Art Therapy: Theory and Practice
Professional Retraining Program // online // March 2023-June 2025
About the course
This is an educational course where students acquire comprehensive knowledge on the history of art therapy development, its methodological foundations, and basic working techniques. Students will explore the experience of art therapy methodologies in hospitals, institutional, and the practices of European professionals.
Specific modules of the program will be dedicated to differentiated work with children, adolescents, and adults.
Specific modules of the program will be dedicated to differentiated work with children, adolescents, and adults.
The training includes:
- Online modules — lecture and seminar classes
- Webinars on clinical psychology and psychiatry
- Art Studio — learning artistic techniques and properties of materials
- Regular art therapy group as a model for practice
- Supervision with Russian and international experts
- Practice in art therapy groups and institutions
- Peer groups: mandatory practice studied with classmates
- Regular mini-groups with a tutor
Course Goal
To provide professional education in the field of art therapy, develop a community of art therapists interested in an in-depth theoretical and practical study and development of the art therapy method, and establish cross-cultural dialogue between representatives of different cultures within one professional discipline.
Audience
The course will be of interest to teachers, psychologists, social workers, educators, tutors, as well as artists and people from related creative professions interested in professional development, expanding methodological views, and practical skills for the resourceful use of art therapy opportunities in a professional context. To obtain the Certification for the Diploma of Retraining at the end of the program, it is necessary to have a document confirming the completion of higher education.
To receive the Attestation Diploma of Retraining at the end of the program, you must have a document certifying the completion of higher education.
Duration
March 2023 — June 2025
798 acad. hours of which:
181 acad. hours of lectures and seminars
72 acad. hours of webinars
64 academic hours of consultations with a tutor and the head of the educational program
48 hours of group therapy
48 hours of supervision
at least 27 hours of peer groups and other formats
798 acad. hours of which:
181 acad. hours of lectures and seminars
72 acad. hours of webinars
64 academic hours of consultations with a tutor and the head of the educational program
48 hours of group therapy
48 hours of supervision
at least 27 hours of peer groups and other formats
Certification
The educational course is a Professional Retraining Program.
As a result of the course, graduates who have successfully passed intermediate and final certification exams and tests, as well as completed a graduation study based on the practice and supervision received, will receive a state diploma on retraining with the right to conduct professional activities in the new field of "Counseling in Art Therapy: Theory and practice".
The diploma is issued by ANO DPO "Institute of Practical Psychology and Psychological Counseling".
As a result of the course, graduates who have successfully passed intermediate and final certification exams and tests, as well as completed a graduation study based on the practice and supervision received, will receive a state diploma on retraining with the right to conduct professional activities in the new field of "Counseling in Art Therapy: Theory and practice".
The diploma is issued by ANO DPO "Institute of Practical Psychology and Psychological Counseling".
Cost
One semester — 90 000 ₽
(in the program 5 semesters)
The total cost of the program is 450,000 ₽
(in the program 5 semesters)
The total cost of the program is 450,000 ₽
Payment options
Payment by semesters is 90,000 ₽:
Full payment for the course before January 20, 2023: 400,000 ₽.
Full payment for the course before January 20, 2023: 400,000 ₽.
Program
Semester 1
March 1, 2023 — July 31, 2023
Online
24 meetings, 3 hours each
Every week on Thursdays 19.00−22.00
Online
24 meetings, 3 hours each
Every week on Thursdays 19.00−22.00
SEMESTER 2-3
- Instructor, study group, online
- Duration: 2 days, weekend
- Quantity: 10 modules
- Acquisition of basic knowledge and development of skills necessary for professional counseling in art therapy
- Allocation of specializations to students for further professional activity as a future specialist
- Integration into the community of practitioners, including the community of Russian and foreign art therapists.
- Gain knowledge and skills necessary for professional counseling in art therapy
- Determine their specialization for further professional activity
- Integrate into the community of practicing art therapists
- Teacher, study group, online
- Duration: 2 to 3 hours
- Quantity: 9 webinars on Academic Drawing, 12 webinars on BC between modules
Obtaining specific knowledge and developing the skills necessary for professional counseling in art therapy:
- Clinical psychology and psychiatry.
- Basic classes for drawing, composition and use
- Work with the artistic properties of materials, using (un)traditional tools, the basics of composition, working with color
- The fundamentals of diagnosis and work with anxiety disorders, personality disorders, psychosomatic manifestations of disorders, the need for additional diagnostics from relevant specialists, the possibilities and limitations of the joint work of a psychiatrist and an art therapist, working with a client with a clinical diagnosis
- From 3 students, online / face-to-face (by agreement of the group)
- Duration: from 1 hour
- Quantity: from 2 meetings per month between modules.
- Support for beginners in personal practice to integrate the skills and knowledge formed and acquired during the process of training modules and webinars of the educational program.
- Approbation of new art therapy practices for students in the educational art therapy group.
- Getting feedback and analyzing practices in a safe space.
