As an Art Therapist, you will need to master following:

• accept own accountability
• advise on healthcare users' informed consent
• apply art therapy interventions
• apply context specific clinical competences
• assess art therapy sessions
• assess the patient's therapeutic needs
• behavioural therapy
• challenge patient behaviour by means of art
• comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
• contribute to continuity of health care
• develop educational materials on art therapy
• enable patients to explore artworks
• encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring
• ensure safety of healthcare users
• formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
• human psychological development
• maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
• organise relapse prevention
• prepare treatment plan for art therapy
• promote inclusion
• psychopathology
• refer healthcare users
• schedule artistic activities
• techniques of practice in art therapy
• theory of art therapy
• treat medical conditions with art therapy
• use art in a therapeutic setting
• use e-health and mobile health technologies
• use techniques to increase patients' motivation
• work in multidisciplinary health teams

More generally, an art therapist is also versed in:

• adhere to organisational guidelines
• apply organisational techniques
• cognitive psychology
• communicate in healthcare
• comply with legislation related to health care
• deal with emergency care situations
• develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
• educate on the prevention of illness
• fine arts
• follow clinical guidelines
• health care legislation
• inform policy makers on health-related challenges
• interact with healthcare users
• listen actively
• manage healthcare users' data
• provide health education
• psychological theories
• respond to changing situations in health care
• sociology
• take referred patients
• work in a multicultural environment in health care

It also helps to know the following:

• apply psychoanalysis
• cognitive behavioural therapy
• handle patient trauma
• practice gestalt therapy
• psychoanalysis
• psychosociology
• ensure proper appointment administration
• neurophysiology
• pedagogy
• philosophy
• relaxation techniques
• sexology
• use foreign languages for health-related research
• use foreign languages in patient care
• victimology