Details for Creative Therapies
Quick Info
- Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
- Course code: SSC533
- Credit points: 10
- Subject coordinator: Rebecca Loundar
Prerequisites
The following courses are prerequisites:
Awards offering Creative Therapies
This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:
- Graduate Certificate in Arts
- Graduate Certificate in Wellbeing Studies
- Graduate Diploma in Arts
- Graduate Diploma of Applied Social Science
- Graduate Diploma of Leadership
- Master of Arts
- Master of Leadership
Unit Content
Outcomes
- Develop an advanced capacity to use creative expression towards self- understanding and understanding of others;
- Plan, implement and analyse interventions that draw on the skills of companioning, description, bracketing, reduction, amplification, creating themes and mapping;
- Critically appraise the theoretical and practical applications of using the arts in therapy;
- Demonstrate the appropriate use of art material, creative expression and sand tray objects to further one’s own and another’s meaning- making.
This course may be offered in the following formats
- Onsite (face-to-face)
- Online (e-Learning)
- Intensives
Assessment Methods
- Reflective Journal (20%)
- Major Essay (40%)
- Companioning Viva (20%)
- Presentation of a Collaborative Art Work (20%)
Prescribed Text
- Lett, W. R. 2011. An Inquiry into Making Sense of Our Lives. Eltham, Vic.: Rebus Press.
Please consult your instructor prior to purchasing any texts