Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association

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Expressive Arts Therapists offer interventions that integrate the use of visual arts, creative writing, drama, music, voice and movement as catalysts for personal inquiry, discovery and growth.

11/28/2025
Laughing in the Therapy Room? Yes, We Dare!Using humour in therapy isn’t exactly a walk in the park. How do you stay pre...
11/25/2025

Laughing in the Therapy Room? Yes, We Dare!

Using humour in therapy isn’t exactly a walk in the park. How do you stay present when a client storms in declaring, “I hate art!” or shrugs with an “I’ll do that tomorrow… if I can?” It takes more than quick wit — it takes deep attunement.
How do you spot those subtle shifts in mood, those sparkling moments when a client becomes suddenly insightful — or even chuckles at your Freudian slip?
When a client laughs at a realisation, the shift is not just mental but visceral, creating deeper assimilation and psycho-physiological healing. With skilful and warm-hearted intention, humour can catalyse genuine change.
Hephzibah Kaplan and Dr. Brian Kaplan invite us to lighten up and to rediscover the healing joy of not taking ourselves too seriously. Together, they’ll show us how reverse psychology works, how to laugh with our clients, at ourselves, hold the space for the clients’ healthy humour, and to find grace in it — even when life goes wildly off-script.

Humour is part of therapy — and it deserves to be celebrated and learned!

Join us on November 28, 9:30-11AM EST for an online, live workshop, where laughter meets insight, and therapy finds its playful and most rewarding side.

Recording replay available for those that cannot make the live session.

Register here: [https://lnkd.in/ezne-2aM](https://lnkd.in/ezne-2aM)

About the presenters:

[Hephzibah Kaplan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hephzibah-kaplan-741404a/) is a UK-based HCPC registered art therapist and founder-director of the London Art Therapy Centre. She offers advanced training in integrative supervision for arts therapists and has worked internationally with supervisees and training programmes.

Dr. Brian Kaplan is a medical doctor who has explored many complementary modalities. He co-facilitates an integrative arts therapy supervision group.
Both Hephzibah and Brian trained with Frank Farrelly, founder of Provocative Therapy, and have developed his pioneering work, bridging it with IFS (Internal Family Systems) and existential philosophy.

NEW TIPS AND STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE IMPACTED BY DEMENTIA!FLEXING YOUR EXAT MUSCLES INTO NEW HORIZONS! SIGN U...
11/25/2025

NEW TIPS AND STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE IMPACTED BY DEMENTIA!

FLEXING YOUR EXAT MUSCLES INTO NEW HORIZONS!
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GROWING EDGES OF THERAPY PRACTICE!!FLEXING YOUR EXAT MUSCLES INTO NEW HORIZONS! SIGN UP HERE https://oeata.ca/events/
11/25/2025

GROWING EDGES OF THERAPY PRACTICE!!

FLEXING YOUR EXAT MUSCLES INTO NEW HORIZONS!
SIGN UP HERE https://oeata.ca/events/

11/25/2025

Join us for our PAT and Expressive Arts Therapy workshop with . Register with the QR@code.

Join us on Monday December 8th for our PAT & Expressive Arts Therapy workshop. It s designed for EXAT therapists and cre...
11/25/2025

Join us on Monday December 8th for our PAT & Expressive Arts Therapy workshop. It s designed for EXAT therapists and creative supporters who are interested an exploring expressive arts approach to holding space during the psychedelic journey under the supervision of a medical doctor or nurse practitioner. Participants will learn how to integrate an expressive arts therapy lens into their practice and explore the similarities between altered states that affect f consciousness and the liminal spaces accessed through expressive arts therapy.

11/24/2025

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Who Are We?

OEATA’s Mission is to develop, steward, and promote the Expressive Arts Therapy profession and the interests of Expressive Arts Therapists. As the united voice of OEATA members, the organization serves to uphold high standards of competent and ethical practice in alignment with the Ontario College of Registered Psychotherapists.

OEATA’s Vision is for people everywhere to share in the creative powers of Expressive Arts to transform their inner worlds and communities. OEATA recognizes and fosters the essential values of imagination and creative expression through the arts in psychotherapy, education, social justice and community development.