School Of Social SciencesIntegrating Arts and TherapyWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102527.3
Discipline: CREATIVE ARTS NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 7
Credit Points: 20
Assumed Knowledge
Concurrent or previous study of foundational units in counselling and art therapy.
Equivalent Units
101507 - Counselling 2
Incompatible Units
102355 - Foundations of Psychotherapy and Counselling 2, 102356 - Integrating Arts and Therapy
Prerequisite
101303 Art Therapy: Histories, Theories, Groups AND 102806 Counselling Skills for the Allied Professions AND 102744 Indigenous Australia: History, Knowledge and Professional Practice
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in 4595 Master of Art Therapy.
About this Unit
This unit introduces art therapy students to an understanding of art psychotherapy theory through the lens of contemporary art and the translation of foundational psychotherapy knowledge and skills into art therapy practice. This unit builds on the micro skills of counselling and psychotherapy learned in Counselling Skills for the Allied Professions, through the scaffolded introduction and practice of art therapy clinical skills during intensive group work supported by staff. The unit also offers an opportunity for students to demonstrate their emerging understandings of art therapy by producing and exhibiting an artwork on a chosen aspect of the relationship between art and psychotherapy.
Courses| 4595.10 | Master of Art Therapy | CURRENT |
| 4595.9 | Master of Art Therapy | CONTINUING |
| 4596.5 | Graduate Diploma in Art Therapy (exit only) | CURRENT |