Customize art therapy programs for specific client populations, such as those in schools, nursing homes, wellness centers, prisons, shelters, or hospitals.

“Customize art therapy programs for specific client populations, such as those in schools, nursing homes, wellness centers, prisons, shelters, or hospitals.” is a core task performed by Art Therapists. Among the occupation's 25 rated tasks, workers place it 13th by importance (#13 most important). About 91% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Develop patient or client care or treatment plans. in Thinking Creatively

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.002% share of AI-use records mapped to this task

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Observe and document client reactions, progress, or other outcomes related to art therapy. · importance 4.7
• Design art therapy sessions or programs to meet client's goals or objectives. · importance 4.7
• Conduct art therapy sessions, providing guided self-expression experiences to help clients recover from, or cope with, cognitive, emotional, or physical impairments. · importance 4.6
• Assess client needs or disorders, using drawing, painting, sculpting, or other artistic processes. · importance 4.5
• Confer with other professionals on client's treatment team to develop, coordinate, or integrate treatment plans. · importance 4.5
• Talk with clients during art or other therapy sessions to build rapport, acknowledge their progress, or reflect upon their reactions to the artistic process. · importance 4.5
• Develop individualized treatment plans that incorporate studio art therapy, counseling, or psychotherapy techniques. · importance 4.5
• Write treatment plans, case summaries, or progress or other reports related to individual clients or client groups. · importance 4.4
• Select or prepare artistic media or related equipment or devices to accomplish therapy session objectives. · importance 4.3
• Analyze or synthesize client data to draw conclusions or make recommendations for art therapy. · importance 4.1
• Interpret the artistic creations of clients to assess their functioning, needs, or progress. · importance 4.1
• Communicate client assessment findings and recommendations in oral, written, audio, video, or other forms. · importance 4.0
• Establish goals or objectives for art therapy sessions in consultation with clients or site administrators. · importance 4.0
• Recommend or purchase needed art supplies or equipment. · importance 3.9

See all tasks on the Art Therapists page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Customize art therapy programs for specific client populations, such as those in schools, nursing homes, wellness centers, prisons, shelters, or hospitals.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-19145}
}