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Certification

Art Therapists

Certifying Organization
Art Therapy Credentials Board
http://www.atcb.org

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? Yes
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 5 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Renew through Re-Examination? Yes
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? Yes

Art Therapist Registered - Board Certified Website

Certification Description
The Art Therapy Certified Supervisor (ATCS) is a newly available credential offered to qualified Board Certified Art Therapists (ATR-BCs) who are interested in demonstrating substantial supervision qualifications. This credential informs employers, prospective employers, supervisees, and prospective supervisees, that the individual providing art therapy supervision has met specific criteria for competency in the theories and practices of art therapy supervision.

Certifying Organization
Art Therapy Credentials Board
http://www.atcb.org

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? Yes
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 5 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Renew through Re-Examination? No
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

Art Therapy Certified Supervisor Website

Certification Description
A certified applied poetry facilitator brings to training a unique background, blending love and knowledge of literature and writing with an understanding of basic psychology and group dynamics. Although the CAPF's training is geared to working with healthy populations, the CAPF must be able to recognize the difference between "normalcy" and pathology, and must be able to determine when a distressed individual needs to be referred to a mental health professional.

Certifying Organization
International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy
http://ifbpt.org/

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? Yes
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes

Certified Applied Poetry Facilitator Website

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