Art Therapy as a field of practice has recently seen a surge of interest and a significant increase
since universities have begun to offer it as a specialized postgraduate degree course. However, in the
past fifteen years, Korean Art Therapy has been established with over 80% of the courses being
offered in specialised postgraduate programs, which has had further implications on the precarious
standing of Art Therapy as a competitive academic field with existing structural limitations proving
difficult to overcome. As such, the competitiveness of the subject is dependent upon the integrity and
tenacity of not the whole sector, but a choice few graduate schools and individuals. In order to
establish a competitive edge for these few, the current article presents three suggestions. Firstly, Art
Therapy should embody its identity as a subject within the Social Sciences, and spare no effort in the
education of those who have chosen to study in the field. Secondly, further attention needs to be paid
to the symbolic capital of image language and the wider practice of Art Psychotherapy. Thirdly, we
need t o prepare for potential interdisciplinary work with a range of other subjects with an open and
integral vision towards the future.