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About Study Course

ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Elīna Akmane
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine

Objective

To develop students’ knowledge and professional understanding of the basic principles of organizing the art therapy process and adapting them to different client/patient groups in the context of mental health and medical rehabilitation. To promote the ability to analyse and justify the organization of the art therapy process, interventions and creative process, taking into account the client/patient’s functional characteristics, needs, safety aspects and interdisciplinary cooperation.

Prerequisites

Professional activity in arts therapy and its legal fundaments; Assessment principles and process in arts therapy; Personality and development psychology; Individual consulting in arts therapy and psycho-dynamics.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Describe the basic principles of the art therapy process and their theoretical basis.

Skills

1.Analyzes the needs and functional characteristics of the client/patient in relation to the organization of the art therapy process.

Competence

1.Professionally justifies the suitability of the approach to organizing the art therapy process to the needs, functional characteristics and clinical context of the client/patient.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2026, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Art Therapy3Master'sRequiredElīna Akmane, Anda Upmale-Puķīte, Ilze Plūme, Inga Bitēna, Indra Majore-Dūšele, Jana Duhovska, Elīna Akmane, Jana Duhovska