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Art Therapy 1. Basics

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2023-2024

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 6 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 6 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OXF-AR1-o-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • autumn
Prerequisites:

-

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 30

Available as Campus course for 20 fő számára. Campus-karok: ÁOK ÁJK BTK ETK KPVK GYTK KTK MK MIK TTK

Topic

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, ecological transformation of unpleasant experiences into conscious knowledge, and turn the emotional or physical pain into a resource. Basic knowledge of art-therapeutical 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.

Lectures

  • 1. Introduction to art therapy (AT). Basic terms, functions, principles of AT. - Dr. Zagorácz Olga
  • 2. Drawing and painting - are the most common instruments in AT. - Dr. Zagorácz Olga
  • 3. Plastic materials in AT. - Dr. Zagorácz Olga
  • 4. Narrative techniques in AT. - Dr. Zagorácz Olga
  • 5. Phototherapy and associative cards in AT - Dr. Zagorácz Olga
  • 6. Innovative techniques in AT. Final test. - Dr. Zagorácz Olga

Practices

Seminars

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

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

The slides will be available.

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Maximum of 15 % absence allowed

Mid-term exams

Completed practical tasks, written test.

Making up for missed classes

Presentation on topic.

Exam topics/questions

The topics of the lectures.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Dr. Zagorácz Olga
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