Art Therapy as a Profession: Implications for the Education and Training of Art Therapists.

Feen-Calligan, Holly

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ERIC Number: EJ535440

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Art Therapy as a Profession: Implications for the Education and Training of Art Therapists.

Feen-Calligan, Holly

Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, v13 n3 p166-73 1996

Explores that which art therapy education should comprise for the profession to remain vital. Draws four lessons from observing patterns in the development of related professions: internal consensus must determine the criteria for professional membership, legitimacy of the profession must be established, demand must exist, education should be diversified. (30 references) (LSR)

Descriptors: Art Therapy, College Students, Counselor Training, Higher Education, Professional Development, Professional Education, Professional Training

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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