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Upon completion of the Master of Arts in Art Therapy with Specialization in Counseling, you will be able to:

• Critically analyze research literature and field-related research, its application to practice, and evaluation of services.   
• Conduct case-conceptualization and treatment planning that integrates a biopsycho-ecological perspective.
• Integrate theory and current approaches from art therapy, counseling, and family systems to develop effective assessment, diagnostic processes and corresponding treatments.
• Apply strategies of ethical and legal reasoning, including ethical standards of the art therapy and counseling professions to arrive at principled decisions.
• Critique how theories, methods and the intersectionality of power, privilege and oppression either help or hinder practicing anti-oppressively.
• Create effective therapeutic relationships with attention to visual, verbal, behavioral and metacommunication between the therapist, client(s) and artwork.
• Identify, examine, and address self-of-the-therapist issues as they arise.
• Distinguish among the therapeutic benefits of a variety of art processes, media potentials, therapy structures and therapeutic environments adapted to personal, family, group, and community concerns.
• Design and deliver art therapy programs that include a focus on interprofessional collaboration along a continuum of care.
• Complete and evaluate self-directed participation in professional organizations, extra-curricular training and service activities to enhance lifelong professional identity development and learning.