# Competences — art therapist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/eb48ccbd-75f2-4799-81be-443034858473).

## Essential

- **accept own accountability** (skill/competence)
- **adhere to organisational guidelines** (skill/competence)
- **advise on healthcare users' informed consent** (skill/competence)
- **apply art therapy interventions** (skill/competence)
- **apply context specific clinical competences** (skill/competence)
- **apply organisational techniques** (skill/competence)
- **assess art therapy sessions** (skill/competence)
- **assess the patient's therapeutic needs** (skill/competence)
- **behavioural therapy** (knowledge)
- **challenge patient behaviour by means of art** (skill/competence)
- **cognitive psychology** (knowledge)
- **communicate in healthcare** (skill/competence)
- **comply with legislation related to health care** (skill/competence)
- **comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice** (skill/competence)
- **contribute to continuity of health care** (skill/competence)
- **deal with emergency care situations** (skill/competence)
- **develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship** (skill/competence)
- **develop educational materials on art therapy** (skill/competence)
- **educate on the prevention of illness** (skill/competence)
- **enable patients to explore artworks** (skill/competence)
- **encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring** (skill/competence)
- **ensure safety of healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **fine arts** (knowledge)
- **follow clinical guidelines** (skill/competence)
- **formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy** (skill/competence)
- **health care legislation** (knowledge)
- **human psychological development** (knowledge)
- **inform policy makers on health-related challenges** (skill/competence)
- **interact with healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **listen actively** (skill/competence)
- **maintain healthcare user data confidentiality** (skill/competence)
- **manage healthcare users' data** (skill/competence)
- **organise relapse prevention** (skill/competence)
- **prepare treatment plan for art therapy** (skill/competence)
- **promote inclusion** (skill/competence)
- **provide health education** (skill/competence)
- **psychological theories** (knowledge)
- **psychopathology** (knowledge)
- **refer healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **respond to changing situations in health care** (skill/competence)
- **schedule artistic activities** (skill/competence)
- **sociology** (knowledge)
- **take referred patients** (skill/competence)
- **techniques of practice in art therapy** (knowledge)
- **theory of art therapy** (knowledge)
- **use art in a therapeutic setting** (skill/competence)
- **use e-health and mobile health technologies** (skill/competence)
- **use techniques to increase patients' motivation** (skill/competence)
- **work in a multicultural environment in health care** (skill/competence)
- **work in multidisciplinary health teams** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- applied music therapy (knowledge)
- apply psychoanalysis (skill/competence)
- cognitive behavioural therapy (knowledge)
- define creative components (skill/competence)
- handle patient trauma (skill/competence)
- neurophysiology (knowledge)
- pedagogy (knowledge)
- philosophy (knowledge)
- practice gestalt therapy (skill/competence)
- psychoanalysis (knowledge)
- psychosociology (knowledge)
- relaxation techniques (knowledge)
- sexology (knowledge)
- use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
- victimology (knowledge)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 50 ads, as of 2026-07-09)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- treatment planning — **42 %**
- art therapy — **26 %**

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