Master of Creative Arts Therapy
Master of Creative Arts Therapy
The Master of Creative Arts Therapy is a unique blended learning program offering you a specialisation in either drama or dance movement therapy. You will undertake supervised industry placements in various contexts including community, health and education. The creative arts therapies are a form of psychotherapy utilising creative modalities, including…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Master of Creative Arts Therapy is a unique blended learning program offering you a specialisation in either drama or dance movement therapy. You will undertake supervised industry placements in various contexts including community, health and education.
The creative arts therapies are a form of psychotherapy utilising creative modalities, including drama, dance, music and visual art-making within a therapeutic relationship to improve and inform physical, mental and emotional well-being.
The course provides you with studies in theory, methods, research and professional practice across health, educational and community contexts. There is an emphasis on how each artistic modality is employed in teams with groups and individuals. The teaching method incorporates experiential, theoretical and practice-based learning approaches.
The Master of Creative Arts Therapy has been developed specifically for arts educators, community arts workers, health workers and therapists who are interested in training to practice as a drama and dance movement therapist.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this course, graduates will have developed:
- Expert skills to reflect critically on the role of creative arts therapists in educational, health and community contexts
- Integrated understanding of the theories informing methods of practice used by creative arts therapists
- Ability to apply different creative arts therapies methods in ways that address the identified needs of clients
- Advanced communication skills in responding to the expressed needs of clients, colleagues and communities
- Autonomous decision making, expert judgement, adaptability and responsibility in professional creative arts therapies practice
- Technical skills in understanding findings from creative arts therapies research to inform practice and evaluation
- Ability to engage with people in ethical and respectful ways.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings, consistently being placed as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and is one of the world’s top 50 (as per Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015). There are over 80 different undergraduate study areas and over 270 graduate courses at Melbourne for students to choose from. The University has extensive global networks and has seven campus locations across Melbourne and rural Victoria.
