Licensed Creative Arts Therapist
New YorkActive
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- None
Creative arts therapy is a profession that uses active engagement in the arts to address mental, emotional, developmental, and behavioral disorders. Creative arts therapy uses the relationship between the patient and therapist in the context of the artistic process as a dynamic force for change. It can also be used to manage stress and promote mental and physical health.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- Certification required
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- NYS Education Department
- Board
- State Board for Mental Health Practitioners
- Address
- 89 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12234
- Phone
- (518) 474-3817
- Agency website
- http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/
- Last updated
- February 14, 2023
Occupations (O*NET)
- Art Therapist 29-1125.00
- Art Therapist 29-1129.01
Source and verification
This record is New York's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with State Board for Mental Health Practitioners — see the issuing body section above.
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