Course duration: 2 days, 14 hours
May 8th / June 5th / 2026
Costs: CHF 450.-
Language: German
Rerequisite: German Level B2
Health needs diversity—and Arts Therapy is part of that.
This course shows the place of art therapies in the healthcare system and how they can be classified professionally, structurally, and economically. It provides a sound understanding of the healthcare system as a framework for professional therapeutic work—from the tasks of the federal government, cantons, and municipalities to the roles of insurers, professional associations, and patient organizations.
One focus is on the financing of the system: premiums, tax revenues, direct payments, tariff systems, and their logic are explained in an understandable way. This reveals where art therapy services can be located and justified.
The course also covers inpatient and outpatient service provision as well as current developments in health policy, in particular the growing importance of outpatient care. The introduction to health economics sharpens the eye for quality, effectiveness, and efficiency, as well as for sustainable care.
The course strengthens the ability to position art therapy within the system and represent it competently.
Those who understand the system can position art therapy in a visible, effective, and sustainable way.
