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Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association is an informative member benefit that attracts a worldwide audience of art therapists who want to stay current in the field. Members receive the journal and archived issues FREE as part of their member benefits.
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Art Therapy Educational Standards & American Art Therapy Association Approved Art Therapy Master’s Programs
Art therapy emerged as a mental health profession in the 1940s. Art therapy is a mental health profession in which clients, facilitated by the art therapist, use art media, the creative process, and the resulting artwork to explore their feelings, reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, manage behavior and addictions, develop social skills, improve reality orientation, reduce anxiety, and increase self-esteem, among other goals. A goal in art therapy is to improve or restore a client’s functioning and his or her sense of personal well-being. Art therapy practice requires knowledge of and skills in usage of visual art (drawing, painting, sculpture, and other art forms) and the creative process, coupled with application of theories and techniques of human development, psychology, and counseling.
A master’s degree is required for entry level practice in art therapy. The master’s degree is earned at an institution of higher education recognized by regional accreditation bodies approved by the U. S. Department of Education. Minimum educational, professional, and ethical standards for the profession are established by the American Art Therapy Association, a membership and advocacy organization which serves its members and the general public by providing standards of professional competence, and developing and promoting knowledge in, and of, the field of art therapy. Educational requirements include, but are not limited to, theories of art therapy, counseling, and psychotherapy; ethics and standards of practice; assessment and evaluation; individual, group, and family art therapy techniques; human and creative development; multicultural issues; research methods; and internship experiences in clinical, community, and/or other settings.
The American Art Therapy Association, through its Education Committee, sets the Educational Standards for master’s level Art Therapy programs. Click here for an outline of the American Art Therapy Association Educational Standards.
The Educational Program Approval Board (EPAB) of the American Art Therapy Association grants initial and continuing education program approval and monitors compliance of each approved program against the Educational Standards. Please click here to view the Handbook of Approval: The Guide to New Program Approval, Re-Approval, and Annual Reports. This handbook was prepared by the Educational Program Approval Board (EPAB). The Handbook details the program requirements for approval that may be helpful to those interested in this field of study.
The following list includes masters level art therapy programs that have earned the designation “Approved” or “Reapproved” by the Educational Program Approval Board of the American Art Therapy Association. As such, the general public is assured that graduates of these programs meet or exceed the minimum Educational Standards set by the Association. Please click here to view the EPAB Review Calendar.
If your institution would like assistance in discussing your institution’s education standards, implementing standards within your institution, or other related information, just click here.
EPAB Approved Graduate Degree Programs
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Loyola Marymount University - Initial Approval 1979.
Contact: Debra Linesch, PhD, ATR-BC, Graduate Department of Marital and Family Therapy, 1 LMU Drive, Suite 2518, Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659, 310-338-4562, dlinesch@lmu.edu, www.lmu.edu/mft.
MA in Marital and Family Therapy: Specialization in Art Therapy
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Phillips Graduate Institute - Initial Approval 2003, Re-approved 2010.
Contact: Erin King-West, MA, LMFT, ATR-BC, Department Chair, 19900 Plummer Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311, 818-386-5618, ekingwest@pgi.edu, www.pgi.edu.
MA in Psychology with a major in Marriage and Family Therapy/Art Therapy
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| Canada |
Concordia University - Initial Approval 1987.
Contact: Mary Rawlins, Department Coordinator, Creative Arts Therapies, Faculty of Fine Arts, 1455 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West, VA 259, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8, 514-848-2424 x4795, Fax: 514-848-4969, cats@alcor.concordia.ca, mary.rawlins@concordia.ca
art-therapy.concordia.ca.
MA in Creative Arts Therapies
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| Colorado |
Naropa University - Initial Approval 1998.
All admissions questions are to be directed to: 1-800-772-6951 or admissions@naropa.edu, www.naropa.edu. Program Director: Michael Franklin, PhD, MA, ATR-BC ( michaelf@naropa.edu), 2130 Arapaho Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302.
MA in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, Concentration in Art Therapy
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| Connecticut |
Albertus Magnus College- Initial Approval 2003.
Contact: Abbe Miller, MS, ATR-BC, LPC, Director/Assistant Professor, 700 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, 203-773-8543, Amiller@albertus.edu, www.albertus.edu, 203-773-6998.
MA in Art Therapy
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| District of Columbia |
The George Washington University - Initial Approval 1979.
