You may qualify for CATA professional membership if you have graduated from an international accepted art therapy training program. To determine if your international art therapy training program is meets the equivalency, please check with the national art therapy association where your program resides such as the United Kingdom - BAAT; New Zealand or Australia - ANZATA; or United States of America – AATA with the Art Therapy Credential Board (ATCB). You can find the CATA Membership criteria and application on the CATA website, www.canadianarttherapy.org.

The most important factor is whether the program you have graduated from is accepted by the national art therapy association in the country that your program is located, such as ANZCATA (NZ/AU), BAAT (UK), or ATCB (US and international). CATA does not recognize art therapy programs that are not in compliance with a national art therapy association’s education standards, domestically or internationally. If the program you graduated from is not an approved program in Canada or abroad you can fill out the Education Standards Matrix, with supporting documents and submit it to CATA education director for review. Education programs must meet CATA's education standards for approval of professional membership.