Art Theraphy is a rare course, not many people understands about this course. Art Theraphy is not popular in Singapore. I must really thanks jane for getting me expose to this course. Registered for diagnostic art theraphy and i am loving it! Just went to my second lesson and the information i am hearing are keeping me at the edge of my seat! It is so interesting and is definitely my cup of tea! Although the lecturer keep saying a lot of terms which i don't know but i still note down everything he say in details. There are so many things to learn, so many books to read, so many details to remember and so many MUST-KNOW authors to memorise!
Art Theraphy is mainly to analysis a person's mind through what he/she draws. It is extremely useful for kids who have difficulty expressing themselves. For adults, it is mainly for people who have emotional problems. For example, cancer patients, ill patients, mentally ill people or criminals. On my next lesson, the lecturer wants us to bring drawings of a house, a tree and a person drawn by person of aged 8 onwards and we will be taught on how to analysis it! Woo Hoo, i am going to call my friends to draw so that i can practise my work! :)
I do have some thoughts whether to be an art therapist in any form in future. These 10 lessons that i am going to have will help me to determine my interest more.If i am heading towards this path,i will be facing all kind of people who are having emotional problems. If i am handling with children, they will be unhappy children. I want to do a job that enables me to help those in need but i need to find out if i have the ability to balance my emotions. By going through this course and doing my volunteery work in Rainbow camp will expose me more to all these factors.
By the way, i have visited one of my Rainbow Camp child and she is a pretty primary 6 girl. She is suffering from some form of osteoporosis so i will need to be very careful with her. The only thing about this pretty girl is that she is very very very shy and quiet. I will need to be GI LA GI LA and very talkative to cheer her up!!! Ha Ha HA! And i do hope she will be involved with most of the camp activities.
Wow, i am sure excited about my path ahead! To think back, i make a breakthrough by becoming a childcare teacher and give up IT industry. After my experience, i realised i really love to work with children. And now, it is time for me to progress. Either i will be a teacher still or do some other relevant jobs. I never regret studying my Dip in MMI as is very interesting and get me exposed to so many different lines! Meeting the people in therapist line and getting involved in all these sure make my life more meaningful!I believe i will learn a lot more in future. Wish me all the best ya!! :)
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