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  • Final call for June training

    Final call for June training

    We have a few places left for our June training and booking is now open for November: 13 and 14 June 2025IN-PERSON TRAININGEdge Hill University (booked via Edge Hill Uni) 1 November 2025IN-PERSON TASTER DAYUniversity of Salford (booked via Uni of Salford) Edge Hill shop University of Salford shop Please also see here for further…

  • Arts for the Blues at the House of Lords

    Arts for the Blues at the House of Lords

    Vicky Karkou has appeared at Children and Young People’s Mental Health Roundtable at the House of Lords on 3rd June, hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Creative Health and the National Centre for Creative Health. Vicky spoke to the group about the Arts for the Blues project and the work of the broader follow-up…

  • Arts for the Blues in Riga

    Arts for the Blues in Riga

    The Arts for the Blues team have presented their work in Riga, Latvia at the 7th European Dramatherapy Conference, also the 2nd International Dramatherapy Conference on the 2 and 3 May. The theme of the conference this year was ‘Human and Nature in Dramatherapy’. This was an incredibly well-attended and diverse conference with around 250…

  • Next Arts for the Blues therapy group at the University of Salford

    Next Arts for the Blues therapy group at the University of Salford

    We are proud to announce the next Arts for the Blues therapy group will be delivered at the University of Salford starting on Feb 11th 2025. The group will run every Tuesday morning 10-11:30am for 12 weeks, concluding on 29 April 2025. The group, which has limited places, will take place face to face on…

  • Arts for the Blues training in Kathmandu

    Arts for the Blues training in Kathmandu

    In collaboration with researchers at Queen Mary University, London, we delivered Arts for the Blues training to therapists based in Kathmandu, Nepal on 9 December. Some lovely photos of the event in the gallery below!

  • Arts for the Blues nominated for a Knowledge Exchange Award!

    Arts for the Blues nominated for a Knowledge Exchange Award!

    We are delighted to announce that Arts for the Blues has been nominated for a Knowledge Exchange award. This relates to how our training programme is helping to spread creative practice in therapy in the NHS, and in a plethora of charities, schools, health and cultural organisations in the UK and overseas. We couldn’t do…

  • New Arts for the Blues training dates released!

    New Arts for the Blues training dates released!

    We are excited to announce our open training offer programme for 2025, on the following dates: Saturday 1 March 2025ONLINE TASTER DAY(booked via the Uni of Salford) 13 and 14 June 2025IN-PERSON TRAININGEdge Hill University (booked via Edge Hill Uni) 1 November 2025IN-PERSON TASTER DAYUniversity of Salford (booked via Uni of Salford) Edge Hill shop…

  • Arts for the Blues in Berlin

    Arts for the Blues in Berlin

    The Arts for the Blues research team presented the project at the Federation of European Psychodrama Training Organisations (FEPTO)’s annual meeting at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin 3-6 October. The theme of the gathering was Unveiling the Connections: Research in Psychodrama and Arts-based Approaches. The team featured in the ‘skills building’ thread of the programme, introducing…

  • Arts for the Blues in The Psychologist

    Arts for the Blues in The Psychologist

    We are delighted to share an interview with the three Arts for the Blues founders now online at The Psychologist. With thanks to Jon Sutton and Aspa Paltoglou. https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/shared-love-arts-dance-and-creativity-has-brought-us-together

  • 12th July 2024 one day training in Arts for the Blues at Edge Hill University

    12th July 2024 one day training in Arts for the Blues at Edge Hill University

    We are happy to offer a new date of 12 July at Edge Hill University for our one day training, following our 12th June event at the University of Salford The full description of training is here: https://www.salford.ac.uk/school-health-society/continuing-professional-development-cpd Arts for the Blues: a new creative therapy model for depression Duration: 1 day 10.00am – 4.00pm Price:…