Diploma in the Therapeutic & Educational Application of the Arts

Diploma in the Therapeutic & Educational Application of the Arts Duration:
One day a week attendance (Thursday or Friday) for a year or weekend course spread over 2 years.
The Diploma course is complete in itself. However, it also leads on to the Masters Degree or Diploma course in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy and the Masters Degree or Diploma course in Integrative Child Psychotherapy. It acts as the stepping-stone to the three year psychotherapy programmes leading to UKCP registration as a psychotherapist.
Course content:
The course is divided into two sections:

Part One is designed to enable students to tap into their own creativity in order to reach a deeper level of connection with themselves and others; to appreciate the potential of the human imagination per se; to develop knowledge and understanding of the nature of the inner world, of dreams and the many different forms and uses of human imagery.

Part Two focuses on the supervised practise of facilitation skills and on the three-way communication between therapist, client and art image.
Theoretical Course Units (25% of course content):
The theoretical course units adopt frameworks and concepts from Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis, Self Psychology and Neurobiology.
Practical Course Units (75% of course content):
The Therapeutic Application of: Art, Drama/Poetry, Sculpture/Clay, Poetry, Sandplay, Music, Dance/Movement.
Please note: This course is also the assessment year for the following courses: Masters Degree / Diploma in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy or Masters Degree / Diploma in Integrative Child Psychotherapy.