This unit is designed to provide students with an introduction to the theory and practice of arts psychotherapy.  Through lectures, readings and workshops, given by course staff and invited speakers, students will become conversant with the historical, philosophical and cultural background to contemporary art psychotherapy practice.  Students will also be introduced to the broader context of creative arts therapies using alternative modalities to visual art such as drama, music, dance and movement.  Through extensive experience in group-work, students will experience the therapeutic power of making and sharing images confidentially in a group - how their own and others' images carry psychological meaning.