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GROUP ART THERAPY

PHE4ASB

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject students will explore group art therapy through theoretical and experiential learning. The focus is on learning about experiential group art therapy, gaining an understanding of art making within a group context, an understanding of group development and the group dynamics process and issues of visual and verbal self disclosure. The impact of image making in groups on the individual student, the group process and the learning about group art therapy practice will be examined.

School: Psychology and Public Health (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Tess Crane

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Must be admitted into HMART - Master of Art Therapy or HCART - Graduate Certificate in Art Therapy

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Group interactive art therapy

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Waller, D

Year: 1993

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: ROUTLEDGE, LONDON

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Group analytic art therapy

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: McNeilly, G.

Year: 2006

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY, LONDON

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Effectively communicate a nuanced conceptualisation of the historic development of and contemporary practice of group art therapy through academic writing.
02. Critically analyse and appraise group art therapy literature and practice, including an advanced sense of best practice standards informed by the specific needs of diverse client populations.
03. Demonstrate a reflective and relational capacity to understand group dynamics, through the design and implementation of practical group facilitation experiences.
04. Demonstrate a professional capacity to engage in the experience of a training group and subsequently identify and explain relevant proficiencies in relation to self as a member of a learning group and self as a trainee art therapist.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Tess Crane

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.00 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

One research essay on group art therapy (2,500-words)

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO1, SILO2

One reflective report (2,000-words)

N/AN/AN/ANo35SILO2, SILO3

Plan and facilitate group exercises in class (500-words )Observed by teaching staff and there is an opportunity for peer reflection (facilitated by staff)

N/AN/AN/ANo25SILO2, SILO3, SILO4