MA in Art Psychotherapy
2 years full-time or 3 years part-time.
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You should have: an undergraduate degree of at least second class standard in visual arts, or a degree in an allied area, or a professional qualification; a portfolio of art work showing evidence of a longstanding commitment to your own art practice; experience of work in health, social services or education (equivalent to at least 1,500 hours); experience of personal therapy (ideally).
Your application will only be considered if it includes detailed information about your relevant work experience to show that you have at least 1,500 hours' experience. Your art portfolio should be uploaded electronically as part of your main application.
English Language Proficiency: If English is not your first language, all successful applicants to this programme must achieve IELTS 7.0, to include a score of no lower than 6.5 in all four parts of the test. Find out more about our English Language requirements.
Full-time students can apply for the Corinne Burton Memorial Studentship.
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This programme will provide you with a broad understanding of the theories and practices of art psychotherapy necessary for safe and effective clinical work. It enables you to practice as an art therapist in the NHS, Social Services, and educational establishments, and to become a practitioner registered with the British Association of Art Therapists and eligible to apply for registration with the Health Professions Council (HPC).
Your learning is underpinned by the principles and practices of psychodynamic psychotherapy practised within the context of mental health care, and informed by contemporary art practice.
Via theoretical studies, clinical work and experiential learning you will integrate cognitive understanding and practical experience with a developing awareness of self and other. The nature of the therapeutic relationship between client, their art work, and the art therapist is explored, and you have the opportunity to put your learning into practice through two 60-day placements which are supervised and supported in depth.
You are encouraged to develop your own art practice and to situate your work in relationship to your development as a therapist, to contemporary art practice and to psychoanalytic theories. You must be in personal therapy throughout the programme.
Skills
The MA will develop skills including:
- the ability to work with a range of client populations
- an understanding of psychodynamic concepts
- development of your own art practice
Careers
Completion of the programme provides eligibility for Health Professions Council (HPC) registration as an art psychotherapist.
Our graduates are invariably seen as offering a valuable and unique service to their clients and to the multidisciplinary teams in which they work – graduates have gone on to practice as art psychotherapists in the NHS, social services and in the education sector.
We regularly receive positive feedback from organisations that employ art therapists and/or accept trainees on placement.
Assessment
Coursework, placement portfolios, mid-course case study, final clinical report.
Register your interest
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