ART THERAPY ON THE MAP (TRAIL PAGE!)THE STATE OF ART THERAPY IN ICELAND |
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- FlÍ - Félag listmeðferðarfræðinga á Íslandi (Icelandic Art Therapists Association), founded 1998
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At the present time, training to become a qualified art therapist is unavailable in Iceland. Art therapists in Iceland have been trained mostly in US or UK but also in Spain. However, since the year 2013 Unnur Guðrún Óttarsdóttir has developed a curriculum and taught art therapy foundation courses at Iceland University of the Arts (4-6 ECTS) and at the continuing education department of the University of Akureyri (5 ECTS).
No state recognition.
The application process for registragion by the Ministry of Welfare started 1999. It has been an ongoing process since then. Directorate of health gave a positive review the year 2000 but the Ministry of Welfare issued a statement where they postponed all registration applications until the revision for law for health professionals was finished in January 2013.
From the year 2013 a new application process started which didn ́t lead our profession having a state recognition. We are now looking into other possbilities which will protect the title of our profession.
The application process for registragion by the Ministry of Welfare started 1999. It has been an ongoing process since then. Directorate of health gave a positive review the year 2000 but the Ministry of Welfare issued a statement where they postponed all registration applications until the revision for law for health professionals was finished in January 2013.
From the year 2013 a new application process started which didn ́t lead our profession having a state recognition. We are now looking into other possbilities which will protect the title of our profession.
Art Therapists are working in variety of settings with different age groups:
● Child psychiatry unit at the Landspitali-University hospital (BUGL) in Reykjavik
● Psychiatry unit Health center Vestfjords
● Recovery college of Mental Health
● Schools (kindergarden and public schools)
● Setting for patients with cancer and their families
● Private practices
● Foster care for social services
● Non profit Organization for Adolescence in danger of drug abuse
● Non profit Organizations for victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence
● Iceland University of the Arts
● The Reykjavik Academy
● Continuing education department of University of Akureyri
The only official positions for art therapists are in the child psychiatry unit at the Landspitali- University Hospital.
● Child psychiatry unit at the Landspitali-University hospital (BUGL) in Reykjavik
● Psychiatry unit Health center Vestfjords
● Recovery college of Mental Health
● Schools (kindergarden and public schools)
● Setting for patients with cancer and their families
● Private practices
● Foster care for social services
● Non profit Organization for Adolescence in danger of drug abuse
● Non profit Organizations for victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence
● Iceland University of the Arts
● The Reykjavik Academy
● Continuing education department of University of Akureyri
The only official positions for art therapists are in the child psychiatry unit at the Landspitali- University Hospital.
At the present time the only art therapist who is conducting research in Iceland is Unnur Óttarsdóttir. Following are publications about her research:
- Óttarsdóttir, U. G. 2024 Experiments on the Efficacy of Drawing for Memorization among Adults and Children with Varying Written Word Memory Capacities: A Two-Way Crossover Design. Education Sciences, 14(5), 470. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14050470
- Óttarsdóttir, U. G. 2024 Memory drawing for children who have experienced stress and/or trauma and have specific learning difficulties. Í: M. Cao, R. Hougham and S. Scoble (Ritstj.) Memory: shaping connections in the arts therapies (Kafli 8). Oxfordshire: Routledge.
- Ottarsdottir, U. 2020 Elaborare emozioni e memorizzare attraverso il disegno (memory drawing) [Processing Emotions and Memorising Coursework Through Memory Drawing]. (M. D. Cagnoletta, C. Corlatanu, S. Cosimini, S. Musolino, V. Nicholls, þýðendur.) (Útgefið fyrst 2018). ATOL: Art Therapy OnLine, 11(1).
- Ottarsdottir, U. 2019 Unnið úr tilfinningum og námsefni lagt á minnið með minnisteikningu. Íslensk þýðing greinarinnar: (2018) Processing Emotions and Memorising Coursework Through Memory Drawing. ATOL: Art Therapy OnLine 9 (1). Glæður: fagtímarit félags sérkennara á Íslandi, 29. árgangur bls. 72-85.
- Ottarsdottir, U. 2019 Ethical Concern when Applying Drawing for Memory: Research Conducted in Iceland. Í: A. Di Maria (Ritstj.). Exploring Ethical Dilemmas in Art Therapy: 50 Clinicians From 20 Countries Share Their Stories (bls. 266-272). New York: Routledge.
- Ottarsdottir, U. 2019 Unnið úr tilfinningum og námsefni lagt á minnið með minnisteikningu. Íslensk þýðing greinarinnar (2018) Processing Emotions and Memorising Coursework Through Memory Drawing. ATOL: Art Therapy OnLine 9 (1). ATOL: Art Therapy OnLine, 10(1).
- Ottarsdottir, U. 2018 Processing Emotions and Memorising Coursework through Memory Drawing. ATOL: Art Therapy OnLine, 9(1).
- Ottarsdottir, U. 2018 Art therapy to address emotional well-being of children who have experienced stress and/or trauma. Í: A. Zubala & V. Karkou (Ritstj.), Arts Therapies in the Treatment of Depression: International Research in the Arts Therapies (bls. 30-47). Oxford: Routledge.
- Unnur Óttarsdóttir, 2013 Grunduð kenning og teiknaðar skýringarmyndir. Í: Sigríður Halldórsdóttir (Ritstj.). Handbók í aðferðafræði rannsókna (bls. 361-375). Akureyri: Háskólinn á Akureyri.
- Ottarsdottir, U. 2010 Writing-image. ARTherapy; Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 27(1) bls. 32-39.
- Ottarsdottir, U. 2010 Art Therapy in Education for Children with Specific Learning Difficulties who have Experienced Stress and/or Trauma. Í: V. Karkou (Ritstj.), Arts Therapies in Schools: Research and Practice (bls. 145-160). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
- 2006 Unnur Óttarsdóttir, Kristjana Fenger, Rósa Kristín Júlíusdóttir, og Björg Bjarnadóttir. Háskólinn á Akureyri og listmeðferð: Skýrsla starfshóps. Akureyri: Háskólinn á Akureyri.
- Ottarsdottir, U. (2005). Art Therapy in Education: for Children with Specific Learning Difficulties who Have Experienced Stress and/or Trauma (Unpublished PhD thesis). University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, England.
- Ottarsdottir, U. 2005 Art therapy in education for children with emotional and specific learning difficulties. Í: L. Kossolapow, S. Scoble & D. Waller (Ritstj.), European Arts Therapy: Different Approaches to a Unique Discipline (bls. 92-96). London: Transaction Publishers.
- Unnur Óttarsdóttir, 2004 Skólanám fellt inn í listmeðferð. Glæður: fagtímarit félags sérkennara á Íslandi, 14(2), 19-25.
- Unnur Óttarsdóttir, 2004 Listmeðferð og nám. Heimili og skóli, júlí, 18-19.
