U.S. News: How to become an Art Therapist
Becoming an art therapist is more than just paint and canvas, explains UC’s Meera Rastogi
Art therapy is not simply the process of engaging in a pleasurable creative endeavor and entering a state of "flow," UC’s Meera Rastogi tells U.S. News & World report in a feature on art therapy as a career path.
Art therapy is a clinical profession, and art therapists are mental health care providers with master's degrees who use artwork and art analysis to discover the root causes of a client's distress and to address psychological wounds.
The article explains the intricacies of melding art with clinical therapy and the academic requirements to become an art therapist.
Rastogi, a professor of psychology and art therapy at UC’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, teaches psychology and art therapy classes at UC Clermont. She currently oversees the UC’s pre-art therapy certificate program Pre-Art Therapy Certificate Program. Her interests also include interdisciplinary research on art therapy and cancer treatments.
Read more about Rastogi’s research endeavors
Featured photo at top: University of Cincinnati professor Meera Rastogi is studying how a self-guided art therapy app and robotic pets affect the mood of patients. Photo by Joseph Fuqua/Fuqua Graphics.
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