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FOUNDATION CERTIFICATE in Art Therapy

Access to the BA Hons in Integrative Counselling & Art Therapy

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The Foundation Certificate in Art Therapy (24 hours cpd)

The programme provides an enhanced understanding of Art Therapy through individual and more advanced group workshops.  The participants are encouraged to explore and develop their trust in the liberating creative potential of art within the therapeutic process.

This Foundation Certificate in Art Therapy programme is suitable for:
  • Participants who completed the Introduction to Art Therapy Programme.
  • People who are working or training in the caring professions.
  • Continuing professional development.
  • Self-developmental purposes.

The course is experiential in nature and will have a group aspect.

Prior experience of Art is Not a requirement.

The Foundation Certificate programme provides access to the BA (Hons) in Integrative Counselling & Art Therapy (Level 8) programme.





​Overview of the Foundation Certificate in Art Therapy Programme:
Foundation Certificate in Art Therapy (30 hours cpd)
The programme provides an enhanced understanding of Art Therapy through individual and more advanced group workshops.  The participants are encouraged to explore and develop their trust in the liberating creative potential of art within the therapeutic process.

The Foundation Certificate in Art Therapy course is suitable for:
  • Participants who completed the Introduction to Art Therapy Course.
  • People who are working or training in the caring professions.
  • Continuing professional development.
  • Self-developmental purposes.

The programme is experiential in nature and will have a group aspect.
Prior experience of art is not a requirement.
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Successful completion of this programme enables access to the BA (Hons) in Integrative Counselling & Art Therapy, Level 8, subject to interview process approval.


The Learning Outcomes for the Foundation Programme, having completed the Introduction programme are:
  • A more in-depth exploration of the Art Therapy processes experienced on the Introduction programme.
  • A deeper understanding of the therapeutic nature of Art Therapy
  • Integrative group dynamic processes
  • Experience of individual and group Art Therapy exercises
  • Exploring the creative connection to self
  • Learn to trust the process
  • Enhanced personal and professional reflection
  • Experience of reframing thoughts and practices
  • Integration of course content into everyday life
  • Make friends with your own innate creativity
  • Understanding that the creative process has an intelligence that can be trusted, and the gift of creation is the ability to work with it
  • Creating symbolic representations
  • Distilling the essence of personal thoughts and feelings
 
‘The creative challenge of our time is to take our own path of individuation under our feet because if we do not, no one will do it for us and we will be forever undone.  To live one’s own life is to take these steps of creativity’. (Ruff, 1988) in Swan-Foster, N. 2018 Jungian Art Therapy, A Guide to Dreams, Images, and Analytical Psychology, Routledge, New York.

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  • Home
  • About
    • Certification
  • Our Programmes
    • Download Course Overview
    • INTRODUCTION to Art Therapy >
      • New Evening course for INTRODUCTION to Art Therapy
    • FOUNDATION CERTIFICATE in Art Therapy
    • Art Therapy Skills - Professional Certificate
    • Sand Therapy - Professional Certificate in Clinical Practice
    • Clay Therapy - Professional Certificate Working Therapeutically with Clay
    • BA Hons
    • MSc in Creative Art Psychotherapy (Working with Young People)
    • Creative Arts Workshops
  • What is Art Therapy
    • FAQS
  • Workshops & Conference
    • Workshop - Working Therapeutically with Clay
    • Workshop - Sand Therapy
  • Contact Us
  • New Page