animal assisted therapisttoart therapist
A animal assisted therapist already meets 27% of what the art therapist role asks for. The move turns on 36 required skills not yet in the profile.
27%
82.1/ 100
1 Share of the art therapist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animal assisted therapist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A art therapist role treats 14 of its required skills as things a animal assisted therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply organisational techniques
- assess the patient's therapeutic needs
- behavioural therapy
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
What stands in the way is 36 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A art therapist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animal assisted therapist background worth leading with.
- already held assess the patient's therapeutic needs information skills
- already held handle patient trauma assisting and caring
- already held behavioural therapy social sciences, journalism and information
- already held human psychological development social sciences, journalism and information
- already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality assisting and caring
- already held refer healthcare users assisting and caring
All 17 carried skills, including the 14 the art therapist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 49 missing skills fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held challenge patient behaviour by means of art required
- required, not held apply art therapy interventions required
- required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
- required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
- required, not held formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy required
- required, not held organise relapse prevention required
- required, not held prepare treatment plan for art therapy required
- required, not held use art in a therapeutic setting required
- required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
- required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required
- required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
- required, not held promote inclusion required
- required, not held take referred patients required
- optional, not held apply psychoanalysis optional
- optional, not held practice gestalt therapy optional
- required, not held develop educational materials on art therapy required
- required, not held enable patients to explore artworks required
- required, not held accept own accountability required
- required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
- required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
- required, not held encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring required
- required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- required, not held communicate in healthcare required
- required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
- required, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
- required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held define creative components optional
- required, not held techniques of practice in art therapy required
- required, not held psychopathology required
- required, not held theory of art therapy required
- optional, not held applied music therapy optional
- optional, not held neurophysiology optional
- required, not held cognitive psychology required
- required, not held psychological theories required
- optional, not held cognitive behavioural therapy optional
- optional, not held psychoanalysis optional
- optional, not held psychosociology optional
- optional, not held sexology optional
- optional, not held victimology optional
- required, not held assess art therapy sessions required
- required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
- required, not held schedule artistic activities required
- required, not held use techniques to increase patients' motivation required
5 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a art therapist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 challenge patient behaviour by means of art skill · occupation specific
- 02 develop educational materials on art therapy skill · occupation specific
- 03 enable patients to explore artworks skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held assess the patient's therapeutic needs skill
- already held behavioural therapy knowledge
- already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
- already held deal with emergency care situations skill
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
- already held human psychological development knowledge
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held refer healthcare users skill
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held sociology knowledge
- already held handle patient trauma skill
- already held use foreign languages for health-related research skill
- already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held fine arts required
- optional, not held philosophy optional
- required, not held health care legislation required
- required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held relaxation techniques optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held applied music therapy optional
- optional, not held apply psychoanalysis optional
- optional, not held cognitive behavioural therapy optional
- optional, not held define creative components optional
- optional, not held practice gestalt therapy optional
- optional, not held psychoanalysis optional
- optional, not held psychosociology optional
- optional, not held neurophysiology optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held philosophy optional
- optional, not held relaxation techniques optional
- optional, not held sexology optional
- optional, not held victimology optional
13 held skills the art therapist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role animal behaviour knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role assistive instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role control animal movement skill
- not needed by the target role evaluation of psychological performance knowledge
- not needed by the target role instruct animals for therapy purposes skill
- not needed by the target role palliative care knowledge
- not needed by the target role performance diagnosis knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote animal welfare skill
- not needed by the target role recruit animal handlers skill
- not needed by the target role select therapy animals skill
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
- not needed by the target role work with healthcare users' social network skill
17 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held techniques of practice in art therapy required
- required, not held psychopathology required
- required, not held theory of art therapy required
- required, not held cognitive psychology required
- required, not held fine arts required
- required, not held health care legislation required
- required, not held psychological theories required
- optional, not held applied music therapy optional
- optional, not held cognitive behavioural therapy optional
- optional, not held psychoanalysis optional
- optional, not held psychosociology optional
- optional, not held neurophysiology optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held philosophy optional
- optional, not held relaxation techniques optional
- optional, not held sexology optional
- optional, not held victimology optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.