MA Art Psychotherapy

You’ll need:

• at least one year’s full-time, or the equivalent in part-time hours, 1,500 hours’ relevant work experience.
• an undergraduate degree of at least second class standard in visual arts/design, or in a related/relevant area, or a professional qualification.
• an enhanced disclosure certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service. There is a fee to apply for a disclosure certificate. Further information about payment is sent with the offer of a place.
• to disclose any criminal record, disciplinary record, significant periods of time off work and significant health problems in writing after interview

For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more

Goldsmiths offers a range of financial support including postgraduate scholarships, bursaries and fee waivers. These are awarded based on a variety of criteria, for example academic achievements or personal circumstances.

Completion of the programme provides eligibility for the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration as an art psychotherapist.

Our graduates are invariably seen as offering a valuable and unique service to their clients and to the multidisciplinary teams in which they work – graduates have gone on to practice as art psychotherapists in the NHS, social services and in the education sector.

We regularly receive positive feedback from organisations that employ art therapists and/or accept trainees on placement.

The MA in Art Psychotherapy is a course that leads to successful applicants becoming eligible to apply for registration as an Arts Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), the body which regulates and monitors standards of practice in the public sector. The programme can be studied in two modes – full-time for 2 years or part-time for 3 years. A clear indication of the mode chosen should be stated on application forms.