Art Therapy Learning Objectives
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Upon completion of the Master of Arts in Art Therapy with Specialization in Counseling, you will be able to:
- Critically analyze research literature and field-related research, its application to practice, and evaluation of services.
- Apply self-reflection, understanding of theoretical and social constructs, and awareness of one’s own assumptions and biases to foster anti-oppressive practice.
- Evaluate strategies of ethical and legal reasoning, including ethical standards of the art therapy and counseling professions to arrive at principled decisions.
- Integrate theory and current approaches from art therapy, counseling, and family systems to develop effective biopsycho-ecological assessment, case-conceptualization, diagnostic processes and corresponding treatments.
- Create effective therapeutic relationships with attention to visual, verbal, behavioral, and metacommunication between the therapist, client(s) and artwork.
- Adapt art processes, media potentials, therapy structures, and environments to therapeutically benefit personal, family, group, and community concerns.
- Design and deliver art therapy programs that include a focus on interprofessional collaboration along a continuum of care.
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