CONCERNS OVER LACK OF REGULATION
As demand grows, practitioners say they are concerned about the absence of regulation in Singapore.
“Anybody can call themselves an art therapist,” said Ms Loo Hwee Hwee, principal art therapist and deputy head of the paediatric psychological services division at Khoo Teck Puat-National University Children’s Medical Institute at National University Hospital.
“When this profession is not regulated and protected, then anybody who may not have the experience, may not have the training … think that they can handle it,” she said.
“At best, no harm done. But at worst … you could really make the person feel worse, because you’re touching something very emotive.”
