On this episode, I share what it takes logistically to become an Art Therapist! How much schooling you have to go through, a few things to expect while you're in school, and what the process is like after school to become fully credentialed and practice independently. Becoming an Art Therapist is quite the process, but if you feel called to be with people in their darkness through creative means, be in the mental health field in a way that is beyond just talk therapy, this avenue of a helping profession very well could be for you!! If this topic is of interest to you, there are also multiple episodes speaking to what Art Therapy is, you can listen by clicking the links below.

Episode 2: What is Art Therapy?

Episode 7: Tapping into the Unconscious Mind through Art Therapy

Episode 47: What is Art Therapy? {a blast from the past} This episode is different than Episode 2

Key Takeaways:

• Art Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors are different
• The credentialing process for Art Therapy
• Art Therapists can also be Licensed Mental Health Counselors (but a counselor cannot just be or call themselves an Art Therapist or say they use Art Therapy)
• Art Therapists were not trained through the colonized lens of pathology
• Bits of information of what Art Therapy is

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