MA Art Psychotherapy

• An undergraduate degree or an equivalent professional qualification or extensive experience in a related field.
• Two references uploaded with your application – providing referee details alone is not sufficient.*
• An enhanced DBS check and any disclosed police record will be assessed in line with the USW Fitness to Practice process and the requirements of HCPC, to check the potential of successful professional registration with the Regulator upon graduation from the course.
• One year’s full time (or equivalent) relevant experience which may include paid or voluntary work and experience gained through caring responsibilities in your personal life.
• Ability to provide evidence of sufficient life experience, intellectual and emotional capacity to cope with the demands of the course.
• A current and ongoing arts practice, including the use of art for personal expression of thoughts and feelings
• If your first language is not English, you’ll need to have achieved an IELTS of at least 7.0 or equivalent with no element below 6.5, as stipulated by the HCPC at the point of application.

*The references must be on letter headed paper or the referee can send them direct from a professional/work email address to admissions@southwales.ac.uk

Information on tuition fees is available on our Home and EU/International fees pages.

You are eligible to apply for professional UK HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council) registration on successful completion of the Masters course. Graduates of this MA Art Psychotherapy course can go on to private practice after two years full-time/four years part-time supervised practice, or into employment in settings including NHS psychiatric and other hospitals, Social Services departments, education settings including special education, the criminal justice system, the voluntary sector and community projects. Read graduate stories from Kathleen and Chloe. Students could also choose further study towards a professional research degree, or career routes in higher education teaching and clinical supervision. For more information on careers for Art Psychotherapists visit The British Association of Art Therapists website.

• Module: Theory and Practice of Art Psychotherapy
• Module: Art Psychotherapy

Year 2

• Module: Therapeutic Approaches and Evidence Based Practice
• Module: Art Psychotherapy Skills 2

Year 3

• Module: Art Psychotherapy Research and Practice