Art Psychotherapy PhD

<strong>We offer opportunities for students who want to pursue research in art psychotherapy.</strong><br/><br/><br/>• Goldsmiths has a world-class reputation for creativity and innovation, and a commitment to encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• You meet your supervisors regularly for discussion and guidance, and present your work to the Art Psychotherapy research student group.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• You also attend the Goldsmiths Research Methods Training Course.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Whatever your topic, you have your first supervisor in Art Psychotherapy and may have your second in another department – Art, Educational Studies, Psychology, or Sociology, for example.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• For MPhil and PhD study, you usually register for research by written thesis (although there are also possibilities for research based on a written element and studio practice).<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Supervision is currently available in the following areas:</strong><br/>• Art therapists and their art<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Cross-cultural issues<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Evidence-based practices<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Group work<br/><br/><br/><br/>• History and development of the professions in the UK and internationally<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Occupational choice, career development and role change of arts therapists and arts therapy trainees<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Clinical work with various client populations<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Previous research topics include:</strong><br/>• Key issues in art psychotherapy with the blind<br/><br/><br/><br/>• The creative experience inside and outside an art psychotherapy group<br/><br/><br/><br/>• The image as an assessment tool with children who have an autistic spectrum disorder<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Thinking about art with adults who have learning disabilities<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Art therapists’ working environments <br/><br/>