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Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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art-therapist Occupational skill for the role 'art therapist' (also: dramatherapist). Use when the user asks for typical art therapist work such as: Analyze data to determine the effectiveness of treatments or therapy approaches.; Analyze or synthesize client data to draw conclusions or make recommendations for art therapy.; Assess client needs or disorders, using drawing, painting, sculpting, or other artistic processes.

Art Therapist

Art therapists help patients overcome psychological and emotional difficulties through an artistic process which reflects emotions and feelings, focusing on patients who suffer a variety of problems such as mental, psychological, and behavioural disorders in order to facilitate self-understanding and awareness.

Core workflow

  1. Analyze data to determine the effectiveness of treatments or therapy approaches.
  2. Analyze or synthesize client data to draw conclusions or make recommendations for art therapy.
  3. Assess client needs or disorders, using drawing, painting, sculpting, or other artistic processes.
  4. Communicate client assessment findings and recommendations in oral, written, audio, video, or other forms.
  5. Conduct art therapy sessions, providing guided self-expression experiences to help clients recover from, or cope with, cognitive, emotional, or physical impairments.
  6. Confer with other professionals on client's treatment team to develop, coordinate, or integrate treatment plans.
  7. Customize art therapy programs for specific client populations, such as those in schools, nursing homes, wellness centers, prisons, shelters, or hospitals.
  8. Design art therapy sessions or programs to meet client's goals or objectives.

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • accept own accountability
  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • advise on healthcare users' informed consent
  • apply art therapy interventions
  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • apply organisational techniques
  • assess art therapy sessions
  • assess the patient's therapeutic needs
  • behavioural therapy
  • challenge patient behaviour by means of art
  • cognitive psychology
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • contribute to continuity of health care

Hot technologies

  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Trimble SketchUp Pro
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/eb48ccbd-75f2-4799-81be-443034858473), ONET 30.3 (29-1129.01). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*