Art as Therapy

Art & Art Therapy

Art & Art Therapy

The course is suitable for senior nurses, clinical nurse specialists and allied health professionals working directly with adult cancer patients with dependent children (under 18 years) and particularly those interested in enhancing their clinical competence and confidence supporting parents with cancer. The module has been designed to enable students to develop an understanding of systemic fam...

Art therapy.

The graduate program in art therapy trains highly skilled therapists whose professional practice is grounded in a broad understanding of current clinical art therapy, counseling, and trauma theories. Students are taught the application of effective research and evaluation methodologies, clinical skills, and studio expertise, within a diverse, integrative, and culturallyresponsive format. The pr...

O13: Art Therapy and PTSD in Children

PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder is one of the most important psychological disorders in children in which symptoms such as anxiety and depression can be seen. Beside the strategies like CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychotherapy art therapy is one of the most important strategies which can help to children with PTSD to cope with this disorder. According to art therapy studies ...

Art for women’s sake: Understanding feminist art therapy as didactic practice re-orientation

Catalysed through the coming together of feminist theories that debate ‘the politics of difference’ and through a reflection on the practices of art psychotherapy, this paper seeks to illuminate the progressive and empowering nature that creative applications have for better mental health. It also seeks to critically expose and evaluate some of the marginalisation work that is also done within ...