Master’s in Art Therapy

This professional seminar will provide students with an opportunity to meet in a small group with peers and faculty. The professional orientation covers advisement and mentoring around Adler University degree requirements and mission, and an orientation to the fields of counselling and art therapy informed by Adlerian values and concepts as they relate to the students’ personal and professional growth.

This professional seminar will provide students with an opportunity to meet in a small group with peers and faculty. The professional orientation covers advisement and mentoring around Adler University degree requirements and mission, and an orientation to the fields of counselling and art therapy informed by Adlerian values and concepts as they relate to the students’ personal and professional growth.

By serving in a practical way in the community, students will acquire knowledge about community-based problems and the range of programs and services designed to address these problems; public health approaches, policy development and implementation; and professional networking.

By serving in a practical way in the community, students will acquire knowledge about community-based problems and the range of programs and services designed to address these problems; public health approaches, policy development and implementation; and professional networking.

This course introduces the history, philosophy, theory, and practice of art therapy within counselling psychology. The fundamental elements of art therapy are addressed with attention to the influences of diverse cultural values, beliefs and practices. Learning in this course will be attained through lectures, oral and written assignments, and experiential exercises.

This course will introduce the purpose, issues, and process of arts-based assessment, research, and treatment planning. The main categories of arts-based assessment, the tools of report preparation, and treatment planning will be addressed with attention to the influences of diverse cultural values, beliefs, and practices

This course provides an in-depth overview of clinical counselling and art therapy theories and interventions in therapeutic group work skills and practice.

This course covers the theoretical principles of Individual Psychology/Adlerian Theory as a basis for understanding each individual’s creation of a unique “style of life” or personality.

This course prepares students to provide child guidance and parent education based on Adlerian principles which emphasize the ideas that children are naturally good, inherently curious and desire a sense of belonging in their families.

This course provides an introduction to alcoholism, substance abuse, and other addictive disorders. It includes an overview of assessment methodologies; the treatment models of addictive disorders; and the tools for recognizing the signs and symptoms of substance use, misuse, abuse, dependence, dual disorders; and mentally ill substance abusers.

This course is designed to help students critically examine issues of diversity and dimensions of culture as it pertains to the self as clinical counselors, art therapists and citizens of the world.

This course focuses on applications of current theories and methods of intervention in the field of clinical counselling and art therapy regarding the treatment of families, couples and older adults.

This course provides information and skill-building exercises that elucidate several aspects of the trauma spectrum. The subjects of trauma conceptualization, neurobiological research implications, resilience, trauma and attachment, vicarious trauma, and self-care are covered in-depth, as well as the effects of trauma on diverse populations.

This course explores the roots of the profession of art therapy in the studio environment. Students experience personal art making as central to the field and are encouraged to develop a perspective of practice from an arts-based model which relies on products and processes of art as core.

The clinical practicum seminar is taken in conjunction with the clinical practicum and offers small group opportunities to engage in regular supervision.

This clinical practicum seminar is taken in conjunction with the clinical practicum II and offers small group opportunities to engage in regular supervision. Students participate in supervision through case presentations, discussion, art-based experiential activities, reflecting upon and evaluating their field experiences.

This course teaches basic relationship, intervention, diagnostic, and interviewing skills working with role-plays and other experiential activities to prepare students for clinical work in practicum. The course covers clinical interviewing, mental status exams, treatment planning, and providing client feedback.

This lab is designed to provide additional practice of basic counselling and intervention skills before the students start their clinical practicum experience. Students will have the opportunity to record clinical relationships and receive support/supervision and feedback on the recordings in class. Students will integrate verbal counseling and art therapy skills as required on a case by case basis

This supervised clinical training will provide students with a field experience designed to apply socially responsible counselling and art therapy practice under the direction of competent clinicians. Students will acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values needed to become competent practitioners.

This supervised clinical training will provide students with a field experience designed to apply socially responsible counselling and art therapy practice under the direction of competent clinicians.

This course surveys the major methodologies in the field of social science research within a context of philosophical debate about ethical and culturally relevant strategies for studying human beings, art and the creative process.

This course is designed to provide students with a solid foundation for the ethical practice of clinical counseling and art therapy. Emphasis will be placed on critical thinking, clinical integrity, and on sensitizing advanced practitioners to the complexity of professional identities in the context of community relationships

This course will familiarize students with assessment and evaluation commonly used in counselling practice. The following topics will be addressed: theoretical and historical bases for assessment techniques; validity; reliability; appraisal methods; strategies for selecting, administrating, interpreting, and using assessment and evaluation instruments and techniques in counselling. Assessment procedures in areas of risk will be emphasized (Duty to Protect/Warn/Report). Ethical and legal considerations of psychological testing within an inclusive and culturally sensitive practice perspective will be highlighted.

This survey course presents an introduction to and examination of the treatment theories, principles, and techniques associated with major schools of thought in psychology.

This course explores human development from conception to late adulthood, including social, cultural, biological, and psychological perspectives. Application to the fields of counseling and art therapy will be emphasized. Students will examine the theoretical frame and applications of research findings to selected issues, such as cognitive development, life transitions, resilience, work and retirement, bereavement, and related concerns.

Upholding the complementary relationship between assessment and intervention, this course is designed to provide students with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary for entry-level clinical practice. In the area of intervention, the course familiarizes students with the essential elements of the psychotherapeutic relationship, common factors in counselling and psychotherapy, meta-theoretical views on human change processes, and basic diversity competency in helping relationships.

This examination provides an effective assessment of the three core student learning outcomes for students who complete the Master of Counselling Psychology-Art Therapy program. These learning outcomes are: 1) preparation for entry-level practice at the MART level; 2) ability to integrate research and practice; and 3) ability to practice in an ethical and socially responsible manner. The Capstone (MCAQE) is comprised of three parts. Part One focuses on the integration of theories and practice in the field of Counselling and Art Therapy.