Art Psychotherapy MA  

Postgraduate, 2 years, Full-time

University of Roehampton London

10818Art Psychotherapy MA

A UK Citizen or have permanent residency:

Academic Requirements:

Applicants will normally be required to hold a good degree (second class and above), usually in arts and design. Other disciplines such as psychology, teaching, nursing, the humanities, and graduate level professional qualifications in appropriate disciplines such as Occupational Therapy and Social Work are also considered.
Applicants need to evidence that they can meet the academic demands of a Masters degree and will be required to prepare and submit a written personal statement to support their application.
All candidates must present a portfolio of their art work at interview. For the purposes of online interviewing, we request that the portfolio is uploaded alongside the rest of the application. The art portfolio should demonstrate the applicant's psychological and emotional exploration of self through the art making process. All the plastic arts and electronic media are welcome at the interview. The brief for the portfolio is deliberately vague for applicants to bring their own understanding of what it means to be a practising artist. The portfolio should demonstrate a strong comment to their artistic practice along with a fluidity of self expression within a variety of mediums. International applicants are asked to provide an e-portfolio link within their application form to any appropriate online repository.
Applicants should demonstrate a maturity of personality and self-awareness compatible with training as a therapist. Applicants need an appropriate degree of psychological mindedness including the capacity to form and maintain appropriate empathic relationships with clients. They should also demonstrate emotional literacy, robustness and an ability to be self-reflective. This is addressed through a combination of assessments, including a health screening form, searchingquestions at interview related to different parts of the training and experiential work.
Applicants will be expected to have appropriate clinical experience of having worked within the past five years within a setting and with clients relevant to the Programme. This might include working with children, adults or older adults in the areas of learning disabilities, mental health, hospice care, dementia care, neuro-disability, homelessness etc. (this is not an exhaustive list). This work can be undertaken either on a voluntary or employed basis.

Form outside UK Students:

Academic Requirements:

Completion of a 4-year Bachelor’s at 65% or GPA 2.5

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English Language Requirements:

IELTS at 6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section (7.0 overall for research degrees)

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Academic Requirements:

2nd class Final Year of Bachelors

https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/international/countries/india/

English Language Requirements:

IELTS at 6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section (7.0 overall for research degrees)

https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/international/countries/india/

Academic Requirements:

Completion of a 4 year Bachelor’s degree at 55%

https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/international/countries/pakistan/

English Language Requirements:

IELTS at 6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section (7.0 overall for research degrees)

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Academic Requirements:

Completion of a 3-year Bachelor’s at 60% or a 4-year Bachelor’s at 55%

https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/international/countries/nepal/

English Language Requirements:

IELTS at 6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section (7.0 overall for research degrees)

https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/international/countries/nepal/

Academic Requirements:

Upper second-class honours degree = Bachelors degree with minimum CGPA 3.0 on a 4 point scale

Lower second-class honours degree = Bachelors degree with minimum CGPA 2.8 on a 4 point scale

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English Language Requirements:

IELTS at 6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section (7.0 overall for research degrees)

https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/international/

Academic Requirements:

Degree min second class

Lower division or GPA 3.0/5.0

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English Language Requirements:

WAEC English C6* or IELTS at 6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any band (7.0 overall for research degrees

https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/international/countries/nigeria/

Academic Requirements:

Degree min second class

Lower division or GPA 3.0/5.0

https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/international/countries/ghana/

English Language Requirements:

WAEC English C6* or IELTS at 6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any band (7.0 overall for research degrees)

https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/international/countries/ghana/