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Continuing Education for Creative Arts Therapist - Providers/Sponsors

Creative Arts Therapy Department Approved Providers

In order to offer continuing education to Licensed Creative Arts Therapists an entity must be approved by the Department, based upon an application, along with the submission of the required fee.

The Department's approval of a provider of continuing education does not constitute the Department's endorsement of the content, positions or practices that may be addressed in any specific continuing education courses offered by the approved provider.

Courses may only be taken on or after January 1, 2017 from a creative arts therapy provider approved by the Department, in order to meet the requirements in law.

START: Creative Arts Therapy Services, PLLC (CAT-0125)
  • Course Type: Live (In Person) and Live Online
  • Approval Period: July 22, 2025 - July 31, 2028
SUNY New Paltz, Music Department (CAT-0016)
  • Address 800 Hawk Drive, College Hall G
    New Paltz, NY 12561-2442
  • Phone Number 845-257-2700
  • Fax Number 845-257-3121
  • E-mail Address music@newpaltz.edu
  • SUNY New Paltz, Music Department (CAT-0016) https://newpaltz.edu/music
  • Course Type: Live In-Person and Live Online
  • Approval Period: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2025
Suzanne Garrison, LCAT (CAT-0031)
  • Course Type: Live (In-Person)
  • Approval Period: March 15, 2017 - March 30, 2020
Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC (CAT-0093)
  • Course Type: Live In-Person, Live Online and Self-Study
  • Approval Period: July 21, 2021 - July 31, 2027
The Art Therapy Project (CAT-0006)
  • Course Type: Live In-Person and Live Online
  • Approval Period: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2025
The Center for Group Studies (CAT-0002)
  • Course Type: Live In-Person and Live Online
  • Approval Period: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2025
The Kint Institute (CAT-0116)
  • Course Type: Live (In Person), Live Online
  • Approval Period: August 2, 2024 - August 31, 2027
The Mel and Phyllis Zachter Ohel Institute for Training (CAT-0078)
  • Address 1268 East 14th Street
    Brooklyn, NY 11230
  • Phone Number 800-603-6435
  • The Mel and Phyllis Zachter Ohel Institute for Training (CAT-0078) https://www.ohelfamily.org
  • Course Type: Live In-Person & Live On-Line
  • Approval Period: October 21, 2019 - October 31, 2025
The Sociometric Institute, Inc. (CAT-0046)
  • Course Type: Live In-Person and Live Online
  • Approval Period: September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026
The Women's Therapy Centre Institute Training Program (CAT-0018)
  • Address 562 West End Avenue, Suite 1C
    New York, NY 10024
  • Phone Number 212-721-7005
  • E-mail Address admin@wtci-nyc.org
  • The Women's Therapy Centre Institute Training Program (CAT-0018) http://www.wtci-nyc.org
  • Course Type: Live In-Person and Live Online
  • Approval Period: February 10, 2017 - February 28, 2026
Therapist Express (CAT-0122)
  • Course Type: Live Online
  • Approval Period: August 13, 2025 - August 31, 2028
Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute, Inc. (CAT-0088)
  • Approval Period: May 4, 2021 - April 30, 2024
Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute, Inc. (CAT-0088)
  • Course Type: Live In-Person, Live Online and Self-Study
  • Approval Period: May 4, 2021 - April 30, 2027
Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute, Inc. (P-0051)
  • Course Type: Live In-Person and Live Online
  • Approval Period: May 10, 2021 - April 30, 2024
Trauma Institute of Orange County (CAT-0049)
  • Course Type: Live In-Person and Live Online
  • Approval Period: December 1, 2017 - November 30, 2023
tzkseminars, llc (CAT-0001)
  • Course Type: Live Online and Self-Study
  • Approval Period: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2025
University at Buffalo School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education (CAT-0003)
  • Course Type: Live In-Person, Live Online and Self-Study
  • Approval Period: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2025
Water & Stone, A Creative Arts Therapy PLLC (CAT-0017)
  • Course Type: Live In-Person, Live Online and Self-Study
  • Approval Period: January 9, 2017 - December 31, 2025
Wellness Collective NYC, LLC (CAT-0085)
  • Course Type: Live (In Person) and Live Online
  • Approval Period: April 8, 2024 - April 30, 2027
Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy (WCSPP) (CAT-0028)
  • Address 1889 Palmer Avenue
    Larchmont, NY 10538
  • Phone Number 914-997-7500
  • Fax Number 914-997-7501
  • E-mail Address info@wcspp.org
  • Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy (WCSPP) (CAT-0028) http://www.wcspp.org
  • Course Type: Live In-Person and Live Online
  • Approval Period: June 21, 2017 - June 30, 2026
William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology (CAT-0011)
  • Address 20 West 74th Street
    New York, NY 10023
  • Phone Number 212-873-0725
  • E-mail Address r.herman@wawhite.org
  • William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology (CAT-0011) http://www.wawhite.org
  • Course Type: Live In-Person and Live Online
  • Approval Period: May 9, 2019 - April 30, 2028
Zur Institute (CAT-0098)
  • Course Type: Live Online and Self-Study
  • Approval Period: February 8, 2022 - January 31, 2028