FAQ

Currently Hong Kong doesn’t offer any Graduate Level Art therapy training. For those who might be interested in pursuing the education in Art therapy, one must go abroad to get the training. Nowadays, one can obtain professional art therapy training in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, as well as Singapore, Taiwan, and Korea. There are non-English art therapy trainings in European countries as well. Please visit the correspondence country’s art therapy association for education information. 

General membership is open to general public. Those who are interested in art therapy or wanting to join our association’s activities and workshop are welcome to be our general members. There is no qualification requirement or limitation on becoming our general member and the membership fee will be $200 per year. General member will get benefits with our discount member fee to attend workshop and activities. General members also will receive first-hand information of HKAAT’s news.

Professional Membership is only for qualified art therapist. Applicants for professional membership are required to show proof of having a graduate level or above ART THERAPY training. Membership fee is $500 per year. Professional members will enjoy the same benefit as the general member as well as receiving art therapy job referral, option to join group indemnity insurance package, and a showcase of their biography on HKAAT’s website.

Art therapist work in diverse settings such as school, hospital, prison, rehab center, counseling center, community center, to provide psychotherapy and support along with art modality, to help individual to express their needs and develop solution and coping skills, so that the service receiver might gain insight in their current situation and thus promote healthy changes in life.

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