How to choose a school for studying in art therapy? What are the colleges and universities that offer art healing? We provide you with strong art schools and comprehensive universities. For example, the art therapy program of the Chicago Academy of Arts is in a leading position in the United States, the art therapy program of the Milan Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Italy, and the university of art therapy that is set up by an obscure treasure college.
Strong art school
Founded in 1866, the Chicago Academy of Arts was rated as the reformer of art colleges. The college aims to cultivate visual art talents. It is also the second largest museum in the United States and one of the art colleges with the highest evaluation.
The art therapy program of the Chicago Institute of the Arts is in a leading position in the United States, meeting the ability standards for students to apply for the registration and certification of the Arts Therapy Certificate Committee after graduation, as well as the academic requirements for taking the Illinois Counseling Examination.
The Department of Creative Art Therapy of Preet College of Arts was founded in 1970. For 50 years, it has been working intensively in the cross field of psychology and art. The project combines creative, aesthetic, and psychological diagnosis and treatment theories, and mainly helps patients with psychological reconstruction through rich arts and activities.
MPS for art therapy and creativity development and MS for master of dance/sports therapy are 60 credits courses. Students of each course will complete art works and/or choreography, and need to complete a lot of field visits.
Also known as Milan National Academy of Fine Arts, it is currently the highest level art college in Italy, representing the highest level in the field of Italian art education. The major of Milan Brera Academy of Fine Arts has a history of nearly 20 years, and about 60% of its graduates are engaged in counterpart work. Their employment directions include medical institutions, art education, social policy departments, etc. The school attaches great importance to professional development. Healing Art History is the only major with an independent website.
LaSalle College of Arts, Singapore
The Singapore LaSalle Academy of Arts in Asia offers a master's program in art therapy. The program combines Eastern and Western approaches, aiming to train art therapists with cultural relevance and progress in a rapidly changing world. The establishment of the project was approved by Australia, New Zealand and the Asian Association of Creative Art Therapy (ANZACATA), which prepares students to become a professionally qualified registered art therapist (AThR).
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The art therapy specialty of New York University was founded in 1966. This major belongs to the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development of New York University, and is one of the earliest art therapy majors in the United States.
The art therapy specialty of New York University enjoys a high reputation in the academic circle and clinical practice. The Art Therapy MA project integrates psychotherapy and visual art practice, focusing on clinical evaluation and treatment with the creativity of art. The two-year program includes art history, professional theory and practice, personality theory, adolescent family and other crowd treatment methods, clinical psychology research, etc.
University of Hong Kong
The Master of Performing Arts Therapy from the University of Hong Kong is affiliated to the Ministry of Social Sciences, and aims to provide various forms of training (various art forms) for performing arts therapy in the fields of health care, education and community development. Students must complete 10 compulsory courses, 2 elective courses, 500 to 750 class hours of internship, and graduation thesis.
Upon completion of 750 class hours of internship, graduates will be eligible to register professionally as registered art therapists (AThR) of the Australian and New Zealand Art Therapy Association (ANZATA).
Unusual Treasure College
Naropa University
Naropa University has a strong background in Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded by Ch ö gyam Trungpa Rinpoche Qiu Yangchuangba Rinpoche in Colorado, the United States, in 1976. It aims to combine eastern and western wisdom. It is one of the most famous schools in the United States that provide transpersonal psychology, and has been officially recognized by the Ministry of Education of China.
The transpersonal art therapy program of Naropa University is a three-year master's degree program in clinical mental health counseling approved by the American Art Therapy Association.
Queen Margaret University
Queen Margaret University was founded in 1875, located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and is a comprehensive university in Britain. The school has the only art therapy major in Scotland. The art therapy specialty of Queen Margaret University has two directions: music therapy and drama therapy. Graduates can register with the Health and Nursing Professional Committee (HCPC) and become art psychotherapists.
It should be noted that applying for this specialty requires at least one year of full-time nursing experience (1000 hours in total).
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