Certificate in Art Therapy 

Eligibility:
Qualification in Counselling, Psychotherapy or other helping professionals with therapeutic experience. . Students currently in training will be considered, on the understanding that the Certificate qualification cannot be used until they have qualified.Entry is by application form.

Knowledge
On completing of this module, trainees will be able to:

• Express a comprehension of the function and dynamic of art work in a therapeutic context;
• Demonstrate an understanding of the suitability of varying approaches to a range of case work;
• Critically discuss the key-concepts, advantages and disadvantages of a
• non-verbal approach;
• Demonstrate a basic comprehension of the art elements and the language of visual literacy.

Skills
On completion of this module, trainees will be able to:

• Demonstrate the function and dynamics of art in a therapeutic context;
• Demonstrate the transcendent qualities of working with symbols in art work;
• Begin to work with unconscious processes accessed through art work and
• demonstrate an ability to evaluate when this may be appropriate in a therapeutic relationship;
• Recognise the existence of transference and counter-transference when it occurs through art-making or discussion of art work in a therapeutic context;
• Assess therapeutic process and progress as demonstrate in client responses to art work.

Assessment
Trainees are required to select and present a piece of art work or a sequence of pieces completed during the module, with an attached critique (4,000 – 4,500 words). The critique should address the Learning Outcomes stated above and include:

• An assessment of trainees personal experience and learning during the course of the module as demonstrated and reflected in his/her art work;
• An understanding and awareness of the development of his/her typical style of artistic expression within a therapeutic context;
• A comprehension and evaluation of trainees ability to use art in a therapeutic
• context as demonstrated in his/her reflection on the art work and his/her reflection to the responses of others in the group;
• All statements and points made in the critique should refer to aspects and
• elements of the art work presented.

An attendance rate of at least 90% is required.

Assessed Award:
PCI COLLEGE CERT IN ART THERAPY

 

Fees: €750 (€500 for PCI College Students and Graduates)
Fees are non-refundable in all personal circumstances. All courses run subject to demand and the formation of a viable class cohort. A full refund will be given to all applicants in the event that the class does not proceed.

Pauline Macey

M.Sc. (Family Couns), Dip. Couns. Comp., Dip. Colour Therapy, Dip. A.D.T., Dip. Massage., M.I.A.C.P., M.N.A.P.C.P.
Core Lecturer

Pauline has been a facilitator for Art as Therapy since 1992 and holds a number of qualifications in Family & Group Counselling, Mediation Counselling, Spirituality, Colour Therapy, Anatomy and Physiology and Body Massage