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Postgraduate Art Therapy

16 degrees at 14 universities in the UK.

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MA Art Psychotherapy

(4.3)
  • 2 years Full time degree: £10,500 per year (UK)
  • 3 years Part time degree: £7,000 per year (UK)
  • Art Psychotherapy Placement Preparation- Core
  • Human Development and Growth- Core
  • Experiential Process 1- Core
  • Art Psychotherapy Clinical Placement 1- Core
  • Analytical Art Psychotherapy- Core
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MA Art Psychotherapy Practice

(4.1)
  • 2 years Full time degree: £7,545 per year (UK)
  • 3 years Part time degree: £5,030 per year (UK)
  • Theoretical Approaches To Art Therapy Practice (Art Therapy Theories) (20 Credits) - Core
  • Understanding Complexity In Practice (15 Credits) - Core
  • Training Groups And Reflective Practice (Art Therapy Studios) (20 Credits) - Core
  • Professional Practice (15 Credits) - Core
  • Evaluating Research Methodologies (15 Credits) - Core
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Art Therapy MA

(4.4)
  • 2 years Full time degree: £4,185 per year (UK)
  • 3 years Part time degree: £2,325 per year (UK)
  • Art Therapy Dissertation- Core
  • Research- Core
  • Theoretical Perspectives- Core
  • Placement Preparation- Core
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Art Psychotherapy MA

(4.2)
  • 2 years Full time degree: £12,650 per year (UK)
  • Anthropology and Aesthetics- Core
  • Art and Human Development- Core
  • Art Psychotherapy Theory and Practice I- Core
  • Arts in Health- Core
  • Applied Research Design and Methods- Core
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MA Art Psychotherapy

(4.1)
  • 3 years Part time degree
  • Theory and Practice of Art Psychotherapy
  • Art Psychotherapy Skills 1
  • Art Psychotherapy Skills 2
  • Therapeutic Approaches and Evidence Based Practice
  • Art Psychotherapy Research and Practice
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MA Arts, Health and Performance

(4.3)
  • 1 year Full time degree: £8,655 per year (UK)
  • 15 months Full time degree
  • Final Project (60 Credits) - Core
  • Performance Science (20 Credits) - Core
  • Creativity, Culture, and Community (20 Credits) - Core
  • Performance, Health and Wellbeing (20 Credits) - Core
  • Collaborative Practice (40 Credits) - Core
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Creative Arts and Mental Health MSc

(4.1)
  • 1 year Full time degree: £11,450 per year (UK)
  • 2 years Part time degree: £5,750 per year (UK)
  • Critical Mental Health Sciences- Core
  • Performing Mental Health- Core
  • Dissertation- Core
  • Critical Encounters in Arts and Mental Health- Core
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Creative Arts and Mental Health PGDip

(4.1)
  • 9 months Full time degree: £7,650 per year (UK)
  • 21 months Part time degree: £3,850 per year (UK)
  • Performing Mental Health- Core
  • Critical Mental Health Sciences- Core
  • Critical Encounters in Arts and Mental Health- Core
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MPhil/PhD Art Psychotherapy

(3.8)
  • 3 years Full time degree: £4,712 per year (UK)
  • 4 years Part time degree: £2,356 per year (UK)

MA Art Therapy

(4.2)
  • 2 years Full time degree: £9,450 per year (UK)
  • 4 years Part time degree: £3,540 per year (UK)
  • Core Art Therapy Skills (30 Credits) - Core
  • Visual Culture and Art Therapy (30 Credits) - Core
  • Clinical Reasoning in Art Therapy (30 Credits) - Core
  • Key Concepts in Art Therapy (30 Credits) - Core
  • Research-aware Art Therapy (30 Credits) - Core
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Art Therapy MA

(4.3)
  • 2 years Full time degree: £4,275 per year (UK)
  • Art Therapy Experiential Group (20 credits) (20 Credits) - Core
  • Art Therapies Theory and Research in Relation to Practice Two (20 credits) (20 Credits) - Core
  • Art Therapies Theory and Research in Relation to Practice One (20 credits) (20 Credits) - Core
  • Art Therapy Studio Practice (20 credits) (20 Credits) - Core
  • Art Therapy Clinical Placement One (20 credits) (20 Credits) - Core
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Genes, Drugs and Stem Cells - Novel Therapies PgCert

(4.2)
  • 4 months Full time degree: £7,450 per year (UK)
  • 4 months Full time degree: £7,450 per year (UK)
  • 4 months Full time degree: £7,450 per year (UK)
  • Core Studies in Regenerative Medicine- Core
  • Core Studies in New Horizons in Pharmacology- Core
  • Core Studies in Gene and Nucleic Acid-Based Therapies- Core
  • Evidence, Information, Communication- Core
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MSc Art Psychotherapy

(3.9)
  • 2 years Full time degree: £6,900 per year (UK)
  • 3 years Part time degree: £4,805 per year (UK)
  • Art Psychotherapy Theory and Practice (20 Credits)
  • Theory and Practice of Person-Centred Health and Wellbeing (20 Credits)
  • Practice-based Learning 1 (40 Credits)
  • Developmental and Relational Perspectives (20 Credits)
  • Leading Person-Centred Practice for Health and Wellbeing (20 Credits)
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MA Arts, Health & Wellbeing

(4.4)
  • 1 year Full time degree: £8,000 per year (UK)
  • 2 years Part time degree
  • Independent project
  • Health and wellbeing: creativity and care
  • Facilitation practices
  • Beyond disciplinarity
  • Research contexts
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Art Psychotherapy MSc

(4.4)
  • 2 years Part time degree: £3,360 per year (UK)
  • Art Psychotherapy: Practicum 1
  • Art Psychotherapy: Foundations of Theory and Practice
  • Art Psychotherapy: Diversity and Praxis
  • Art Psychotherapy: Clinical Proficiencies and Theories of Mind
  • Art Psychotherapy: Practicum 2 (Part 1)
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MA Art Psychotherapy

(3.8)
  • 2 years Full time degree: £10,350 per year (UK)
  • 3 years Part time degree: £6,900 per year (UK)
  • Theory and Practice of Art Psychotherapy 2
  • Theory and Practice of Art Psychotherapy 1
  • Clinical Placement 1 (Art Psychotherapy)
  • Experiential Learning 1 (30 Credits)
  • Experiential Learning 2 (Art Psychotherapy)
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About Postgraduate Art Therapy

Art therapy is a type of psychotherapy that uses art to help explore social, emotional and mental health issues. Art therapists or art psychotherapists, help people to us

Postgraduate students will learn about art, culture and wellbeing, working creatively with groups of people, human development and play, safeguarding and ethics as well as the practicalities of professional practice. In addition to the course modules, you’ll usually be required to undertake a minimum of 40 hours of individual personal therapy.

On successful completion of your postgraduate course, continuing professional development (CPD) is essential to HCPC membership. Registered art therapists must also undergo regular clinical supervision from a recognised supervisor.

The amount you could earn as an art therapist or art psychotherapist will vary significantly depending on whether you’re employed or set up as a self-employed private practitioner. For example, if you work for the NHS, the entry salary is usually on band 6, which is currently £33,706. This could increase to approx. £40,588 or more depending on experience and leadership level.

There are currently 14 universities offering 16 postgraduate art therapy or art psychology courses in the UK.

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