ART THERAPY ON THE MAP 

THE STATE OF ART THERAPY IN CYPRUS

National Association(s)

Cyprus Association of Art Therapy or Art Psychotherapy:  http://carta-ngo.org

Education

There is currently no training in Cyprus.
There are only personal development seminars or workshops.

Recognition

No state recognition. 

Employment

Visual art therapy is conducted in a variety of settings:

• In private practice.
  
• In association with NGOs with different client populations such as clients with learning disabilities, mental health clients, cancer patients and etc. (for children, adults, old people).
  
• In Mental Health services (for children, adolescents and adults).
  
• In Addiction treatment settings.                                                                           
  

Currently Art Therapy is not very well known in Cyprus so Art Therapists need to create their own work opportunities usually as self-employed.

Research & Publication

There was a presentation in Ecarte 2009 in London by Maria Vassiliadou on Art Therapy and Primary school teachers.
Action research in two phases. First phase presented and published.
Krasidou P and Charalambous C (2011) “ Make Art During Break Time!: An Open Studio Intervention in a Cypriot Primary School, 2nd World Congress of Arts Therapies, Budapest
Art based research- not published
Krasidou P and Polymenakos C (2013) Art Therapy meets Performance writing – a pilot study.