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Art Therapists

Plan or conduct art therapy sessions or programs to improve clients' physical, cognitive, or emotional well-being.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
68/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
61/100
High

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence82/100
Task coverage86%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Design art therapy sessions or programs to meet client's goals or objectives.High
74
Assess client needs or disorders, using drawing, painting, sculpting, or other artistic processes.High
75
Select or prepare artistic media or related equipment or devices to accomplish therapy session objectives.High
73
Write treatment plans, case summaries, or progress or other reports related to individual clients or client groups.High
73
Conduct art therapy sessions, providing guided self-expression experiences to help clients recover from, or cope with, cognitive, emotional, or physical impairments.High
60
Talk with clients during art or other therapy sessions to build rapport, acknowledge their progress, or reflect upon their reactions to the artistic process.High
60
Observe and document client reactions, progress, or other outcomes related to art therapy.High
54
Interpret the artistic creations of clients to assess their functioning, needs, or progress.High
74
Develop individualized treatment plans that incorporate studio art therapy, counseling, or psychotherapy techniques.High
73
Confer with other professionals on client's treatment team to develop, coordinate, or integrate treatment plans.High
72
Analyze or synthesize client data to draw conclusions or make recommendations for art therapy.High
75
Instruct individuals or groups in the use of art media, such as paint, clay, or yarn.Medium
75
Communicate client assessment findings and recommendations in oral, written, audio, video, or other forms.High
74
Customize art therapy programs for specific client populations, such as those in schools, nursing homes, wellness centers, prisons, shelters, or hospitals.High
69
Gather client information from sources such as case documentation, client observation, or interviews of client or family members.Medium
67
Establish goals or objectives for art therapy sessions in consultation with clients or site administrators.High
61
Teach art therapy techniques or processes to artists, interns, volunteers, or others.Medium
62
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Assess client needs or disorders, using drawing, painting, sculpting, or other artistic processes.75
  2. Analyze or synthesize client data to draw conclusions or make recommendations for art therapy.75
  3. Instruct individuals or groups in the use of art media, such as paint, clay, or yarn.75
  4. Design art therapy sessions or programs to meet client's goals or objectives.74
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Select or prepare artistic media or related equipment or devices to accomplish therapy session objectives.01
  2. Observe and document client reactions, progress, or other outcomes related to art therapy.02
  3. Instruct individuals or groups in the use of art media, such as paint, clay, or yarn.03
  4. Conduct art therapy sessions, providing guided self-expression experiences to help clients recover from, or cope with, cognitive, emotional, or physical impairments.04
  5. Talk with clients during art or other therapy sessions to build rapport, acknowledge their progress, or reflect upon their reactions to the artistic process.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency44
Physical dependency38
Adoption pressure43
Labour-market resilience62
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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