Art Psychotherapy MA

Course Overview

The MA enables you to practise as an Art Therapist with adults or children in the National Health Service, Social Services and Educational establishments, and to become a practitioner registered with the British Association of Art Therapists and to apply for registration with the Health Professions Council (HPC). Your study will involve: Practical experience of Art Psychotherapy practice in a clinical placement for 120 days. This is supervised in College and on placement. Experiential work including art practice and small and large Art Psychotherapy groups. Theoretical studies that draw on Art Therapy theory, art theory, psychotherapy and, psychoanalysis, group theory, systems theory, and organisational dynamics. By the end of the programme you will be able to: Demonstrate the multiplicity of skills necessary to the clinical practice of Art Psychotherapy that ensures safe and independent practice with any client population. Show an understanding of the theories that inform Art Psychotherapy practice, demonstrate professional conduct and convey a knowledge of the cultural, social, political and historical context of the profession. The MA in Art Psychotherapy qualifies you to practise and enables you to apply to be a Registered Arts Therapist. Students who are awarded the MA can register as Art Therapists without any further study or supervision. You can study the MA in two modes; full-time for 2 years or part-time for 3 years. You should state clearly which mode you wish to apply for on the application form. The part-time programme allows you to continue with some paid work. However, this paid work cannot be used as a training placement. Placements will be arranged for part-time students in the same way as they are for full-time students. We regret the programme is not available by module-based study and correspondence study or distance learning because a large proportion of the programme is based upon experiential learning in groups. However, if you are living outside London, it may be possible to arrange the clinical placement part of the programme in other areas, if local supervision is available.