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Competences — art therapist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/eb48ccbd-75f2-4799-81be-443034858473).

Essential

  • accept own accountability (skill/competence)
  • adhere to organisational guidelines (skill/competence)
  • advise on healthcare users' informed consent (skill/competence)
  • apply art therapy interventions (skill/competence)
  • apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
  • apply organisational techniques (skill/competence)
  • assess art therapy sessions (skill/competence)
  • assess the patient's therapeutic needs (skill/competence)
  • behavioural therapy (knowledge)
  • challenge patient behaviour by means of art (skill/competence)
  • cognitive psychology (knowledge)
  • communicate in healthcare (skill/competence)
  • comply with legislation related to health care (skill/competence)
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice (skill/competence)
  • contribute to continuity of health care (skill/competence)
  • deal with emergency care situations (skill/competence)
  • develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship (skill/competence)
  • develop educational materials on art therapy (skill/competence)
  • educate on the prevention of illness (skill/competence)
  • enable patients to explore artworks (skill/competence)
  • encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring (skill/competence)
  • ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
  • fine arts (knowledge)
  • follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
  • formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy (skill/competence)
  • health care legislation (knowledge)
  • human psychological development (knowledge)
  • inform policy makers on health-related challenges (skill/competence)
  • interact with healthcare users (skill/competence)
  • listen actively (skill/competence)
  • maintain healthcare user data confidentiality (skill/competence)
  • manage healthcare users' data (skill/competence)
  • organise relapse prevention (skill/competence)
  • prepare treatment plan for art therapy (skill/competence)
  • promote inclusion (skill/competence)
  • provide health education (skill/competence)
  • psychological theories (knowledge)
  • psychopathology (knowledge)
  • refer healthcare users (skill/competence)
  • respond to changing situations in health care (skill/competence)
  • schedule artistic activities (skill/competence)
  • sociology (knowledge)
  • take referred patients (skill/competence)
  • techniques of practice in art therapy (knowledge)
  • theory of art therapy (knowledge)
  • use art in a therapeutic setting (skill/competence)
  • use e-health and mobile health technologies (skill/competence)
  • use techniques to increase patients' motivation (skill/competence)
  • work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)
  • work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)

Optional

  • applied music therapy (knowledge)
  • apply psychoanalysis (skill/competence)
  • cognitive behavioural therapy (knowledge)
  • define creative components (skill/competence)
  • handle patient trauma (skill/competence)
  • neurophysiology (knowledge)
  • pedagogy (knowledge)
  • philosophy (knowledge)
  • practice gestalt therapy (skill/competence)
  • psychoanalysis (knowledge)
  • psychosociology (knowledge)
  • relaxation techniques (knowledge)
  • sexology (knowledge)
  • use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
  • use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
  • victimology (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 50 ads, as of 2026-07-09)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • treatment planning — 42 %
  • art therapy — 26 %