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Art Therapy Trainings

Project title

Formación en Arteterapia

Description of initiative

Art Therapy Training made by ATe Association is a therapeutic framework and a methodology which is mainly used on art therapy theory, group analytic psychotherapy, dynamic psychotherapies and contemporary art theory. As a general rule, Art Therapy is indicated for people who, due to their circumstances or the disease they suffer, find it difficult to verbally articulate their conflicts and emotions, therapeutic process of the psychiatric patient consisted of different tools carried out by specialists in psychiatry and psychology. Currently, Art Therapy has been proposed as a new model of therapeutic support that can help in understanding the patient, their underlying disorder, the early detection of risk factors and even facilitate adherence to treatment.
The ATe is a non-profit professional association whose main objectives are to regulate the practice and training of art therapy and to help the consolidation and official recognition of the profession in the Spanish State.

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Community well-being
Mental health
Physical health

Keywords

art therapy, group, mobility, mental health, training, profession

Target group

Adults | Children | Early age | Youth

Cultural field

Other

Timeframe

2019 - present

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

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Organizer(s)

Ate Asociación
NGO / Non-profit | Culture

Partner(s)

AATA (American art therapy association)
United States
NGO / Non-profit | Health
BAAT (British association of art therapists)
United Kingdom
NGO / Non-profit | Health
Ecarte (European consortium of arts therapies)
Spain
NGO / Non-profit | Health
EFAP (Federación Española de Asociaciones de Psicoterapia)
Spain
NGO / Non-profit | Health