Intro to Art Therapy Final questions &
answers graded A+
Organizations- Art therapy association- AATA - correct answer ✔✔The American Art Therapy
Association- is a non-profit organization engaged in promoting the profession and professional
practice of art therapy.
Organizations-Art therapy association- ATCB - correct answer ✔✔The Art Therapy Credentials
Board-is a non-profit organization engaged in promoting the profession and professional
practice of art therapy *however* for this association you must be a credentialed art therapist
to join.
Organizations- How are the AATA and ATCB similar and how do they differ? - correct answer
✔✔The American Art Therapy Association (AATA), like the Art Therapy Credentials Board
(ATCB), is a non-profit organization engaged in promoting the profession and professional
practice of art therapy. AATA is a membership organization, while ATCB is a credentialing body.
Definition of art therapy - correct answer ✔✔-therapeutic use of art
-provided by people trained in art and therapy
-used by people who are seeking change
Credentials-ATR - correct answer ✔✔Registered Art Therapist- requires the completion of
qualifying master's level education (including art therapy core curriculum, supervised practicum
and internship experiences) and post-education supervised clinical experience.
Credentials- ATR-BC - correct answer ✔✔Board Certified Art Theripist-is the highest-level art
therapycredential. ATR-BCs pass a national examination, demonstrating comprehensive
knowledge of the theories and clinical skills used in art therapy.
,History- what is the earliest proof that image exists in our brain? - correct answer ✔✔Cave art
History- Cave art was used to... - correct answer ✔✔-communicate
-rituals and
manifestations
-record history
History- What decade were drawings considered to be an expression of the inner world? -
correct answer ✔✔1870s
History- What decade did the profession of psychology recognize the therapeutic use of art? -
correct answer ✔✔1930s
History- What decade was art therapy recognized as a profession in the U.S? - correct answer
✔✔1940s
History- who is considered the father of art therapy? - correct answer ✔✔Jung
History- Margaret Naumburg
What is she considered as?
Junian or Freudian? - correct answer ✔✔-Considered mother of art therapy
-was a Freudian
*Art-in-therapy*
History- Edith Cramer
beliefs - correct answer ✔✔-the world of education also recognized the therapeutic use of art
-actions of making the art is the therapy
, -Believed in the psychoanalytic approach
*Art-as-therapy*
History- Sigmund Freud and art therapy? - correct answer ✔✔-There exists conscious an
unconscious thoughts
-helped pave the way for the psychoanalytic approach
History- Jung and art therapy? - correct answer ✔✔A Jungian approach to art psychotherapy is
cognizant of content, placement, color, and materials while the approach also encourages an
active engagement with the deeper hidden elements of an emerging image, resulting in a direct
alchemical experience through the materials as well as the healing power of symbols.
*(Basically symbolism, metaphor, etc.)*
Influence- Premise of art therapy? - correct answer ✔✔The creative process of art making
enhances recovery, health, and wellness.
Influence- How is art therapy different from regular therapy? - correct answer ✔✔-It makes use
of thoughts, feelings and senses
-It can be used with or without words.
-Reaches most languages
Influence- How does art therapy aid in expression? - correct answer ✔✔It enables people to
express beyond the limitations of age, vocabulary, conceptual abilities and life experience.
Influence- How does art therapy help with uncontrollable feelings? - correct answer ✔✔It offers
a container, in the form of the art medium, for sometimes uncontrollable feelings.
answers graded A+
Organizations- Art therapy association- AATA - correct answer ✔✔The American Art Therapy
Association- is a non-profit organization engaged in promoting the profession and professional
practice of art therapy.
Organizations-Art therapy association- ATCB - correct answer ✔✔The Art Therapy Credentials
Board-is a non-profit organization engaged in promoting the profession and professional
practice of art therapy *however* for this association you must be a credentialed art therapist
to join.
Organizations- How are the AATA and ATCB similar and how do they differ? - correct answer
✔✔The American Art Therapy Association (AATA), like the Art Therapy Credentials Board
(ATCB), is a non-profit organization engaged in promoting the profession and professional
practice of art therapy. AATA is a membership organization, while ATCB is a credentialing body.
Definition of art therapy - correct answer ✔✔-therapeutic use of art
-provided by people trained in art and therapy
-used by people who are seeking change
Credentials-ATR - correct answer ✔✔Registered Art Therapist- requires the completion of
qualifying master's level education (including art therapy core curriculum, supervised practicum
and internship experiences) and post-education supervised clinical experience.
Credentials- ATR-BC - correct answer ✔✔Board Certified Art Theripist-is the highest-level art
therapycredential. ATR-BCs pass a national examination, demonstrating comprehensive
knowledge of the theories and clinical skills used in art therapy.
,History- what is the earliest proof that image exists in our brain? - correct answer ✔✔Cave art
History- Cave art was used to... - correct answer ✔✔-communicate
-rituals and
manifestations
-record history
History- What decade were drawings considered to be an expression of the inner world? -
correct answer ✔✔1870s
History- What decade did the profession of psychology recognize the therapeutic use of art? -
correct answer ✔✔1930s
History- What decade was art therapy recognized as a profession in the U.S? - correct answer
✔✔1940s
History- who is considered the father of art therapy? - correct answer ✔✔Jung
History- Margaret Naumburg
What is she considered as?
Junian or Freudian? - correct answer ✔✔-Considered mother of art therapy
-was a Freudian
*Art-in-therapy*
History- Edith Cramer
beliefs - correct answer ✔✔-the world of education also recognized the therapeutic use of art
-actions of making the art is the therapy
, -Believed in the psychoanalytic approach
*Art-as-therapy*
History- Sigmund Freud and art therapy? - correct answer ✔✔-There exists conscious an
unconscious thoughts
-helped pave the way for the psychoanalytic approach
History- Jung and art therapy? - correct answer ✔✔A Jungian approach to art psychotherapy is
cognizant of content, placement, color, and materials while the approach also encourages an
active engagement with the deeper hidden elements of an emerging image, resulting in a direct
alchemical experience through the materials as well as the healing power of symbols.
*(Basically symbolism, metaphor, etc.)*
Influence- Premise of art therapy? - correct answer ✔✔The creative process of art making
enhances recovery, health, and wellness.
Influence- How is art therapy different from regular therapy? - correct answer ✔✔-It makes use
of thoughts, feelings and senses
-It can be used with or without words.
-Reaches most languages
Influence- How does art therapy aid in expression? - correct answer ✔✔It enables people to
express beyond the limitations of age, vocabulary, conceptual abilities and life experience.
Influence- How does art therapy help with uncontrollable feelings? - correct answer ✔✔It offers
a container, in the form of the art medium, for sometimes uncontrollable feelings.
