Therapeutic Concepts
Window of Tolerance, what is it?
Optimal arousal for living, coping, learning, engaging with life
Observational skills help you notice these in social/visual environments:
patterns, social cues, solutions
Sublimation
This art material might not be helpful in supporting a tearful or emotionally labile client.
watercolor, paint, fluid
The primary relational difference found art therapy and art class is
Symptoms of hyper-arousal include these two behaviors
agitation, irritability, restlessness, anxiety
Focus on Observation decreases critical thinking true or false?
False
Which 20th Century art movement supported the connection between art and psychology
Shift focus to process oriented art
What organization manages credentials of Art therapist's throughout the US?
The ATCB; Art Therapy Credentials Board
Symptoms of hypo-arousal include these behaviors
low energy, withdrawal, numbness, depression, apathy, dissociation
True/False Observational skills strengthen communication
True
This art therapy pioneer valued warm ups and 'opening the shoulders' prior to drawing.
Florence Cane
Describe a material choice that would be unsafe in an inpatient hospitalization setting
collage using scissors and sharp objects
The goal of this organization is to promote the continued growth of the art therapy profession and advocate for its constituents.
AATA; American Art Therapy Association
Product-focused vs. process focused art: which can sometimes have the opposite effect of a therapeutic art process?
product-focused
T/F: Reducing pattern recognition helps problem-solving
False
Supporting an artist in completing their vision rather than imposing a therapist's own ideas, style, or technique.
the Third Hand
This art therapist created the Mandala Assessment Research Instrument (MARI)
Joan Kellogg
To practice as an art therapist in Texas, what is the required license?
LPC-AT; Licensed Professional Counselor with specialty Art Therapist designation.
The blank Canvas effect describes:
Paralysis by analysis caused by limitless options or too many options
T/F Focusing only on surface-level appearances is helpful for insight
False.
Free artistic expression plus therapist's facilitation in interpreting symbols within the art is most commonly associated with this theoretical orientation in art therapy .
Psychodynamic and Dynamically Oriented Art Therapy
The Mandala Assessment Research Instrument is based on this Jungian concept
The Hero's Journey
Masters degree