art therapist
Art therapists help patients overcome psychological and emotional difficulties through an artistic process which reflects emotions and feelings, focusing on patients who suffer a variety of problems such as mental, psychological, and behavioural disorders in order to facilitate self-understanding and awareness.
Also called: dramatherapist
- 50
- essential skills
- 16
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2269
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- music therapistWhat changes?36 skills in common
- speech and language therapistWhat changes?29 skills in common
- clinical psychologistWhat changes?28 skills in common
- audiologist26 skills in common
- health psychologist26 skills in common
- physiotherapist26 skills in common
- dietitian25 skills in common
- orthoptist25 skills in common
Essential skills
50- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply art therapy interventions
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- assess art therapy sessions
- assess the patient's therapeutic needs
- behavioural therapy
- challenge patient behaviour by means of art
- cognitive psychology
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop educational materials on art therapy
- educate on the prevention of illness
- enable patients to explore artworks
- encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- fine arts
- follow clinical guidelines
- formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
- health care legislation
- human psychological development
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- manage healthcare users' data
- organise relapse prevention
- prepare treatment plan for art therapy
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- psychological theories
- psychopathology
- refer healthcare users
- respond to changing situations in health care
- schedule artistic activities
- sociology
- take referred patients
- techniques of practice in art therapy
- theory of art therapy
- use art in a therapeutic setting
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use techniques to increase patients' motivation
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Optional skills
16- applied music therapy
- apply psychoanalysis
- cognitive behavioural therapy
- define creative components
- handle patient trauma
- neurophysiology
- pedagogy
- philosophy
- practice gestalt therapy
- psychoanalysis
- psychosociology
- relaxation techniques
- sexology
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
- victimology
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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