Austrian College for Art Therapy
| Austrian College for Art Therapy (ÖKfKT) |
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| purpose | Training and establishment of psychodynamic art therapy |
| Chair: | Astrid Schaubeder, chairwoman |
| Establishment date: | 2003 |
| Seat : | Vienna |
| Website: | oekfkt.org |
The Austrian College for Art Therapy (ÖKfKT) is the oldest institution for further training in art therapy in Austria. It was founded in 1991 as part of the international symposium on art and therapy (Elisabeth McGlynn, Mauricio Peciccia, Karl-Heinz Menzen et al.) At the polycollege Stöbergasse in the tradition of Viennese adult education ( Red Vienna ) and has been a non-profit association since 2003 - similar to psychotherapeutic training associations. organized. In Austria, art therapy is offered exclusively by privately organized educational institutions (profit or non-profit ) as further professional training, as there is still no legal framework for an academic undergraduate education at universities of applied sciences or universities.
aims
- Training association for art therapy according to the framework curriculum of the Austrian Association for Art and Design Therapists (ÖFKG) and European standards of ECArTE - The European Consortium for Arts Therapies Education .
- Professional and health policy recognition of art therapy as psychotherapy according to the Austrian Psychotherapy Act - PthG for short - similar to psychodrama or concentrative movement therapy
- Education policy recognition of art therapy at a technical college or art university in Austria
literature
- Art and Therapy , Symposium Vienna 1991, Polycollege, Verlag des Verein Wiener Volksbildung, Vienna 1991
- Art and Therapy II. Projects in Art and Therapy , Polycollege, Verlag des Verein Wiener Volksbildung, Vienna 1996
- Framework curriculum of the Austrian Association for Art and Design Therapists