Professional Diploma in Expressive Arts Therapy

This Diploma in Expressive Arts Therapy has been described as unique and pioneering in Ireland

About

This programme is aimed at professionals who wish to enhance their current practice in the use of expressive arts and art therapy, or those who wish to integrate the academic and practical applications of the creative process into their therapeutic work with people. The programme is experiential in nature and the focus is on personal exploration using expressive arts techniques. A person-centred approach is used in Part One, with psychodynamic application in Part Two of the programme.

Aims and Objectives

• is to deepen participants understanding of the various expressive arts approaches
• develop their own emerging expressive arts style and approach
• integrate clinical and expressive arts theory and practice
• combine and integrate the academic and practical applications of the creative process
• learn about their own creative processes and deepen their spiritual practice through the expressive arts
• demonstrate the supportive role of non-verbal approaches to therapeutic approaches that rely predominantly on verbal modes of expression and understanding