity and clarify your professional identity

This training is for psychologists, therapists, social workers, counselors, life coaches, healers, activists, teaching artists, group facilitators, and other mental health professionals.

  • 36 Continuing Education Credits Available

  • Get course credit towards becoming a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT)

WHAT EXACTLY IS EXPRESSIVE ARTS (EXA) THERAPY?
EXA Therapy is an approach to counseling and group work that utilizes visual art, movement, music, writing, drama, and other forms of creative expression as a way to deepen self exploration and understanding. This therapeutic approach places emphasis on the creative process rather than the product. The Expressive Arts can help us reignite our creative spirit, see our lives in new ways, and tap into powerful new resources for confronting life challenges.

**FREE INFO SESSIONS: 11/7/25 & 1/9/26**

REGISTERED DRAMA THERAPIST ALTERNATE TRAINING

This training group fulfills 3-units (45 Hours) of the core educational requirements for Creative Arts Therapies or Advanced Elective in Drama Therapy in the Alternative Training Program with the North American Drama Therapy Association (additional $50 fee) when combined with additional required coursework.

CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) CREDITS
This training offers 36 CEs for Psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, and LCSWs (additional $75 fee). CE credits are co-sponsored by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA), approved by the APA. The California BBS accepts these credits for license renewal. SCA is also approved by the CA Board of Registered Nursing (Provider CEP16887). Professionals outside California should confirm eligibility with their state board.