Contact: Heidi Bardot, MA, ATR-BC, Director, Art Therapy Program, (mailing address) 1925 Ballenger Ave., Ste. 250, Alexandria, VA, 22314, (walk-in address) 413 John Carlyle St., Alexandria, VA, 22314,703-299-4148, Fax: 703-299-4148, hbardot@gwu.edu, http://www.gwu.edu/~artx/.
MA in Art Therapy
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| Florida |
Florida State University - Initial Approval 2003.
Contact: Marcia L. Rosal, PhD, ATR-BC, Director, FSU Art Therapy Program, mrosal@fsu.edu, Department of Art Education, 301 Eppes Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1232, 850-644-5473 or 850-644-2926, www.arted.fsu.edu.
MS in Art Therapy
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| Illinois |
Adler School of Professional Psychology - Initial Approval 1999.
Contact: Debra Paskind, ATR-BC, Director, Art Therapy Programs, 17 North Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60602, 312-662-4323, dpaskind@adler.edu, www.adler.edu.
MA in Counseling Psychology: Art Therapy
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Initial Approval 1989.
Contact: Randy Vick, MS, ATR-BC, LCPC, Art Therapy Department, 37 South Wabash, Chicago, IL 60603-3103, 312-899-7481, arttherapy@saic.edu, www.saic.edu.
MA in Art Therapy
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| Indiana |
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College - Initial Approval 2011.
Contact: Kathy Gotshall, MA, ATR-BC, Director MAAT, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana 47876, 812-535-5162, maat@smwc.edu, www.smwc.edu.
MA in Art Therapy
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| Kansas |
Emporia State University - Initial Approval 1991.
Contact: Gaelynn Wolf Bordonaro, PhD, ATR-BC, Director, Art Therapy, 1200 Commercial Street, Campus Box 4036, Emporia, KS 66801-5087, 620-341-5809, gwolf@emporia.edu, http://www.emporia.edu/ce/art-therapy/
MS in Art Therapy Counseling
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Lesley University - Initial Approval 1982.
Contact: Julia Byers, LMHC, ATR-BC, EXTH Professor, Art Therapy Coordinator, GSASS, Expressive Therapies Division, 29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-349-8121, jbyers@lesley.edu, www.lesley.edu.
MA in Expressive Therapies: Art Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
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Springfield College - Initial Approval 1998.
Contact: Simone Alter-Muri, Ed.D., ATR-BC, Director, Graduate Art Therapy, Springfield College Visual and Performing Arts Department, 263 Alden Street, Springfield, MA 01109-3797, 413-748-3752, saltermu@springfieldcollege.edu, www.spfldcol.edu.
MS in Art Therapy/Counseling
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| Michigan |
Wayne State University- Initial Approval 1994 (MEd program), Initial Approval 2008 (MA program).
Contact: Holly Feen Calligan, PhD, ATR-BC, 163 Community Arts Building, Detroit, MI 48202, 313-577-1823, hfeen@wayne.edu, www.wayne.edu.
MEd in Art Education/Art Therapy Concentration
MA in Counseling with Art Therapy Concentration
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| New Jersey |
Caldwell College - Initial Approval 2006.
Contact: Marie Wilson, PhD, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Art Therapy Programs, 120 Bloomfield Ave., Caldwell, NJ 07006, 973-618-3511, Mwilson@Caldwell.edu, www.caldwell.edu.
MA in Counseling Psychology with Art Therapy Specialization
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| New Mexico |
Southwestern College - Initial Approval 1998.
Contact: Deborah Schroder, ATR-BC, LPAT, Program Chair, Art Therapy Program, P.O. Box 4788, Santa Fe, NM 87502-4788, 505-471-5756 x26 or 877-471-5756, Fax: 505-471-4071, admissions@swc.edu, www.swc.edu.
MA in Art Therapy/Counseling
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| New York |
College of New Rochelle - Initial Approval 1984.
Contact: Patricia St. John, EdD, ATR-BC, Program Coordinator, Graduate Art Therapy, 29 Castle Place, New Rochelle, NY 10805-2339, 914-654-5279 or 914-654-5280, pstjohn@cnr.edu, www.cnr.edu.
MS in Art Therapy Counseling
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Hofstra University- APPROVED.
Contact:, Margaret Carlock-Russo, Program Director, Creative Arts Therapy, 258 Hagedorn Hall, 119 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, 516-463-7259, Margaret.E.Carlock@hofstra.edu.
MA in Creative Arts Therapy
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Long Island University - C.W. Post Campus - Initial Approval 1996.
Contact: Christine Kerr, PhD, ATR-BC, CGP, Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Clinical Art Therapies, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY 11548, 516-299-2935, christine.kerr@liu.edu, http://www.liu.edu/~svpa/art/art_therapy.
