Art Therapy College of Fine Arts, Dresden

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Focus

Therapy, Art, Therapeutic Procedures, Psychological Diagnostics, Psychodynamics, Artistic, Body-Related and Qualitative Research Perspectives, Self-experience and practical experience, Practice- and Science-Oriented Discourses, Art Therapeutic Research, Non-verbal, Physical and Perception-Based Communication

Target group

Graduates with an artistic university degree or another certificate of academic degree with a corresponding artistic orientation

Annotation

The postgraduate degree course in Art Therapy opens up a new professional field for artists as an extension of their artistic expertise and in the transfer to therapeutic application. It teaches artistic and therapeutic skills to support people through development and change processes using artistic media. Comprehensive psychological and medical knowledge, such as psychological diagnostics, psychodynamics, various art therapy methods, artistic, body-related and qualitative research perspectives and philosophical aspects of therapy form the basis for linking the arts with their therapeutic application. Students are encouraged to develop their own position in the field of art therapy through a variety of art therapy approaches with the respective theoretical, practical and self-experience-oriented teaching content.

Admission modus

Selection procedure / qualifying examination

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

General higher education entrance qualification, proof of an artistic degree or in exceptional cases, a different degree with an artistic focus, 3-6 weeks spent on an observation visit in art therapy or a related field and proof that the aptitude test has been passed

Fees

200.00 EUR / semester

Fees (Link)

Main language

German