Art Therapy 1. Basics

Daten

Offizielle Daten in der Fachveröffentlichung für das folgende akademische Jahr: 2024-2025

Thematik

Art therapy is based on the idea that the traumatic experience may not be accessible verbally but instead is locked in a subconscious form. Metaphoric cues employed in art methods allow the delicate, gentle transformation of unpleasant experiences into conscious knowledge, and turn the emotional or physical pain into a resource. Basic knowledge of art-therapeutic methods will replenish the repertoire of the students with multiple techniques for assistance (to self and others) in critical situations, including state of disease, with the use of creative tools. The course contributes to a better understanding of the psychological aspects of diseases, their causes, management, and prevention. Improvement of awareness in relationships and lifestyle, work with self-esteem, development of creative thinking and problem-solving, training of focusing, generalization, and isolation of the main ideas, and improvement of verbal and fine motor skills,- are the few additional assets of the course which might be beneficial for the future physicians. The methods are designed for persons with ordinary creative skills and thus do not require special equipment or abilities. Students can expect informative and well-structured lectures followed by dynamic, interactive seminar classes. Topics of the first semester cover the basic principles and the main branches of art therapy.

Vorlesungen

• 1. Introduction to art therapy (AT). Basic terms, functions, principles of AT. - Zagorácz Olga
• 2.

  Drawing and painting - the most common instruments in AT.

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• 3. Plastic materials in AT. - Zagorácz Olga
• 4. Narrative techniques in AT. - Zagorácz Olga
• 5. Phototherapy and associative cards in AT - Zagorácz Olga
• 6. Innovative techniques in AT. Final test. - Zagorácz Olga

Praktika

Seminare

• 1. Fine art as AT instrument. - Zagorácz Olga
• 2. Practices with sketching and drawing. - Zagorácz Olga
• 3. Plasticine, dough, clay as AT instruments. - Zagorácz Olga
• 4. Storytelling, writing in AT. - Zagorácz Olga
• 5. Practices with images in AT. - Zagorácz Olga
• 6. Art-coaching. - Zagorácz Olga

Materialien zum Aneignen des Lehrstoffes

Obligatorische Literatur

Vom Institut veröffentlichter Lehrstoff

The slides will be available.

Skript

Empfohlene Literatur

Hogan, S. and Coulter, A.M. "The introductory guide to art therapy"
Malchiodi, C.A. "Handbook of art thetapy"
Malchiodi, C.A. "Expressive therapies"

Voraussetzung zum Absolvieren des Semesters

Course task (creative assignment with short analysis and conclusions, performed at home)

Semesteranforderungen

Completed practical tasks.
Written test.

Möglichkeiten zur Nachholung der Fehlzeiten

Presentation on topic.

Prüfungsfragen

The topics of the lectures.

Prüfer

• Zagorácz Olga

Praktika, Seminarleiter/innen

• Zagorácz Olga