On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Examine the histories and practices of art therapy and its development as a profession, with particular critical attention to the postcolonial Australian context.
2. Describe and compare the major theoretical frameworks of art therapy.
3. Explore and analyse the connections between theory and practice in art therapy
4. Practice art making skills and techniques and reflectively analyse the centrality of, and demonstrate an understanding of their significance within art therapy.
5. Show awareness of the self in one's own art making and reflectively analyse the centrality of this to the practice of art psychotherapy.
6. Recognise and investigate the processes in art therapy in groups.
7. Practice and reflect on interpersonal sensitivity and self-awareness in the experiential training group.

1. Historical overview of the development of art Therapy in Australia, Europe & North America
2. The history of art therapy and its relationship to psychiatry, education and the visual arts
3. Analysis of art therapy in a neocolonial context
4. Consideration of art therapy as clinical practice
5. The relationship between theory and practice
6. Exploration of the relationship between art practice & art therapy
7. Exploration of art therapy group process
8. Art making practice within a group experiential learning context