The part-time MA Art Psychotherapy course at the University of South Wales provides you with the fundamental training and skills to become a qualified Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Art Psychotherapist. You may be a graduate or already working in a related area and looking to qualify professionally and work in art therapy.
On the MA Art Psychotherapy course, you will benefit from training alongside trainee Music Therapists as well as participating in experiential and supervision groups.
In addition, you will go out on placement in supervised and University-approved placement settings in the second and third years, and a pre-clinical experience placement in the first year.
What you will study
You will participate in infant or child observation, providing you with a strong grounding in human development and observational skills that will inform the rest of your studies. You will benefit from the use of the bespoke facilities on campus to support your learning and further develop your creative skills and art form.
Experiential group, supervision groups and other course components, talks and discussions will provide an insight into the principles, practices and application of Art Psychotherapy.
Year One: Art Psychotherapy
Module: Theory and Practice of Art Psychotherapy, incorporating:
- Infant or child observation
- Seminars and workshops with highly experiential and participatory content relating to study of theories and concepts relevant to Art Psychotherapy practice and the arts therapies in general
- Study of a range of client groups
- Modality specific experiential groups
- Group supervision
- Placement in a University-approved setting
Module: Art Psychotherapy Skills 1, incorporating:
- Role play and video recording of peer practice
- Study of generic and specialist Art Psychotherapy skills
Year Two: Art Psychotherapy
You will begin to explore evidence based Art Psychotherapy practice and therapeutic approaches to meet the needs of diverse populations and client groups and settings.
You will further develop your specialist Art Psychotherapy skills and continue to learn through experiential group, supervision groups, workshops, lectures, show cases and participatory teaching.
Module: Therapeutic Approaches and Evidence Based Practice, incorporating:
- Lectures, seminars and workshops pertaining to specialist Art Psychotherapy practice
- Group supervision
- Modality specific experiential groups
- Introduction to research methods
- One-day placement in a University-approved clinical setting
Module: Art Psychotherapy Skills 2, incorporating:
- Role play, facilitation and video recording of peer practice
- Study of advanced specialist Art Psychotherapy skills
Year Three: Art Psychotherapy
You will continue to learn and increasingly facilitate peer learning, through group supervision, experiential groups and practice based research. You will undertake an independent study of a specialist subject relevant to the Art Psychotherapy practice and complete a research project of your choice.
Support is provided through dissertation and research supervision, tutorials, peer discussion and presentations.
Module: Art Psychotherapy Research and Practice
- Research methods and research project
- Seminars, lectures and workshops with focus on specialist Art Psychotherapy practice (including working in multidisciplinary, innovative and non-traditional settings) and research
- One or two-day placement in a University-approved clinical setting
- Group supervision
- Modality specific experiential groups
Please note: it is a course requirement that you are in weekly therapy for the duration of the course. Read our Essential Guide for more information.
Teaching
You will study through classroom teaching, presentations, clinical placement, professional development, exhibitions, dissertation, self-directed and independent study and viva voce assessment.
- Year One: One day per week at university, a Monday; in the second semester (January), this will change to one day at university and one day at placement
- Year Two: One day at university, a Tuesday, and one day at placement
- Year Three: One or two days at placement (depending on the requirements of individual placements) and one day on campus, a Wednesday
Assessment
Summative assessment will take the form of course assignments, presentations, examinations, projects, and dissertation. These assessments will make use of, for example, case studies, workplace investigations, experiential learning in university and placements, literature searches and the outputs to be assessed will include written reports, verbal presentations, essays and portfolios of evidence/work.
Formative assessment will be collated from placement providers via placement report and student self-assessment, course staff and group leaders in form of group supervision report, accumulative feedback from classroom and peer feedback.
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