Art Psychotherapy PhD

**We offer opportunities for students who want to pursue research in art psychotherapy.**<br/><br/><br/>- Goldsmiths has a world-class reputation for creativity and innovation, and a commitment to encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration.<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/>- You also attend the Goldsmiths Research Methods Training Course.<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/>- 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/>**Supervision is currently available in the following areas:**<br/>- Art therapists and their art<br/><br/><br/>- Cross-cultural issues<br/><br/><br/>- Evidence-based practices<br/><br/><br/>- Group work<br/><br/><br/>- History and development of the professions in the UK and internationally<br/><br/><br/>- Occupational choice, career development and role change of arts therapists and arts therapy trainees<br/><br/><br/>- Clinical work with various client populations<br/><br/><br/>**Previous research topics include:**<br/>- Key issues in art psychotherapy with the blind<br/><br/><br/>- The creative experience inside and outside an art psychotherapy group<br/><br/><br/>- The image as an assessment tool with children who have an autistic spectrum disorder<br/><br/><br/>- Thinking about art with adults who have learning disabilities<br/><br/><br/>- Art therapists’ working environments <br/>