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Art Therapy
Are You Creative and Compassionate?
At Seton Hill, learning and creativity go hand in hand. And integrating the head, heart and hand is central to the Seton Hill Bachelor of Arts in Art Therapy Program. Art therapy recognizes that the entire process - how it unfolds, the art form and content, verbal associations and social interactions while art making - are all important. Art and psychology are uniquely combined, and the creative process becomes a vehicle for communication, self-expression and personal growth. Seton Hill will prepare you to combine your love of art and your desire to help others into an opportunity to transform your community and your world.
Seton Hill's Bachelor of Arts in Art Therapy Program Prepares Art Therapists and Community Artists
Many of Seton Hill's art therapy majors plan to continue their education in art therapy after earning their bachelor's degree. As a minimum of a master's degree is required to practice art therapy and to become a registered (ATR) and board certified (ATR-BC) art therapist, our goal is to assist these students in exploring art therapy as a career choice and to help prepare them for graduate level education. The Bachelor of Arts in Art Therapy Program at Seton Hill also prepares students who intend to specialize in community arts, and who may or may not go on to graduate studies. Students with this area of focus intend to use the arts to address issues of social change, or to make arts experiences accessible to populations that have limited opportunity to engage in the arts. Seton Hill art therapy majors who elect to focus on community arts have the opportunity, after earning their bachelor's degree, to begin careers as arts specialists or community artists, or to continue on to a graduate program in community arts.
Careers in Art Therapy
Art therapists and community artists work with people of all ages, disabilities and needs, with individuals and groups. Most commonly, art therapy is utilized in schools, hospitals, correctional facilities, social service agencies and treatment centers. Community arts specialists, meanwhile, focus specifically on settings outside of mental health care such as homeless shelters, senior centers, after-school programs and neighborhood service centers.
The Bachelor of Arts in Art Therapy Program at Seton Hill prepares students for a variety of opportunities, including:
- Activities specialist
- Art therapist assistant
- Milieu therapist
- Child welfare specialist
- Caseworker or care manager
- Graduate school
- Recreation specialist
- Assistant activities director
- Rehabilitation assistant
- Teacher's aide
- Therapeutic staff support
- Life skills counselor
- Residential counselor
- Teaching artist
- Arts specialist
- Artist in residence
- Community arts specialist
Fieldwork
During the senior year, art therapy majors complete a fieldwork experience. Fieldwork provides students with the opportunity to actively explore and apply what they've learned through interactions with children, adolescents or adults. A variety of agencies in Greensburg and Pittsburgh accept art therapy students for fieldwork. Additionally, students have the opportunity to interface with, or apply to work with, the Seton Arts Service Corps, a program that brings the power of the arts to underserved youth in Pittsburgh.
Master of Arts in Art Therapy
Seton Hill also offers a Master of Arts in Art Therapy with a Specialization in Counseling Program. Undergraduate art therapy majors regularly interact with the graduate art therapy students through clubs, presentations and community service projects.
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