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12/17/08(Wed)02:38:40 No.2466778>>2466618 Nope, I go to school in NY
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You
use art to help people with their problems. For example, a lot of
children have difficulty expressing themselves and how they're feeling,
especially if they're handicapped, so it's a great method for
communication. You come up with projects that your patients do to help
improve their mental state. Art therapy can help as a form of
counseling in addition to talk therapy/drug therapy that a psychiatrist
might do. Art therapists may work alone or sometimes part of a team who
are all striving to help individuals improve their mental well being.
Art therapists can work in prisons, hospitals, elderly homes, schools, etc.
You
need to go to graduate school and have quite a deal of experience in
the field to be considered a licensed therapist. It's a small but
growing field. According to PayScale art therapists make between
$30k-50k, and more if they open their own practice. So it's not a
hugely paying job, and it's a little obscure. But I'm enjoying the
coursework and I think it would be a great way to earn a living. |