- Integrate the knowledge and skills gained during the development of training modules, webinars and professional literature in the form of art therapy practice.
- Receive feedback from fellow students of the educational program on their personal art therapy practice.
- Learn to select relevant art therapy practices.
- 4−5 student (s) with the participation of a tutor, online.
- Duration: up to 2 hours, by agreement of the tutor of the mini-group.
- Quantity: 1 meeting per month between modules.
- Integration of the knowledge gained during the module and training of skills necessary for professional activities.
- With the participation of a tutor, students will analyze cases and texts from the list of references, and present the results of individual work.
- The tutors are practicing art therapists.
- Will begin to train the skills necessary for professional activity.
- Begin to master professional literature.
SEMESTER 4-5
September 2024 — March 2025
- Choice of specialization
- At least 12 hours of practice
- 2 individual consultations with the program leader (before and after, including feedback on a video of work with a client)
- Mandatory participation in supervision during practice
- Skill development:
- Individual or group therapy.
- Monitoring and evaluation of personal practice.
- Encouraging beginners into personal practice.
- Integrate acquired skills and knowledge in the field of counseling in the pratice of art therapy in individual or group work.
- Learn to select tools for evaluating therapeutic work and use them in practice.
- Gain experience in finding clients, beneficiaries or organizations for cooperation.
- Gain the feedback on art therapy practice shown in words and video report.
October 2024 — March 2025
- Mandatory supervision
- 24 meetings, each 2 hours
- Analysis of cases from practice
- Skill development: monitoring and evaluating personal practice.
- Support for beginners in personal practice to integrate the skills and knowledge formed and acquired during the development of training modules and webinars.
- Integration into the community of practitioners, including the community of Russian and foreign art therapists.
- Receive feedback from supervisors of the educational program on their personal art therapy practice.
- Gain the experience of supervision and get to know the basic protocol of supervision.
December 2024 — May 2025
- Exploratory immersion in the chosen specialization
- Consultations on the chosen topic
- Thesis defense in June 2025
- Integrate all the skills and knowledge gained in the learning process.
- Encourage beginners into personal practice.
- Encourage young specialists to develop an individual strategy for updating and maintaining professional skills and knowledge in the chosen specialization.
- Integrate acquired skills and knowledge in the field of art therapy practical counseling with individuals or a group
- Learn to select methods of working with various new requests and groups of beneficiary clients
- Develop a personal strategy for maintaining professional skills in selected and new areas of work
- Gain the professors feedback on the text report.
PROGRAM OF TRAINING MODULES
September 16−17, 2023
Art Therapy: Introduction
Instructor: Anna She / Russia
Clinical art therapist, artist, head of SAMO Studio.
Lecture: The origins of art therapy: art, philosophy, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, experimental educational systems, social movements.
Practice: Getting to know the group
Lecture: Art Therapy and Psychoanalytic Theory
Practice: Creative exploration of the psychoanalytic structure of the psyche
Lecture: Art therapy and the humanistic wave of psychotherapy
Practice: Creative exploration of therapeutic contact
Art Therapy: Introduction
Instructor: Anna She / Russia
Clinical art therapist, artist, head of SAMO Studio.
Lecture: The origins of art therapy: art, philosophy, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, experimental educational systems, social movements.
Practice: Getting to know the group
Lecture: Art Therapy and Psychoanalytic Theory
Practice: Creative exploration of the psychoanalytic structure of the psyche
Lecture: Art therapy and the humanistic wave of psychotherapy
Practice: Creative exploration of therapeutic contact
October 28−29, 2023
Introduction to counseling: individual counseling
Natalya Kedrova
Associate Professor of the Department of Child and Family Psychotherapy. Graduated from M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Psychology, specializing in Psychology. Gestalt therapist, child psychologist, head of Gestalt therapy with children and families at Moscow Gestalt Institute, member of the Society of Practicing Psychologists (Gestalt Approach), member of the International Association for the Development of Gestalt Therapy (AAGT).
Fundamentals:
Introduction to counseling: individual counseling
Natalya Kedrova
Associate Professor of the Department of Child and Family Psychotherapy. Graduated from M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Psychology, specializing in Psychology. Gestalt therapist, child psychologist, head of Gestalt therapy with children and families at Moscow Gestalt Institute, member of the Society of Practicing Psychologists (Gestalt Approach), member of the International Association for the Development of Gestalt Therapy (AAGT).
Fundamentals:
- Goals and objectives of therapeutic support (possibilities and limitations)
- Temporal and spatial organization of consultations
- Stages of therapeutic interaction: from the first to the last meeting
- Methods for assessing the effectiveness of therapeutic support
- Essential skills that a counseling therapist needs
- Basic knowledge needed by a counseling therapist
- Ethics
- Crisis support
- Short-term support
- The main demands of various age groups and types of clients
- Psychological First Aid Strategies
- Psychological support strategies for suicidal ideation in a client
- Basic approaches to individual counseling (Psychoanalytic, existential, humanistic, Gestalt, cognitive-behavioral approaches)
November 18−19, 2023
Art Therapy and Jungian Analysis
Daria Kostevich
Analytical psychologist, IAAP (International Association of Analytical Psychology) rooter, member of the Russian Art Therapeutic Association
Lecture: The origins of Jungian art therapy. Freud and Jung. The structure of the psyche.
