Post Master’s Degree in Art Therapy for Clinical Professionals
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Program Description听
This Master鈥檚 degree is available to clinical professionals who already have at least a Master鈥檚 degree in social work, counseling, clinical psychology degree. The M.A. in Art Therapy/Counseling is for those who have not yet earned a Master鈥檚 degree in this field.
This program is being offered as a distance program or it can alternatively be taken on the ground in Santa Fe. Classes are offered during weekly day hours with changes each quarter and so it necessitates flexibility with ones work schedule.
If you love the concept of art and healing, and want to expand your repertoire of skills this program may be a good option for you. The credentialing body for Art Therapy in the United States, the , states in their application process that 鈥渋ndividuals with post-master鈥檚 or post-doctoral coursework in art therapy鈥 are able to obtain the ATR-BC and be fully credentialed as an art therapist.
The Master鈥檚 program in Art Therapy for Clinical Professionals offers you, as a clinician, the opportunity to engage in self-reflective creativity throughout the entire program. Through experiencing your own artistic processes and engaging in clinical training, you will be equipped to enthusiastically enhance your existing therapeutic client work.
When the program is in a distance learning format, it will be a cohort model, where students will meet and interact online through meaningful discussions, sharing art, and collaboration throughout the year. There is a part time or a full time option so the program can be 2 – 3 years in length.
This program emphasizes the use of the visual arts as a therapeutic approach in clinical, educational, community and rehabilitation settings. While visual arts is the primary therapeutic modality, the creative process may be supported by class instruction and experiences in the expressive therapies continuum.听听
Art Therapy for Clinical Professionals Faculty
For a perspective on obtaining a Post M.A. degree in Art Therapy, click below to listen to our Southwestern Soundbites. Dru Phoenix, an alumna and Director of Enrollment Services, speaks to her own experience on acquiring a degree in Art Therapy after she earned her M.A. in Counseling and was in the mental health profession for a number of years. When she discovered art therapy she decided to pursue a 鈥渟econd act鈥 in the field with this training.听

Please contact听Dru Phoenix, Director of Enrollment Services, if you would like to apply to this program or if you would like more information on program planners.
Program features:
- Practicum/Internship
- Capstone Projects
- Transformational, experiential learning approach shared by faculty and students
- It can be either a residential program or a distance program designed to accommodate working professionals
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- 53.5 quarter units (the equivalent of 36.3 semester credits).
- 糖心Vlog’s Post Master’s Degree in Art Therapy for Clinical Professionals is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs ( ) upon the recommendation of The Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education.
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (), 25400 US Hwy 19N, Suite 158, Clearwater, FL. 33763, Phone: 727-210-2350.
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