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Introduction to Art Therapy

Art therapy is a type of psychotherapy that uses art as a form of communication between the therapist and the patient to treat a wide range of mental health conditions. In this psychotherapy course, we explore the concepts and practices of art therapy to help you engage in therapeutic art activities with your clients. We provide the skills you need to confidently work with clients of all artistic abilities in a variety of settings.

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What you will learn

  • Creative Art Therapy - Learning Outcomes

  • Art Therapy Techniques

  • Creative Art Therapy - Lesson Summary

  • Concepts of Art Therapy

  • Beneficiaries of Art Therapy

Art therapy is a type of psychotherapy that uses art as a way to help people express themselves. It can be used to help people deal with stress, anxiety and mental health issues. This course introduces you to art therapy and its concepts and explains how to work with clients who have physical and mental impairments. We explore the history and principles of art therapy and highlight some of the key figures in its evolution. We then study the key types of art therapy, including individual and group therapy, and show you how to effectively incorporate it into your professional psychotherapy practice. This course also suits anyone who simply wants to broaden their horizons and investigate the value of art therapy in their lives.

Creativity is a powerful tool that can be used to help improve mental health and wellbeing and art therapy offers one way to tap into your creative side. We discuss creative therapy and its uses and lay out some of the different types of innovative treatments. We define ‘mindful creativity’ and emphasise the importance of mindfulness and mindfulness practices like meditation. The course goes over art therapy techniques that you could use with clients, the necessary materials and their goals. We focus on the use of drawing and demonstrate how art therapy can be employed as a kind of treatment for kids who have physical and mental impairments.

The course explains how to use art therapy to treat families and guides you through some of the most common mental illnesses you're likely to encounter as an art therapist. We provide some useful recording techniques you can use with your clients and cover the basics of supervision and its boundaries and therapeutic limitations. This course is designed for anyone interested in learning about the growing field of art therapy and how to work with clients who have physical and mental impairments. Whether you are a professional psychotherapist looking to improve your ability to help your clients or are simply interested in learning how creativity can improve mental health, this course is for you.

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Teach Academy eLearning provides corporate, government and education sectors with proven on-demand training for employees. The company was founded in 2015 and has had more than 1.3 million students taking their courses. Teach Academy eLearning is a name you can trust for workforce training. The company specialises in video-based technology training content. The goal has always been to engage learners through an immersive, hands-on learning approach. Teach Academy prides itself on releasing titles on the cutting edge of technology. The subject matter experts are deeply involved in the subjects they teach, so the courses go into great depth and provide learners with the skills they need to implement real-world solutions with a given technology. The courses offered by Teach Academy vary from data analytics, software development and marketing to productivity in meetings and data visualisation.

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  • Course Duration
    2 h 56 m 35 s
  • Course Level
    Moderate
  • Student Enrolled
    8
  • Language
    English

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