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Alex McDonald

@_alexmcdonald

Art Therapist. Researcher @ArtTherapyStudy & @UniofNewcastle. Professional Development & Comms Manager @baat_org. Former Editor-in-Chief @IJATInscape.

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linkhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2137-0804 calendar_today03-08-2009 14:05:57

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International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape (@ijatinscape) 's Twitter Profile Photo

❕️ New special issue: #Art therapy with people who have experienced #trauma⁠ ⁠ ➡️ Challenging #ArtTherapists consider a variety of perspectives. ⁠ ✒️Guest editors: Ali Coles Dr Naomi Murphy, Neil Winter 🔗 Read the editorial: bit.ly/4apVEu8

❕️ New special issue: #Art therapy with people who have experienced #trauma⁠
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➡️ Challenging #ArtTherapists consider a variety of perspectives. 
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✒️Guest editors: <a href="/AliColes3/">Ali Coles</a> <a href="/NMPsychologist/">Dr Naomi Murphy</a>, Neil Winter

🔗 Read the editorial: bit.ly/4apVEu8
British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) (@baat_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sara established a centre for #ArtTherapy training and arts in Sudan, a country which for the last year has been in a brutal civil war. 📰 Read Sara's story in our latest Spotlight article: bit.ly/4a7XIXF

Sara established a centre for #ArtTherapy training and arts in Sudan, a country which for the last year has been in a brutal civil war. 

📰 Read Sara's story in our latest Spotlight article: bit.ly/4a7XIXF
British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) (@baat_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎇 Art of the week - Greg Bromley 🎇 ⁠ ⁠ Greg's piece ‘‘Never the Twain Shall Meet Met'’ was chosen as the cover art for the latest special issue of International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape on #ArtTherapy and #trauma. 🔗 Read about the artwork: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🎇 Art of the week - Greg Bromley 🎇 ⁠
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Greg's piece ‘‘Never the Twain Shall Meet Met'’ was chosen as the cover art for the latest special issue of <a href="/IJATInscape/">International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape</a> on #ArtTherapy and #trauma. 

🔗 Read about the artwork: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) (@baat_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

👋 Meet Daniel Regan, our equality, diversity and inclusion advisor. We asked Daniel to tell us more about himself and his work. 🔗 Read Daniel's interview in our latest issue of InSight: bit.ly/3xkGRC6 Daniel Regan #ArtsHealth

👋 Meet Daniel Regan, our equality, diversity and inclusion advisor. We asked Daniel to tell us more about himself and his work.

🔗 Read Daniel's interview in our latest issue of InSight: bit.ly/3xkGRC6

<a href="/danieljayregan/">Daniel Regan</a> #ArtsHealth
Suzanne Rastrick (@suzannerastrick) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧩The #NHS became the world’s first national health system to commit to becoming carbon net zero in 2020 🧩I’m proud that our second #GreenerAHP week in England starts tomorrow on #EarthDay2024 & runs between 22 - 26 April 🧩All details here👉 england.nhs.uk/ahp/greener-ah… WeAHPs 💙

British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) (@baat_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌟 #ArtTherapistsArt by Christine Phang from the United States: 'Flourish', collage, 2024 Thank you for sharing! 🔗 Find out how to submit your artwork: baat.org/galleries/abou…

🌟 #ArtTherapistsArt by Christine Phang from the United States: 'Flourish', collage, 2024

Thank you for sharing! 

🔗 Find out how to submit your artwork: baat.org/galleries/abou…
Teapot Trust (@teapottrust) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One of our brilliant art therapists Patricia Watts is at #BRS24 today sharing a research poster looking at art therapy for children, young people, and families living with arthritis If you are there too, come and say hi and check it out! @lucykc24 Great North Children’s Hospital Simon Scott Hackett

One of our brilliant art therapists <a href="/Patricia1Watts/">Patricia Watts</a>  is at
#BRS24 today sharing a research poster looking at art therapy for children, young people, and families living with arthritis

If you are there too, come and say hi and check it out!

@lucykc24
<a href="/GreatNorthCH/">Great North Children’s Hospital</a>
<a href="/simonshackett/">Simon Scott Hackett</a>
British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) (@baat_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Mental health in the UK is getting worse. We have joined leading #mentalhealth organisations in supporting #AMentallyHealthierNation - calling on every political party to adopt these actions for mental health in their general election manifestos. ⬇️Find out more

Primary-school-based art therapy study (@arttherapystudy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fantastic interview with our research team co-lead, Simon Scott Hackett - this explains why we have been including children and their parents at each stage of our #ArtTherapy research 👇🏼

British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) (@baat_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📑 New #OpenAccess research article! 'Art therapy for children and adolescents with autism: a systematic review' ➡️ Take a look! bit.ly/3yrFRN7 #ArtTherapy #ArtTherapyResearch

📑 New #OpenAccess research article! 'Art therapy for children and adolescents with autism: a systematic review'

➡️ Take a look! bit.ly/3yrFRN7

#ArtTherapy #ArtTherapyResearch
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We're proud to support #LearningDisabilityWeek 💞 In this article, Dr Simon Hackett explores his art therapy research on adults with learning disabilities, the development of art therapy, and how to make it more inclusive. 🔗 Read online: bit.ly/49lXLhm

We're proud to support #LearningDisabilityWeek 💞

In this article, Dr Simon Hackett explores his art therapy research on adults with learning disabilities, the development of art therapy, and how to make it more inclusive.

🔗 Read online: bit.ly/49lXLhm
International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape (@ijatinscape) 's Twitter Profile Photo

☀️ As the UK school term comes to a close, take a look at our collection of articles highlighting the different ways in which #arttherapy in #schools can impact young people’s lives 🔗 Read here: bit.ly/40G6yrB

☀️ As the UK school term comes to a close, take a look at our collection of articles highlighting the different ways in which #arttherapy in #schools can impact young people’s lives 

🔗 Read here: bit.ly/40G6yrB
British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) (@baat_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣 Out today! The summer issue of our online magazine, InSight. A collection of articles, interviews and insights on #ArtTherapy. 🖼️Cover art by Christine Phang 🔗Read online: bit.ly/3yhbXf1

British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) (@baat_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💬 'I love how for most patients, even when in crisis, art provides a way to heal and a refuge.' ➡️ What's it like to work as an #ArtTherapist in a psychiatric hospital? Kim Valldejuli tells us about her experience. 🔗 bit.ly/46rHUha #ArtTherapyinHospitals

💬 'I love how for most patients, even when in crisis, art provides a way to heal and a refuge.' 

➡️ What's it like to work as an #ArtTherapist in a psychiatric hospital? Kim Valldejuli tells us about her experience. 

🔗  bit.ly/46rHUha

#ArtTherapyinHospitals