Only English resumes will be considered. Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand Job Summary: At The Cabin our art therapists use art therapy to assist patients in exploring underlying feelings and emotional conflicts that impair their physical, cognitive, and emotional wellbeing. They teach patients how to use artwork as a means of releasing or expressing their feelings and use counselling techniques to help patients develop coping skills. This is an exciting opportunity for an Art Therapist who is looking for a varied role that allows for developing a new trauma-informed service and being an integral part of The Cabin's inpatient services in Chiang Mai. This new permanent role was created to help us deliver our plans to fully align our treatment programs with a comprehensive trauma-informed approach within our intensive inpatient mental health services. The transformation of our intensive inpatient mental health services will lead to truly integrated health and social care for adults accessing world-class behavioural healthcare at The Cabin who have serious mental illness. The Art Therapy role will be integral to the transformation of services and offering our service users recovery-focused interventions. The Art Therapist will be working within The Cabins Multidisciplinary teams and will be collaborating with Psychotherapists, Psychologists and Occupational Therapists to ensure that there are clear pathways for providing long-term psychosocial treatment outcomes. The successful candidate will have access to CPD opportunities and Clinical Supervision. Key Responsibilities:
Consult with patients to discuss their medical histories and identify the problems or conditions they wish to overcome. Conducting art therapy sessions with patients using various types of visual art, including drawing, sculpting, painting, ceramics, and clay modelling. Discussing patients’ artworks with them to evaluate the meaning and emotions behind the artworks. Collaborating with other healthcare practitioners to develop, synthesize or integrate personalized treatment plans. Developing suitable art therapy programs for patients based on their needs, objectives, and preferred forms of artistic expression. Teaching patients coping skills and strategies to enable them to deal with challenging and traumatic experiences. Conducting group or family art therapy sessions as required. Supervising art therapy students and interns (if any). Maintaining detailed records of patients' progress as well as observations made during art therapy sessions. Qualifications:
Master's degree in art therapy or counselling with additional coursework in art therapy. Certified by the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB). Appropriate state/national licensure. Sound knowledge of visual art. Excellent observational and counselling skills. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Effective communication skills. Patient, empathetic, and creative. A passion for art.