Art Therapy
Kirby Benson
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Denise,
I have been a potter/artist forr over 30 years and am also a licensed
clinical counselor in New Mexico. In my career as a counselor I have
studied and used art therapy in a
limited way in my private practice and to a large extent in inpatient
treatment. I am not a registered art therapist but with an extensive
background in art before I became a therapist it was easy to learn art
therapy from others and apply it integrating both a background in art and
a background in clinical work. Most of the art therapists I know are
artists, but not all. Working with clay in art therapy is only one small
part of it. There are two basic applications of art therapy, one is "art
as therapy", and this more a process of doing art , and the other is "art
therapy", which draws on all of your clinical skills and involves theory,
application and treatment. If you are going into art therapy most of your
work will be inpatient.
Hope this helps,
Kirby Benson
Las Cruces, NM
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George C. Fenstermacher
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I have lost the thread on this subject, but would like to send the
originator my experiences in using clay (slip/hand/wheel) with psychiatric
patients. I am a licensed recreational therapist in Utah.
George Fenstermacher
St. George Pottery
St. George, Utah
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Southern Utah University
St. George Center
225 S. 700 E.
St George, Utah 84770
Phone 801-652-7841
FAX 801-652-7843
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