ART BASE
Learning basic concepts in Expressive Arts Therapy
Finding comfort in/with the arts
Understanding of/experience with intermodal approach
Production of paper: What is Expressive Arts Therapy?
COMMUNITY
Learning basic group functioning
Understanding of group dynamics through the arts
Communicating well especially around conflict
BRIDGE TO THE WORLD
Establishing a good connection in the practicum
Beginning to apply basic skills at sites
Finding support in class and programme for practicum work
PERSONAL GROWTH
Establishing strong connection to personal psychotherapy
Exploring impact of group/training on self
Regular journalling with a final report
Year Two
ART BASE
Languaging our experience of Expressive Arts Therapy
Connecting through the arts with other disciplines
Developing presentational skills
COMMUNITY
Understanding how community is integral to the arts
Relating to other organizations: locally and internationally
Fostering a more inclusive view so that when something "doesn't fit" there is room to expand
BRIDGE TO THE WORLD
Interacting with other world-views
Arts based exploring of psychological theories in contemporary culture
Deepening of practicum experience
PERSONAL GROWTH
Looking inward
Exploring psychopathology: continuing to deepen understanding of our own wounds
Fostering aesthetic/phenomenological response to others
Year Three
ART BASE
Deepening and developing a strong intermodal practice
Articulating and expressing clearly the concepts of Expressive Arts Therapy
Increasing familiarity and comfort with various arts approaches
COMMUNITY
Developing the group as a resource for the future
Contributing to the larger community
Serving as a model for other students (leadership skills)
BRIDGE TO THE WORLD
Collecting final practicum hours
Beginning to establish work sites
Preparing professionally
PERSONAL GROWTH
More finely tuning understanding of self
More effectively using self
Increasing ability to reach out to others
Own style coming into focus
