ATC 504 Group Dynamics
This course will provide students with the opportunity to integrate theory, processes, and dynamics of group work to form and facilitate ethically and culturally responsive art therapy groups that have been designed with a clear purpose and goals for the population served. Principles of group dynamics, therapeutic factors, member roles and behaviors, leadership styles and approaches, selection criteria, art-based communication and short- and long-term group process will be reviewed. This course also includes theories, practices, methods, dynamics, facilitative skills, and supervised practice.