“Mount Mary College provides an education that will give you both wings and roots. Graduates have a strong foundation —what they know, they know well. Where they go and how they use that foundation is limitless.”

– Catherine Ellenbecker, Class of 1973

Art Therapy Undergraduate Program

Do you have empathy for others and a passion for using art as a tool for communication and understanding? If so, a career in Art Therapy may be right for you.

Art Therapists are human service professionals who use their creativity and knowledge about human development and psychology to help people heal and grow. Art Therapy can enrich the lives of people with physical, emotional, social, and spiritual challenges.

Mount Mary College Art Therapy students expand their understanding of self, art, and humanity. They learn to use imagination and relationship building to help others learn about themselves, express feelings, and communicate through the creative process of art making.

The undergraduate Art Therapy program is a pre-professional major that introduces the expanding field of art therapy. Built on a solid foundation of studio art and psychology, an art therapy major prepares students for entry-level positions or for graduate-level study to become a registered art therapist.

Why choose Mount Mary College for an art therapy education?

• learn from faculty who are practicing clinicians
  
• enjoy a low student-to-teacher ratio
  
• enhance your coursework with site visits and professional guest speakers
  
• benefit from community-based coursework and service learning
  
• gain hands-on experience through a 150-hour fieldwork placement

To work as a credentialed art therapist or psychotherapist, you will need to attain a master’s degree. Mount Mary’s Master of Science in Art Therapy is the only fully accredited graduate degree in Wisconsin approved by the America Art Therapy Association. See the current job outlook for art therapists.

If using art to help others sparks your imagination, you can contact us to find out more or to begin the admission process.