Foundation Course in Art Therapy
JANUARY 09

A course for Health Professionals, Social Workers, Teachers and others interested in finding out about Art Therapy.

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Duration: 20 Weeks Pattern of delivery: 18x 2 hour evening class plus 2 weekends (plus optional Summer-School) Start date: January 2009 End date: June 2009 Course Fee: £850 (Excluding optional Summer- School) To Book: Click Here for application form
Course Outline
Experiential Workshops:			These form the backbone of the course in providing students with an opportunity to express, explore and reflect on the Art Therapeutic Process directly. In large measure, theory will follow from the material shared in these groups. In this way students will learn theory that is directly based on experience. These workshops will be limited in size (maximum of 20 students) and facilitated by a qualified and experienced state registered art therapist. While it is stressed that the main emphasis of the groups is educational and not therapeutic, students should be prepared for a degree of self-exposure of sometimes difficult psychological and personal material.
Seminars and lectures:			The seminars and lectures introduce students to some of the ways the therapeutic potential of art is employed by experienced practitioners in a variety of health care settings. The seminars take the form of presentations of clinical work and opportunity for discussion.
Assessment:			Students will keep a Reflective Log of their experiences while on the course and will submit a 2.000 word essay summarizing their main learning points towards completion. The Reflective Log itself is not assessed for a variety of reasons but primarily because students will be encouraged to keep a record of their personal psychological journey, including photographs of images they have made in the experiential workshops. As such the Log itself will be a highly personal manuscript. Successful completion of the course requires a minimum attendance of 80% and a satisfactory final essay. A certificate of attendance will be awarded. This will not automatically ensure a student's entry to the Roehampton University MA in Art Therapy Programme, however, we do encourage individuals considering applying for Professional Training to complete a Foundation Course. The course is designed to provide an introduction to art therapy for those intending to train as Art Therapists or who wish to gain some experience of art therapy for their own personal or professional development
· A programme of experiential workshops led by the course facilitators and seminars given by visiting Art Therapists from a wide range of fields. · One full-day Induction (weekend) and introductory workshop to begin the course to be held in January 2009, with weekly evening classes and another full Plenary Day to close in June  2009. · Applications accepted between August and November · Application deadline: Friday 28th November 2008 THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS HAS NOW PASSED AND ARE NO LONGER BEING RECEIVED. DETAILS OF THE NEXT FOUNDATION COURSE AND PROVISIONAL DATES WILL BE RELEASED EARLY 2009. 2009 Time Table Foundation in Art Therapy Classes Saturday 17th January -10:00 – 4:30pm INDUCTION DAY Wednesday21nd January - 7:00 – 9:00pm Workshop 1 - ‘The Unconscious’ Wednesday28th January - 7:00 – 9:00pm Workshop 2 - ‘The Nature of Symbols as products of the Unconscious’ Wednesday4th February - 7:00 – 9:00pm Workshop 3 - ‘The Shadow’ (I) Wednesday11th February - 7:00 – 9:00pm Workshop 4 - ‘Anima & Animus’ (I) Wednesday18th February - 7:00 – 9:00pm Review of Images* Wednesday25th February - 7:00 – 9:00pm THEORY SEMINAR 1 Wednesday4th March - 7:00 – 9:00pm Workshop 5 - ‘Active Imagination’ Wednesday11th March - 7:00 – 9:00pm Workshop 6 - ‘Use of Myth’ Wednesday18th March - 7:00 – 9:00pm Workshop 7- ‘Use of Fairy-tale’ Wednesday25th March - 7:00 – 9:00pm Review of Images* Wednesday1st April - 7:00 – 9:00pm THEORY SEMINAR 2 Wednesday29th April - 7:00 – 9:00pm Workshop 8 - ‘Introjects’ Wednesday6th May - 7:00 – 9:00pm Workshop 9 - ‘Use of Masks’ Wednesday13th May - 7:00 – 9:00pm Workshop 10 - ‘Working with Archetypes’ Wednesday20st May- 7:00 – 9:00pm Workshop 11 - ‘The Shadow II’ Wednesday27th May-7.00-9.00pm Logos and Psyche:An Introduction to Depth Psychology Wednesday3rd June-7.00-9.00pm Art Therapy and Transference Wednesday10th June - 7:00 – 9:00pm Review of Images* Saturday 20th June - 10:00 – 4:00pm PLENARY DAY * Review of Images sessions follow each ‘series’ of workshops and allow for the whole 2 hours to be spent exploring selected images made by participants during that series.