Description
This 3-semester course sequence provides group and individual supervision for students in beginning, intermediate, and advanced stages of practicum and clinical internships. Each semester students spend a minimum of twenty hours per week, at least 50% of those hours must be in direct client contact, advancing their clinical skills in treatment and assessment, with individuals and groups. Students must complete a minimum of 800 hours of supervised practica. The class sequentially builds on acquired skills and furthers the student’s understanding of the therapeutic relationship.
In the first semester, students integrate knowledge of art therapy with practical experience with 100 hours of supervised art therapy experience at an approved treatment site. After completing the first 100 hours, students transition directly into supervised internship, spending a minimum of twenty hours per week advancing their clinical skills in treatment and assessment, with individuals and groups. In addi