Arts Therapies 
Business Summit

This summit celebrates entrepreneurship in arts therapies, and presents initiatives that are thriving with purpose and creativity—without following aggressive capitalist and unethical models. Business in arts therapies is a different way of looking at how arts therapists follow their passion for this field without giving up on their personal beliefs and values. Bringing together practitioners who have built sustainable practices rooted in humanity, innovation, and care, the event highlights how arts therapists are redefining success. Participants will discover inspiring approaches to balancing business with values, and learn how creativity can fuel both healing and ethical entrepreneurship.

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Students will benefit of 30% discount of the displayed price if they send us proof of enrollment in an academic institution.

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The free event took place on November 1-2, 2025. Please access the home-study package if you want to hear how creative arts therapists were dedicating their life to serve arts therapies in their unique way, through creating projects, schools, or clinics. This home study package gives you 15 NBCC CE credits.

Summit Speakers

This collection of presentations and workshops will guide you into the world of ethical entreprenorship.  Our seasoned speakers will share insights into important aspects of bringing their projects to life and making them sustainable, will share their expertise in creating different types of businesses that ensured both the professional growth and personal well being. 

The detailed program and goals of this home study course are presented on the Program page. Please click on it to check the abstracts, bios, and goals of each of the presentation contained in the course.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the CE credits offered.

Nicole McCance

Retired Psychologist turned Business Coach who helps therapists scale to a group practice. She expanded her private practice to 55 therapists and multiple 7-figures in 3 years, and then sold it. Has 70K followers on Instagram, a top-ranked podcast—The Business Savvy Therapist (top 10%)—and frequent speaking engagements.

Carla van Laar

Dr. van Laar is an Australian creative and experiential therapist, artist, supervisor, author and educator. She is the Convenor of PACFA’s College of Creative and Experiential Therapies (CCET) and founder of Supervision Studio and the Creative Mental Health Forum & Collective Care Retreat.

Hephzibah Kaplan

 Art therapist with a masters from the University of Hertfordshire. She trained with Frank Farrelly, integrating humor into therapy. In 2010, she founded London’s first group art therapy practice and, in 2016, launched a pioneering supervision training offered to over 150 arts therapists around the world....

Leah Guzman

American Board Certified Art Therapist and professional artist with over 20 years of experience. An international best-selling author, her books include Essential Art Therapy Exercises and Art as Therapy for Youth. She provides online art therapy services and programs that support creatives in healing and personal growth...

Amanda Chen-Lee

Amanda is a certified and experienced Art Therapist with over 10 years of experience in the field. She holds a Master’s in Art Therapy (MA-AT, 2015), is a registered Arts Educator (MOE-AMIS), and a certified Nagomi Art Instructor. She founded Art for Good, a social enterprise in Singapore...

José Miguel Calderon

José Miguel Calderon, PhD is the co-founder of TAE Peru/ Barcelona Institute and Director of the PhD program in Expressive Arts of the European Graduate School, Switzerland.  He has received a master’s degree in theoretical psychoanalytic studies at University College London...

Judith Alalù

Judith Alalu, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist and Expressive Arts Therapist. She is co-founder of TAE Peru and TAE Barcelona, and serves as a faculty member at the European Graduate School, Switzerland. She provides therapeutic care and teaches art therapy in institutes across Europe...

Patcharin Sughondhabirom

Medical doctor and Registered Art Therapist based in Bangkok, Thailand. She is the Executive Director and Coordinator of the International Program of Art Therapy in Thailand (IPATT). She integrates art therapy into fields such as palliative care...

Carles Ramos

Carles Ramos is an Art Psychotherapist educated at the University of London and currently serves as the Director of Metàfora Centre d’Estudis d’Artteràpia in Barcelona. He oversees clinical practice, education, and research initiatives, promoting art therapy worldwide...

Patricia Ki

Art therapist, educator, and researcher of Chinese-Hakka descent living in Toronto. As Executive Director of the Toronto Art Therapy Institute, she advocates for accessible, community-oriented art therapy education, rooted in collective care and anti-colonial practice.