Practice: Drawing circles.
Lecture: Symbols, complexes, archetypes. Transcendental function of the psyche.
Practice: Working with symbols and interpretations.
Lecture: The concept of individuation. Dreams. The Red Book by Jung.
Practice: Active imagination.
Art Therapy and Jungian Analysis
Daria Kostevich
Analytical psychologist, IAAP (International Association of Analytical Psychology) rooter, member of the Russian Art Therapeutic Association
Lecture: The origins of Jungian art therapy. Freud and Jung. The structure of the psyche.
Practice: Drawing circles.
Lecture: Symbols, complexes, archetypes. Transcendental function of the psyche.
Practice: Working with symbols and interpretations.
Lecture: The concept of individuation. Dreams. The Red Book by Jung.
Practice: Active imagination.
December 16−17, 2023
Therapeutic properties of art materials: materials
Instructor: Anna She / Russia
Clinical art therapist, artist, head of SAMO Studio.
Material properties:
Additionally:
The history of the application of various properties of materials and experiments
Therapeutic properties of art materials: materials
Instructor: Anna She / Russia
Clinical art therapist, artist, head of SAMO Studio.
Material properties:
- Regressive
- Containers
- Transitional
- Natural
Additionally:
The history of the application of various properties of materials and experiments
January 20−21, 2024
Art therapy in work with children. Basic demands and methods of work
Daria Bogolyubova-Kuznetsova
Art therapist, graphic artist, member of the German Association of Art Therapy (DFKGT) and member of the Theraplay Association of Finland, employee of the Center for Curative Pedagogics "Special Childhood" (CLP)
Fundamentals:
Art therapy in work with children. Basic demands and methods of work
Daria Bogolyubova-Kuznetsova
Art therapist, graphic artist, member of the German Association of Art Therapy (DFKGT) and member of the Theraplay Association of Finland, employee of the Center for Curative Pedagogics "Special Childhood" (CLP)
Fundamentals:
- Age tasks and main challenges
- Art therapy methods for working with children and adolescents
February 24−25, 2024
Art therapy in work with adults and the elderly. Basic requests and methods of work
Udo Baer
Psychotherapist, co-founder of the Institute for Creative Therapy and the Berlin Institute of Pedagogy, director of the Institute for Social Innovation and the Institute of Gerontology
Fundamentals:
Art therapy in work with adults and the elderly. Basic requests and methods of work
Udo Baer
Psychotherapist, co-founder of the Institute for Creative Therapy and the Berlin Institute of Pedagogy, director of the Institute for Social Innovation and the Institute of Gerontology
Fundamentals:
- Age tasks and main challenges
- Art therapy methods for working with adults and the elderly
March 16−17, 2024
Types of therapeutic practices based on types of art materials
Anna She
Clinical art therapist, artist, head of the SAMO studio.
Basic principles for selecting practices for a client
Types of therapeutic practices based on types of art materials
Anna She
Clinical art therapist, artist, head of the SAMO studio.
- Regressive
- Containers
- Mixed
Basic principles for selecting practices for a client
April 6−7, 2024
FormAnalytical Art Therapy
Doris Tietze
Art therapist, artist, director of the postgraduate art therapy course at the University of Fine Arts (HfBK) Dresden
Fundamentals:
FormAnalytical Art Therapy
Doris Tietze
Art therapist, artist, director of the postgraduate art therapy course at the University of Fine Arts (HfBK) Dresden
Fundamentals:
- Linear and sequential work
- Criteria for formal analysis
- Creative process: art therapy triad
25−26 May 2024
Consulting. Main questions. group work
Alexander Goncharenko
Practicing psychologist, psychotherapist, supervisor, presenter of training programs of the Moscow Gestalt Institute
Fundamentals:
Additionally, as part of self-study and consultations with a tutor:
Consulting. Main questions. group work
Alexander Goncharenko
Practicing psychologist, psychotherapist, supervisor, presenter of training programs of the Moscow Gestalt Institute
Fundamentals:
- Therapeutic Factors
- Tasks of the therapist (creating a group, building norms, working "here and now")
- Transference and self-disclosure of the therapist
- Group dynamics
- Group Performance Evaluation
Additionally, as part of self-study and consultations with a tutor:
- "Difficult Clients"
- Group interview
- Features of organizing free groups for clients
- Documentation
June 29−30, 2024
Art therapy as a method
Anna She
Clinical art therapist, artist, head of SAMO Studio
Fundamentals:
Art therapy as a method
Anna She
Clinical art therapist, artist, head of SAMO Studio
Fundamentals:
- Analysis of questions from peer groups
- Analysis of questions from the main course
- Summing up by sections
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