Joint Diploma: Couples Therapy and Art Therapy (Accredited)

Using Art Therapy as part of Couples Therapy and Counselling

IMPORTANT

If there are low enrolments on this course this means that:

1. This is a very new course

2. I have NOT given away thousands of free coupons to create an impression that huge numbers of students have enrolled

3. Also the majority of those with free coupons never look at any lectures and certainly do not participate in the Q/A!

Now, read on about the course.

First and foremost, completion of this course will give you the Oxford Diploma.

To achieve the standard you will have:

1. Participated fully in the Q/A

2. Worked through the 10 pieces of art-related homework (this is applying artwork to couples therapy)

3. Fully understood Couple Therapy

4. Have worked through (either on your own or with others) the many exercises and activities for couples

5. Read through and done all the Art Therapy exercises (specifically for this course) in the accompanying manual

Even if you’re not interested in going for the Diploma, this course has a wealth of activities, activities for experiencing and discussing!

The course itself covers:

1. Psychodynamic therapy

2. Cognitive behavioural therapy

3. Imago therapy

4. Narrative therapy

5. Solution-based therapy

6. The role of Abstract Art in Couples Therapy

7. Doodles – and their interpretation

8. Sketching

9. Sonnet-writing (with examples)

10. Input from Tracy (the second Instructor)

So – importantly – you have in this course:

a. A manual including Art Therapy exercises written specifically for this course

b. Two Instructors

c. A series of homework lectures using famous paintings

The significance of all the above is that with TWO Instructors you will have more interaction in the Q/A; with a dedicated manual you’ll have exercises and analysis not featured elsewhere; with one Instructor’s own work (Tracy) you’ll be able to discuss her interpretation and application as well, of course, as analysis of artwork elsewhere on the course.