All Continuing Education Certificate courses may be taken as either certificate courses or as stand-alone Continuing Education courses.
Our 60-hour expressive arts certificate was designed for practicing therapists, mental health professionals, organizational consultants, ministers and educators who wish to integrate the creative process and the techniques of expressive arts therapy into their work. Expressive arts therapy includes the use of one or more art forms - visual arts, dance, movement, drama, music and poetry - to facilitate self-expression, personal growth, therapeutic change, group process, team building and problem solving. The expressive arts certificate may be used to enhance a clinical practice, expand competence with a variety of art modalities, explore therapeutic interventions and/or enliven work in the classroom.
Certificate Requirements: A total of 60 hours is required. This includes one core course (10 hours) and 50 hours of electives
Core Course
Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapy
OR
Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapy: A Post-Jungian Approach
“My training in Expressive Art Therapy has proven to be an invaluable alternative for self-understanding and personal expression for the adolescents I work with, many of whom have had more than their fair share of talk therapy. The ultimate endorsement for extended study in Expressive Arts is the positive impact it has had on the people I work with. I can point to several cases where an expressive art intervention was the pivotal experience that led to successful outcomes.”
- David Benoit, MFT
Courses Currently Offered:
Elective Course
Expressive Arts and Drama Therapy for Youth with Special Needs
December 2-3, 2011 - Pleasant Hill campus
Elective Course
Painting Your Personal Mythology (Elective)
February 10-11, 2012 - Pleasant Hill campus
Elective (Equivalent to Five Elective Courses)
Introduction to Dance/Movement Therapy Level I: Theory and Practice
February 3-6 and 10-12, 2012 - San Jose campus
Core Course
Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapy
March 23-24, 2012 - Pleasant Hill campus
Elective Course
Creative Interventions in Family Recovery
April 20 and 27, 2012 - Berkeley campus
Elective Course
Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy
June 8-9, 2012 - San Jose campus
Elective Course
Expressive Arts Therapy with Eating Disordered Clients
August 10-11, 2012 - San Jose campus
Certificate Series Application
The certificate program application fee is $35. Please submit a Certificate Program Application on or before registering for your second course in the series. You will have three years to complete your course work from the date of your application. You can submit your Certificate Program Application online or use the downloadable application form available under "Related Downloads" on the right side of this page.
Certificate Series Completion
After you have completed the all the courses needed to fulfill the certificate requirements, please complete and submit a Certificate Verification form, available under “Related Downloads” on the right side of this page. Please allow six weeks for your course work to be reviewed and a certificate to be issued to you.
Frequently Asked Questions are available under "Related Downloads" on the right side of this page.
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