At Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute we invite you to participate in the power of creative process. We offer trainings for mental health providers to learn, and continue gaining skills, on how to integrate the expressive arts into the therapeutic space. These are open to mental health clinicians, educators, coaches, community leaders, healthcare workers, artists, and more! Creative Community offerings strive to bring information, techniques, and continued learning for your own personal enrichment and/or guidance on how to bring the expressive arts into your professional space.
You do not need prior experience in any art form to participate!
Check out all of our offerings, below!
Summer Art Programs for Teens Ages 12-17
Four week-long workshop opportunities for teens to lean into their creativity and have some expressive arts fun!
ONLINE Continuing Education Trainings
Meet your Ethics CE requirements with this training!
Register for 10/18 here!
Register for 12/5 here!
Visual Journaling and Internal Family Systems:
Our online continuing education trainings offer expert instruction and an interactive experience all while earning continuing education credits! We offer CEs to mental health professionals including social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, & licensed creative arts therapists. We are approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider and we are also a WA State OSPI approved clock hour provider.
Meet your Ethics CE requirements with this training!
Register here!
The ethics of self-care: Exploring resilience through expressive arts
Meet your Ethics CE requirements with this training!
Upcoming Dates:
> October 18th (9:00am-3:30pm Pacific Time)
> December 5th (9:00am-3:30pm Pacific Time)
Cost: $219.00 (includes 6 CEs in Ethics)
Register for 10/18 here!
Register for 12/5 here!
Lunchtime recharge Series: Protect your energy
Fall Dates:
> Thursday September 18, 2025 || 12:00pm – 1:00pm PT || 1 CE
> Thursday October 2, 2025 || 12:00pm – 1:00pm PT || 1 CE
> Thursday November 6, 2025 || 12:00pm – 1:00pm PT || 1 CE
> Thursday December 4, 2025 || 12:00pm – 1:00pm PT || 1 CE
Cost: $35 per session
ARTicles: Creative Clinicians Reading Club
Fall Dates:
> Tuesday September 16, 2025 || 11:00am – 12:00pm PT || 1 CE
> Tuesday October 21, 2025 || 11:00am – 12:00pm PT || 1 CE
> Tuesday November 18, 2025 || 11:00am – 12:00pm PT || 1 CE
> Tuesday December 16, 2025 || 11:00am – 12:00pm PT || 1 CE
Cost: $35 per session
Mythopoetics in Action: An Archetypal Exploration
Friday September 19, 2025 || 9:00am – 12:00pm Pacific Time
Cost: $119 (3 CEs)
Listening In: Tools for Self-Care
Friday September 26, 2025 || 8:00am – 11:00am Pacific Time
Cost: $119 (3 CEs)
Visual Journaling and Internal Family Systems:
Supporting Complex Trauma Using Expressive Arts
Cost: $233.00 (7 CEs)
> Saturday October 4, 2025 || 9:00pm-5:00pm PT
> Saturday November 8, 2025 || 9:00pm-5:00pm PT
Resonant Self-Care Series
Fall Dates:
> Tuesday October 14, 2025 || 11:00am – 12:30pm PT || 1.5 CE
> Tuesday November 11, 2025 || 11:00am – 12:30pm PT || 1.5 CE
> Tuesday December 9, 2025 || 11:00am – 12:30pm PT || 1.5 CE
Cost: $40 per session
Creative renewal: expressive arts therapies for you and your practice
Friday October 17, 2025 || 8:00am – 11:00am Pacific Time
Cost: $119 (3 CEs)
Working Well: Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Approaches
Friday October 24, 2025 || 9:00am – 12:00pm Pacific Time
Cost: $119 (3 CEs)
Kink for Clinicians: Cultural Competency
Friday November 14, 2025 || 8:00am – 11:00am Pacific Time
Cost: $119 (3 CEs)
Stay tuned for more Online CE Training Workshops!
IN PERSON Continuing Education Trainings
Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts is excited to host you at our studio in Seattle, WA.
When you join us in the studio, we’ll have complimentary coffee & tea as well as a light snack.
Meet your Ethics CE requirements with this in-person training!
Register here!
Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts is excited to host you at our studio in Seattle, WA.
Located at:
Interbay Worklofts
1631 15th Avenue West, Suite 305
Seattle, WA 98119
When you join us in the studio, we’ll have complimentary coffee & tea as well as a light snack.
All art materials are included with registration.
The ethics of self-care: an art-based approach
Meet your Ethics CE requirements with this in-person training!
Upcoming Offerings:
> September 27th || 9:00am-4:00pm Pacific Time || 6 CEs
Cost: $219.00
Register here!
Reclaiming Play: Expressive Arts Tools for Nervous System Renewal and Creative Flow
October 11, 2025 || 10:00am-1:30pm Pacific Time || 3 CEs
Cost: $119
Stay tuned for more In-Person CE Training Workshops!
Creative Community Workshops & Events
When? Third Saturday of the month :: 11:00am-12:30pm Pacific Time
How do I join?
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Monthly expressive arts group gathering
When? Third Saturday of the month :: 11:00am-12:30pm Pacific Time
Where? Online (RSVP requested)
Cost: FREE!
How do I join?
Please RSVP by emailing info@seattlearttherapy.org -or- RSVP on the Facebook Event Page.
Find out more!
Stay tuned for more Creative Community Events & Workshops!
REAT Supervision
REAT Supervision Intensives
When? Every first Saturday of the month :: 8:00am – 11:00am PT
Where? Online
Cost? $150 per session
See our complete Workshop Catalog
Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute (NWCEAI) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7104. Programs that do no qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute (NWCEAI) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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Northwest Creative and Expressive Arts Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0123.
Questions or need to cancel? Please see our cancellation policies.