Mimma della Cagnoletta

Co-founder of Art Therapy Italiana’s training programs in art and dance movement therapy, educator and supervisor for forty year, honorary member of the Italian Professional Association of Art Therapists, founding member of the EFAT...

Emery Mikel

Emery Mikel, ATR-BC, LCAT is a creative arts therapist based in New York, founder of Water & Stone Creative Arts Therapy and Firefly & Phoenix. She specializes in supporting therapists and clients through grief, life transitions, anxiety, and private practice development.

Sharon Veness

Australian transpersonal art therapist and holistic counsellor. She supports neurodivergent clients in restoring mental wellbeing. She holds an Advanced Diploma in Transpersonal Art Therapy and is certified in NLP, and is affiliated with IICT, ANZACATA...

Kerryn Knight

Kerryn is an Australian Clinical Counsellor and Psychotherapist with 17 years of experience supporting children, youth, and adults. She integrates creative arts therapy with evidence-based approaches and also mentoring future therapists as a lecturer and supervisor...

Isabelle Dierckx

Isabelle has been working as an art therapist since 1999 at Bethaniënhuis Psychiatric Hospital in Zoersel. She has also worked with Red Pencil and provided art therapy for families and individuals in asylum reception centers. She founded StudioDNA in 2021.

Ashleigh Gureckas

Ashleigh is a Canadian art therapist, former instructor at KATI, school board clinician, and clinical placement coordinator. She now brings her clinical depth and creative expertise into online spaces—@discoveryarttherapy—where therapy, art, and education meet....

Janeen Cameron

Janeen Cameron is the Director of Art4Success and Quitwise. Former Registered Nurse and Occupational Health, Safety and Rehabilitation Consultant, and holds a Master of Arts Therapy.
Specialising in creative therapies, Janeen is also skilled in EMDR, coaching, and supervision...

Sharona Bookbinder

Currently invested in leadership education, mentoring, coaching and facilitation. 28+ years of clinical psychotherapy experience as therapist in Geriatrics, Palliation, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Delays, etc. She also teach and provide supervision...

Arts Therapies Business Summit

HOME STUDY PACKAGE - CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

This package offers you 15 NBCC Countinuing Education credits for certified counsellors in US and ATR-BC.
Other Professional Orders and Associations may accept the accreditation, so please consult with your respective regulatory body.

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Creative Therapies Events Inc. has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7468. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Creative Therapies Events Inc. is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

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This package will give you 21 hours of continuing education hours, as per approval by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. Members of CCPA will receive transcripts at no cost listing all attended events assessed as Continuing Education Credit. Non‐members must attach a cheque for $30.00 payable to CCPA to have CEC’s recorded and to have a transcript issued.

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Art Therapy Credentials Board, Inc. (ATCB) recognizes an array of Continuing Education Credit activities, inclusive of those pertaining to the spheres of professional and mental health counseling. These specified activities are delineated within the recertification standards, which are disseminated to all Art Therapy Registered-Board Certified (ATR-BC) professionals during their recertification year, as well as being accessible via the official ATCB website. It is mandated that a minimum of six CE credits in the domain of ethics and six CE credits in the domain of supervision or education must be acquired in each certification cycle. Licensees practicing as art therapists within their respective states (in US) are advised to consult with their state boards to ascertain the acceptability of various CE courses for the purpose of license renewal.

Please check with your regulatory body in your country, this home study program may be accepted for CE/CPD credits in European countries, Australia, Asia, etc.

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Creative Therapies Events Inc. is our registered legal name under which all official and legal matters are conducted. This includes compliance with all regulatory requirements and licensure board mandates.
We operate under the brand name 'Creative Arts Therapies Events' which may be used, along with our logo, for all our educational and promotional materials, both in print and electronic formats, including for advertising certified credits where applicable.
We have employed LearnWorlds, a learning management system, for delivering this program. The use of LearnWorlds, including its logo, does not imply sponsorship or co-sponsorship of any educational or business activities by LearnWorlds in relation to Creative Therapies Events Inc.

Course Sections

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