Austrian professional association for art and design therapists
| Austrian Association for Art and Design Therapists (OEFKG) |
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| purpose | The professional representation of the members with the aim of recognizing the design and art therapy as an independent profession |
| Chair: | Isolde Schediwy, Susanne Wolfsohn, Floridus Kaiser, Esther Wippllinger and Ernst Wittkowski |
| Establishment date: | 1997 |
| Seat : | Vienna |
| Website: | www.kunsttherapie-fachverband.org |
The Austrian Association for Art and Design Therapists - or ÖFKG for short - was founded in 1997 on the one hand to represent professional art therapists in Austria and on the other hand to ensure the quality of the continuing education landscape as a successor to the Austrian Society for Art and Therapy . The ÖFKG represents the professional interests of those art therapists and advanced training courses in Austria who meet the official framework curriculum and thus the standards of ECArTE - The European Consortium for Arts Therapies Education - on a European level. The aim is national and European professional and training law recognition of art therapy as a psychotherapeutic method according to the Austrian Psychotherapy Act .
Further training according to the ÖFKG standards
- Austrian College for Art Therapy
- Vienna School for Art Therapy
- Institute for Painting and Design Therapy
- Atelier Spitzenegg