Thinking about studying Art Therapy.

I have cut and pasted most of this from my 'janet pfeiffer art' blog so sorry if you have already read this one.

The last few days I have been contemplating another arty passion in my life, and that is 'Art Therapy.' For about 20 years I have been drawn to Expressive art and Transpersonal Therapies. I have been involved with Spiritual Direction, Mental Health and Creativity Coaching, Touch Drawing and InterPlay, which all relate in some way to Art Therapy.

In the past there have always been road blocks in doing any recognised study. For example, the university has required a degree in the arts prior to doing a masters degree or the college has been in another state to where I live or I have been too ill, too insecure or too broke. This time the opportunity is knocking again and it seems to be quite possible to achieve a 2 year advanced diploma in Transpersonal Art Therapy at the IKON Institute in Perth.  I am excited about the subject matter, but I don't know whether or not IKON diplomas carry any weight out in the working world. This is one of the things I need to look into as it is a very expensive course to do even though there is a government loan available, but I am still quite excited to be considering this opportunity.

 I want to keep my artwork developing alongside my possible study schedule and I am considering scaling back down, maybe finding out if Artsource have any smaller studios closer to home and all that sort of thing. At least I have till the end of the year to think about it all. Currently I am seeing if I could fit my study and art studio in together at home, so there is lots of measuring of furniture and deciding what will have to be sold.