"My time at IATE has been exhilarating, enriching and worth every second. I have had the privilege of sharing this journey with the most extraordinary people, who have inspired, encouraged, educated, challenged, supported, and helped me to develop as a therapist and as a person.
IATE is an innovative, creative, dynamic place to learn; whatever the duration of time you spend there, it is sure to change your inner and outer worlds."
Lisa Walters (current student of IATE)
Centre for child mental health
Conferences, Training Days and Lectures. Continuing Professional Development Opportunities for Anyone Working to Improve Child and Adolescent Emotional Well-being.
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Welcome to IATE
Accredited Training courses and Masters Degrees in Arts Psychotherapy / Child Psychotherapy / Emotional Literacy and Child Counselling, leading to Nationally Recognised Registration.
Not only a training course, but a profound personal journey.
Thank you for finding our website. We do hope you will enjoy your visit and find what you are looking for. Whether you are wishing to develop a creative interest, work with people in a variety of contexts, establish or enhance a career in Arts Psychotherapy, Child Psychotherapy, Emotional Literacy, education, or another helping profession, by the acquisition of advanced qualifications, we trust that you will find something appealing in these pages. Our courses have developed and been refined over twenty years and so we are entirely confident that if you decide to train at The Institute, not only your work but your life will be deeply and richly enhanced.
All our courses provide the opportunity to develop a truly fulfilling career, working with the human mind and making a real difference to people’s lives. But what we provide is particular, because we engage the whole person in the learning process: cognition, emotion, imagination and creativity: the result, often a profound and life changing experience. We tell applicants that if your life is perfect as it is, don’t come here, because you and your life WILL change!