MA in Art Therapy for Clinical Professionals Coursework Outline

MA in Art Therapy for Clinical Professionals Coursework Outline

(Fall entry only)

 Contact an admissions representative to learn more about the part-time version of this program.

If this is being taken as a distance program there will be four residencies: First Year: Fall Quarter (6 days during the first two weeks in September) and Summer Quarter Residency (6 days scheduled during last two weeks in June; Second Year: Fall Quarter Residency (4 days scheduled during the first two weeks in September); Summer Quarter Residency (3 days during first two weeks in September).

*Students in the Master’s in Art Therapy for Clinical Professionals degree program have the option to choose an elective from any of the Certificate programs offered through the New Earth Institute. Additionally, students may choose to take additional courses toward the completion of a certificate at the non-credit tuition rate. Examples of courses include: 

Addictions, Abuse and Recovery:

• Holistic Models and Biological Aspects of Addiction and Recovery
• Clinical Skills: Evidence-Based Practices in the Treatment of Co-Occurring Disorders
• Clinical Skills: Motivational Interviewing, Basic to Intermediate Level
• Ethical and Cultural Issues in Addiction

Applied Interpersonal Neurobiology:

• Integrating Brain, Body and Heart Intelligence
• Neurobiological Roots and Applications of Experiential Action Methods
• Mindfulness-Based Emotional Processing (MBEP): Activating and Supporting Emotional Processing in Therapy and Counseling Through Felt-Sense Awareness

Children’s Mental Health:

• Integrative, Holistic Development of Children’s Mental Health
• Ethical Issues in Working with Children and Families
• Attachment Repair

Ecotherapy:

• Wilderness Fast OR Community-Based Ecotherapy Project
• Dreams, Visions and the Sacred

Human Sexuality:

• Sexual Attitudes & Development
• Clinical Skills: Working with Sexual Issues in Psychotherapy

Infant Mental Health:

• Overview of Infant Mental Health: Neurobiology, Regulation and the Developing Brain
• Focus on Attachment and Development: Use of Self, Theoretical Foundations, and Reflective Practices
• Relationship as Client: Child-Caregiver Dyadic Interaction and the Family System
• From Reflection to Action: Reflective Practice, Intervention, and Treatment

Trauma, Grief and Renewal:

• Dying to Know: Issues of Death and Dying for the Professional
• The Art of Healing Grief and Trauma
• Trauma Theory, Process and Interventions
• Theories of the Grief Process and Bereavement Interventions
• Counseling Skills for Trauma and Grief
• Ethics, Self-Compassion and Professional Issues