PHDAT 836 - Intermodal Application in Art Therapy

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This course will examine basic principles of expressive arts therapy, education and consultation; in particular the underlying theory that supports the integrated application of the arts in therapy. Course content will focus on what all art forms have in common (e.g., image, synesthetic experience, and art as a vehicle for human expression, improvisation, communication, and engaging the creative process). Students will engage a variety of art modalities through experiential exercises that explore the phenomena of intermodal transfer, crystallization, high sensitivity/low skill and examine how these strategies deepen our understanding of images and promote therapeutic responses in individuals and in groups, large and small.