Art Therapy - Marywood University - art. Art Therapy Marywood's art therapy program is designed to meet the needs of those interested in a career that includes both a commitment to art-making and a commitment to serving others.
It will introduce you to the human service profession of art therapy at a pre-professional level. A combination of studio art courses and behavioral and social science courses will fully prepare you for graduate study in art therapy. Master's level art therapy training then focuses on preparing students for professional practice. Our program emphasizes the healing and therapeutic qualities of art, for ourselves as artists and for the clients we serve. Global Art Therapy Network Blog. Reinventing The Wheel Seeing the comment posted made me think some about how so many art therapists work as “lone” or the sole art therapist in their setting.
Very few places in my part of the country have more than one art therapist in their system or institution, and this can really lend a feeling of isolation and struggle to the work at times. Always having to stake claim to our territory and competencies. I wonder if our members might share here some of the ways they deal with that - for me, being active in my Chapter is one way. We are a small Chapter but the meetings we have are extremely valuable times of connection, re-creation, and renewal. AATA Videos. American Art Therapy Association.