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Division of Expressive Therapies

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.

updated 06/08/09 | 03:52 PM
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