ART THERAPY ON THE MAPTHE STATE OF ART THERAPY IN ITALYNational Association(s)Italian Professional Association of Art Therapists /
A.P.I.A.r.T. (Associazione Professionale Italiana Arte Terapeuti https://digilander.libero.it/apiart/home.html |
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Education
Art Therapy training in Italy is based on private institutions. No University Master in Art Therapy.
Entry Requirements: First Degree in a related area (art, social work, medical, educational)
Art Therapy Training:
• 3 years, with at least 1.200 hours (including at least 100 hrs supervision, 100 hrs personal therapy, 150 hrs theory classes, 200 hrs clinical placement, 150 hrs technical lessons).
• for each student: annual evaluation and final thesis.
Certified Schools must meet the following criteria:
• Permanent establishment
• Teaching staff must include at least 3 art therapists recognized by APIArT;
• The Scientific Director must be an art therapist recognized by APIArT;
• Apiart supervisors may participate to the school’s annual assessment sessions
• Documentation is required.
At present, 6 Art Therapy Schools in Italy certified by APIArT:
Entry Requirements: First Degree in a related area (art, social work, medical, educational)
Art Therapy Training:
• 3 years, with at least 1.200 hours (including at least 100 hrs supervision, 100 hrs personal therapy, 150 hrs theory classes, 200 hrs clinical placement, 150 hrs technical lessons).
• for each student: annual evaluation and final thesis.
Certified Schools must meet the following criteria:
• Permanent establishment
• Teaching staff must include at least 3 art therapists recognized by APIArT;
• The Scientific Director must be an art therapist recognized by APIArT;
• Apiart supervisors may participate to the school’s annual assessment sessions
• Documentation is required.
At present, 6 Art Therapy Schools in Italy certified by APIArT:
- Art Therapy Italiana, (Bologna);
- ARTEA (Rome); VITT3 (Milano),
- CRETE (Firenze),
- Ass. Scuola di Arti Terapie (Roma),
- La Linea dell’Arco (Lecco).
- La Cittadella (Assisi) is in the certification process.
- The Institute of Expressive Psychotherapy with the Art Therapy Modality, in Bologna, is recognized as a School of Psychotherapy (4 yrs, 2000 hrs): the staff team express the need to strengthen the art therapy theory, method & research.
Recognition
Art therapy is recognized by the government as a profession, but not as a Health care profession.
European certification in progress (target EQF=7).
UNI (Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione) working group on art therapy professional standards.
FAC: external certification agency that verifies UNI professional standards applications.
European certification in progress (target EQF=7).
UNI (Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione) working group on art therapy professional standards.
FAC: external certification agency that verifies UNI professional standards applications.
Employment
Most art therapist are paid for “short term projects” by Charities and Voluntary Associations, that are usually connected to Hospitals and Health Centers.
Research & Publication
Several books have been published by Italian art therapists. A few examples: Palazzi Trivelli C and Taverna A (1998). Denner A. and Malavasi L (2005), Malinconico and Peciccia M (2006). Molteni R (2007), Moschini L. (2008), Caboara Luzzatto P (2009), Della Cagnoletta, M. (2010). Albertini C. (2012). Articles in the Journal: Le Nuove Arti Terapie. Chapters in collective books.
Several Books by British and American Art Therapists have been translated into Italian.
Website for more info: http://simonedonnari.com/category/fotobibliografia/
Several Books by British and American Art Therapists have been translated into Italian.
Website for more info: http://simonedonnari.com/category/fotobibliografia/
