Master of Arts in Expressive Therapies with a Specialization in Mental Health Counseling (60 Credits)
For more than thirty years, the Expressive Therapies Program has embraced a curriculum which maintains a distinctive focus on training students to use the different art modalities in their practice in a range of clinical, education and human service settings. The program has steadfastly maintained this clear focus in its measured curricular responses to changing student needs and to the vicissitudes of a regulatory environment. The mental health counseling specialization is for expressive therapies' students pursuing a field in mental health counseling that requires licensure.
Pre-requisites needed to be considered for this specialization include: six credits in psychology with grades of B or better; 3 credits in abnormal psychology and 3 credits in developmental psychology.
- The specialization can be completed in 24 months (including two summer terms) or in three academic years of full time study.
- 1050 hours of field experience are required.
| PROGRAM OF STUDY | CREDITS | |
| Required Expressive Therapies Courses | 21 | |
| GEXTH 5032 | Orientation to Expressive Therapies | 3 |
| OR | ||
| GEXTH 5032 | Orientation to Expressive Therapies | 2 |
| AND | ||
| GEXTH 7104 | Integrative Seminar | 1 |
| GEXTH 5102 | Theories in Expressive Therapies | 3 |
| GEXTH 5103 | Theory & Process of Group Work | 3 |
| GEXTH 6102 | Standards and Ethics in Clinical Practice | 3 |
| GEXTH 6105 | Examining Power, Privilege and Oppression in Clinical Practice | 3 |
| GEXTH 6106 | Research and Evaluation | 3 |
| OR | ||
| GEXTH 7766 | Thesis Seminar: Expressive Therapy I: Research and Evaluation | 3 |
| GEXTH 5010 | Intermodal Expressive Therapies: Principles and Practices of EXTH | 3 |
| Counseling Psychology Courses | 15 | |
| GPSYC 6007 | Psychopathology | 3 |
| GPSYC 6026 | Developmental Psychology Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| GPSYC 6202 | Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy | 3 |
| GPSYC 5001 | Psychological Foundations of Counseling | 3 |
| OR | ||
| GPSYC 6029 | Vocational Theory and Career Counseling | 3 |
| GEXTH 6109 | Theories of Personality | 3 |
| GPSYC 6205 | Assessment for Counseling & Psychology: Adults | 3 |
| OR | ||
| GPSYC 6255 | Assessment for Counseling & Psychology: Children and Adolescents | 3 |
| Electives | Students may choose 12 credits of elective coursework in consultation with their faculty advisor OR may take the following four courses: | 12 |
| GEXTH 5036 | Imaginal Psychology | 3 |
| GEXTH 7015 | Symbolic Process in Psychotherapy | 3 |
| GEXTH 7102 | Advanced Clinical Training | 3 |
| GEXTH 7767 | Thesis Seminar: Expressive Therapies II | 3 |
| Field Experience Courses | 12 | |
| GEXTH 5119 | Clinical Skills & Applications* | 3 |
| GEXTH 7700 | Expressive Therapies Supervision I** | 3 |
| GEXTH 7719 | Expressive Therapies Supervision II** | 3 |
| GEXTH 7721 | Expressive Therapies Supervision III** | 3 |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 60 | |
* Taken concurrently with 150-hour practicum.
** Taken concurrently with 900-hour internship.
Note: Students pursuing licensure must have their program of study approved by the Program Advisor in the Division of Expressive Therapies.
