It is an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches lives through a combination of active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship. Art therapy occurs with individuals and in groups.
Image: a group participant makes a watercolor while sitting in a camp chair beneath trees in the spring.
Art therapists in Maryland are licensed as distinct mental health professionals by the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists, which issues Licensed Clinical Art Therapist (LCPAT) and Licensed Graduate Art Therapist (LGPAT) credentials.
To become a licensed art therapist, a person must earn a masters degree which includes thesis research. This writer attended Notre Dame of Maryland University’s accredited master’s program, which required 1,000 hours of clinical instruction and a thesis project integrating research and field experiences. After a masters degree is earned, a person must pass state and national exams for certification. Once licensed, an art therapist begins work as an LGPAT to complete 2,000 hours of clinical work with weekly supervision from a licensed art therapy supervisor. Art therapy training has parity with LGPC/LCPCs in Maryland.
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