Art and Health

2 hrs x 10 weeks 20 credits

Semester 2

Aims

• To provide an inter-professional, interdisciplinary learning environment for the
critical and reflective analysis of processes in a broad range of art, health and community settings
• To facilitate the production of innovative applied research
• To encourage and support a reflective approach which acknowledges
the primacy of the user of services and practice concerns within
academic discourse using an integrative approach


Objectives

By the end of the module, the student should have

  • an ability to work in an inter-disciplinary context within health
    and/or other socially based services, with other professionals
  • been equipped to innovate and evaluate applied research practices in a
    variety of social settings
  • an ability as a reflective practitioner, able to work with others, acknowledging
    contributions and valuing participation in integrating those
    contributions to art and design projects

Indicative Content

  • Art Therapy: Theory and Processes
  • Art and Problem-Solving
  • Aesthetic Considerations
  • Integrative Approaches to Psychotherapy
  • Art and Pathology
  • Art and Narrative Approaches to Psychotherapy
  • Visual Theory and Cognitive Perception
  • Design Theories
  • Family and Group Approaches
  • Codes of Ethical Practice and the Supervisory Experience

Indicative Reading List

Directed extracts from:
Bowers, L. [1998] The Social Nature of Mental Illness, Routledge
Campbell J, Leibmann M ]1999] Art Therapy, Race and Culture, Routledge
Dalley T, Rifkind G., Terry K., [1992] Three Voices of Art Therapy, Routledge
Hogan S [2001] Healing Arts: The History of Art Therapy Routledge
Kaplan F. [2000] Art, Science and Art Therapy, Jessica Kingsley
Lawson B [1997] How Designers Think: The process demystified, Architectural Press
McNiff, Shaun (2003) Creating with Others: The Practice of Imagination in Life, Art and the Workplace
Malchiodi, C. A. [2000]. Art Therapy and Computer Technology Jessica Kingsley
Riley S, Malchiodi C [1994] Integrative Approaches to Family Therapy, Magnolia Street Press
Pile S, Thrift N [1995] Mapping the Subject: Geographies of transformation, Routledge
Robbins A [1998] Therapeutic Presence: Bridging Expression and Form, Jessica Kingsley
Schön D [1983] The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action, Basic Books
See also: www.katebroom.info for pre-course reading and module content