Webinars
Every month we organize various webinars on special topics and fields of art therapy. The Webinars are free of charge for ABAT members.
Structures of existence
with Ana Pireva & Avgustina Stanoeva
The 3-day training seminar "Structures of Existence" in Plovdiv was a success. The training for art therapists was with a great deal of own artistic experience, introduction to new art therapy methods, their application as well as the usefulness of art as a tool for self-care and mental hygiene.
World Schizophrenia Awareness Day: Open Day at the Psychiatry Clinic
Introduction of nonverbal creative methods: Art Therapy NAA Sofia
On the occasion of the World Schizophrenia Awareness Day 11 April, an Open Day will be held on 10 April 2025 at 11 am at the Psychiatry Clinic of the University Hospital "Alexandrovska".
The event will be attended by representatives from the Master's Program "Art Therapy" of the National Academy of Arts Sofia, who will talk about the impact factors of art therapy. The students of the Master's program will also present their paintings made during their studies in Art Therapy.
Art as a therapy
Development & Perspectives
In October 2024 we had the honour to welcome in Sofia our guest Maria d'Elia, the President of the European Federation of Art Therapy (EFAT). At the invitation of the Association of Bulgarian Art Therapists (ABAT) she presented the work of EFAT to an audience of Art Therapy students and other interested people. The rich program, consisting of various lectures and workshops, took place at the National Academy of Art in Sofia. Its terrace offered visitors a magnificent panorama of the surrounding buildings - the imposing cathedral "Alexander Nevsky", the University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and the National Library "St. Sv. Cyril and Methodius" - as well as the impressive landscape of Vitosha, at the foot of which the Bulgarian capital is located. We are extremely happy that our association is part of the European art therapy family and we are looking forward to a successful cooperation with EFAT.
october 11,
2024
Art Therapy in Bulgaria - development and future prospects
Key Speakers
Maria d'Elia
Art Therapist MA Co-founder and President of the European Federation of Art Therapy - EFAT
Co-founder and former president, now vice-president, of the Luxembourgish Association of Qualified Arts Therapists - ALAtD
Lynn Kapitan *online
Art Therapist PhD, ATR-BC Professor and Director of the Professional Doctorate in Art Therapy, School of Arts & Design at Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI Past President of the American Art Therapy Association
National Academy of Art, Sofia