MA in Clinical Art Therapy
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Nazareth College of Rochester - Initial Approval 1992, Re-approved 2010. Hillside Children's Center. Approval 1996 Nazareth College of Rochester.
Contact: Ellen G. Horovitz, PhD, ATR-BC, LCAT, RYT, Director of Art Therapy, 4245 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618-3790, 585-389-2535, Fax: 585-389-5134, ehorovi4@zimbra.naz.edu, http://www.naz.edu/dept/creativearts_therapy/.
MS in Art Therapy
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New York University - Initial Approval 1979.
Contact: Ikuko Acosta, PhD, ATR-BC, Director of Graduate Art Therapy Program, 34 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY 10003, 212-998-5726, 212-998-5727, ia4@nyu.edu.
MA in Art Therapy
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Pratt Institute - Initial Approval 1980 (Academic Year Program), Initial Approval 1994 (Spring/Summer Intensive Program).
Contact: Julie Miller, LCAT, LCSW, BC-DMT, Chairperson, Graduate Creative Arts Therapy Department, East 3, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY11205, 718-636-3428, jmiller2@pratt.edu, www.pratt.edu.
MPS in Art Therapy and Creativity Development, MPS in Art Therapy/Special Education
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School of Visual Arts - Initial Approval 2007.
Contact: Deborah Farber, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT, Art Therapy Department Chair, 209 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010, 212-592-2610, arttherapy@sva.edu, www.schoolofvisualarts.edu.
MPS in Art Therapy
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| Ohio |
Ursuline College - Initial Approval 1992.
Contact: Gail Rule-Hoffman, M.Ed., ATR-BC, LPCs, LICDC, Art Therapy and Counseling Department, 2550 Lander Road, Pepper Pike, OH 44124, 440-646-8139, grulehoffman@ursuline.edu, www.ursuline.edu.
MA in Art Therapy and Counseling
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| Oregon |
Marylhurst University - Initial Approval 1991.
Contact: Christine Turner, ATR-BC, LPC, NCC, Graduate Program in Art Therapy, 17600 Pacific Highway (Hwy 43), P.O. Box 261, Marylhurst, OR 97036-0261, 503-699-6244, cturner@marylhurst.edu or studentinfo@marylhurst.edu, www.marylhurst.edu.
MA in Art Therapy Counseling
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Drexel University -
Contact Donna Kaiser, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, LMFT, Director of Art Therapy Programs, dhk34@drexel.edu, 215-762-4653, or Rachel Ward, Admissions Coordinator, 215-762-6921, rachel.ward@drexel.edu. 1505 Race Street, MS 905, Philadelphia, PA 19102. http://www.drexel.edu/artsTherapies/
MA Program in Art Therapy
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Marywood University - Initial Approval 1986.
Contact: Barbara Parker-Bell, PsyD, ATR-BC, LPC, Director, 2300 Adams Avenue, Scranton, PA 18509-1598, 570-348-6278 x2200, parkerbell@maryu.marywood.edu, www.marywood.edu.
MA in Art Therapy
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Seton Hill University - Initial Approval 2000.
Contact: Nina Denninger, ATR-BC, LPC, Associate Professor and Program Director, Box 467F, Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601, 724-830-1047, denninger@setonhill.edu, www.setonhill.edu.
MA in Art Therapy with Specialization in Counseling
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| Virginia |
Eastern Virginia Medical School - Initial Approval 1984.
Contact: Abby Calisch, Psy.D., LPC, ATR-BC, Director, Graduate Art Therapy Program, P.O. Box 1980, Norfolk, VA 23501-1980, 757-446-5895, caliscac@evms.edu, http://www.evms.edu/education/masters_programs/art_therapy_counseling_program/.
MS in Art Therapy and Counseling
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| Washington |
Antioch University- Seattle- Initial Approval 2003.
Contact: Janice Hoshino, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LMFT, 2326 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98121-1814, 206-268-4818.
MA in Psychology with specialization in Child, Couple, and Family Therapy and Art Therapy
MA in Psychology with Specialization in Mental Health Counseling and Art Therapy
MA in Psychology with Specialization in Art Therapy
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| Wisconsin |
Mount Mary College - Initial Approval 1995.
Contact: Bruce Moon, PhD, ATR-BC, MA, MDiv, 2900 North Menomonee River Parkway, Milwaukee, WI 53222-4597, 414-256-1215, moonb@mtmary.edu, http://www.mtmary.edu/arttherapy/graduate.htm
MS in Art Therapy
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