IMPORTANT: Don’t use the FireFox browser. A FireFox bug is causing printing problems. Chrome or Safari will work. 2026 OEATA Membership Application / Renewal OEATA MEMBER APPLICATIONSend e-transfers to info@oeata.ca Member fees are due Jan. 31st of each year. Membership in OEATA does not guarantee insurability. Your application will be reviewed and finalized upon receipt of all documents and payment. A receipt and your Welcome Package will be e-mailed to you from membership@oeata.ca OEATA is managed by an operational volunteer board and we review applications when we have enough for a committee meeting. We appreciate your patience in this process. Should you require an expedited review for insurance purposes, let us know. Thank you! Member Information Name * First Last * Last Email * Website Phone Numbers Home Business Cell Mailing Address Street * City * Province * Postal Code * Country * Choose your Membership All members are entitled to sit on committees, hold office and vote. All members may attend the annual general meeting (AGM). Professional $85 Expressive Arts Therapist (EXAT) who has fulfilled the requirements of an OEATA recognized EXAT training program, who may or may not perform the regulated act of psychotherapy and who is actively working in the field as an EXAT in Canada. Arts-Based Therapist (eg. MT, DMT, AT, DT etc.) who has fulfilled the requirements of an OEATA recognized training program, who may or may not perform the regulated act of psychotherapy and who is actively working in their field in Canada. Inactive $40 Refers to the EXAT who has taken a leave from their practice, permanent or otherwise, and who wants to remain involved. To be considered for reactivation, the EXAT will notify the Membership Committee in writing to membership@oeata.ca Student $25 Refers to students who are registered in a training program recognized by OEATA. EXAT graduates remain eligible for the student category for up to one year after graduation. Expressive Arts Practitioner (EXA) $85 Refers to community-engaged arts educators who do not perform the regulated act of psychotherapy and who have completed an Expressive Arts Foundations Certificate or diploma through an OEATA recognized institution. Supporting $85 Refers to the professional who is registered to practice psychotherapy through their own college, such as the MSW, RN, OT, MD etc., and has completed an Expressive Arts Foundations Certificate through an OEATA recognized institution. Affiliate $85 Refers to training institutions, foundations, businesses and associations who have an interest in the development of the Expressive Arts Therapy field. International – (payable in CAD) $85 Refers to individuals residing outside Canada who want to maintain an affiliation with OEATA. Membership Questionnaire Name of Private Practice, Company, Agency or Employer * Phone Number * Name of Current Supervisor * Supervisors Phone * Supervisors E-mail * Name of Records Custodian * Records Custodian Phone * Records Custodian E-mail * Next of Kin * Next of Kin Phone * Next of Kin E-mail * Offering Supervision * Yes, I offer Supervision or No, I do not offer Supervision at this time CRPO Registered Psychotherapist. If not, indicate your registration * Yes, I am a CRPO Registered Psychotherapist No, I do not yet have CRPO RP Designation OtherOther Committee Work * Yes, I am interested in committee work No, I am not interested in committee work If YES please select your preferences Communications Ethics Membership Professional Development Advocacy Governance New Member Directory Listing OEATA Public Directory Yes, if accepted I want to be listed in the OEATA Public Online Directory No, I am not interested in being in the Directory Application Materials Please e-mail the following items to the OEATA Membership Committee I am submitting the following materials for my Membership Application Current Curriculum Vita (CV) Payment via e-transfer to info@oeata.ca A letter of referral from my Supervisor or EXAT Instructor One copy each of credentials: diplomas / certificates / degrees Equivalent experienceEquivalent experience As an incentive OEATA offers the student rate for the first year post grad. Please indicate below. Yes, I am a student or recent graduate I have graduated more than a year ago Students must attach a copy of their student ID Drop a file here or click to upload Choose File Maximum file size: 268.44MB What is your graduation year? Signature As the term ‘artist’ is used for the purposes of describing activities of, and interventions by, Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association AEAP category members including but not limited to visual, movement, dramatic, poetry, creative writing, media arts, I declare that I have read, and understood, the OEATA Code of Ethics & Standards of Practice, that I have no psychotherapeutic relationship with clients, nor do I have contracts for psychotherapy with any clients. I have read the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario definition of the psychotherapy relationship and agree that I do not engage in the regulated act of psychotherapy with clients. CRPO definition of psychotherapy: “...to treat, by means of psychotherapy technique delivered through a therapeutic relationship, an individual’s serious disorder of thought, cognition, mood, emotional regulation, perception or memory that may seriously impair the individual’s judgement, insight, behaviour, communication or social functioning.” Declaration for Expressive Arts Therapists (EXAT) Yes, I have read and agree as follows Declaration for Expressive Arts Practitioners (EXA) Yes, I have read and agree as follows I have read and agree to abide by the OEATA Code of Ethics & Standards of Practice (link will open in a new tab) * YES When you have completed this form print it and sign and date here. Date: ______________ Signature: __________________________________________________ Payment Donation I would like to make a donation in support of my professional association Print this form for your records. Print this form TOTAL Clicking submit will record your entries in our database. 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