| CODE | CMT4032 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Drama/Music/Art Therapy | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Communication Therapy | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Through a series of workshops this study-unit aims at introducing Communication Therapy students to the arts therapies (art therapy, dramatherapy, movement therapy, dance therapy and music therapy). Each workshop includes a hands on, experiential component alongside an introduction to the basic theoretical concepts operating within the arts therapies. Throughout the workshops students are invited to reflect on their engagement with the exercises, their interactions with the group and their own internal reality during and after engagement. Students are empowered and given the opportunity to engage in self reflection thus promoting self reflexivity. Self reflexivity is increasingly being perceived as a seminal feature in the development of the therapist's/healer's identity within health care professions. Study-unit Aims: • To introduce participants to the arts therapies and the basic concepts operating within the arts therapies including the relationship between play, the unconscious and change; • To introduce participants to the therapeutic frame applicable to the arts therapies; • To promote a hands-on, experiential delivery which will allow participants to reflect on their own engagement patterns, thus developing self-reflexivity: an essential characteristic for the health care professional; • To consider application of the arts therapies within a number of settings, including an exploration of potential interactions between the art therapies and communication therapy; • To introduce participants to particular assessment and intervention techniques in the arts therapies. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Show an understanding on how the interplay between play, the unconscious and change forms and defines the basic processes operating within the arts therapies; • Define the different disciplines within the arts therapies and consider their contribution and effectiveness within health care; • Show an understanding on how certain techniques such as embodiment work, story work, play techniques and structured art making, feature within the arts therapies; • Appraise and describe the therapeutic frame applicable to the arts therapies; • Show an understanding and appraise the different components of a therapeutic relationship within the arts therapies and critically consider how these components feature in the relationship between communication therapists and their clients; • Develop a basic understanding of how some modalities within the arts therapies are applied in particular settings and with particular populations (e.g. victims of trauma); • Acknowledge the contribution of research within the arts therapies. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Reflect on their engagement during hands on arts therapies workshops; • Record their reflections and thus acquire basic skills in view of developing a self reflexive edge that they can apply to the development of their identity as health care therapists (transferable skill); • Reflect on their therapeutic relationship with clients and develop a basic awareness of the unconscious elements that may be operating within; • Critically consider links between the arts therapies and communication therapy especially in terms of particular techniques within the arts therapies; • Consider the need for referral of a client to an arts therapy professional. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Text book • Jones, P. (2005) The Arts Therapies: a revolution in healthcare. London: Brunner Routledge. Essential Texts • Jones, P. (1996) Drama as Therapy:Theatre as Living. London: Routledge. • Leigh, L., Gersch, I., Dix, A. & Haythorne, D. (2012) Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools: Enabling Creativity, Sociability, Communication and Learning. London: Routledge. Additional texts • Emunah, R., (1994) Acting for Real. New York: Brunner Routledge. • Weber, A.M. & Haen, C. eds. (2005) Clinical Applications of Dramatherapy in Child and Adolescent Treatment. New York: Brunner Routledge. • Dokter, D. ed. (1998) Arts Therapists, Refugees and Migrants: Reaching Across Borders. London: Jessica Kingsley. Recommended Journal • The Arts in Psychotherapy – Five issues per year - 2013 impact factor = 0.489. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Daniel Mercieca |
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