PhD in Creative Arts in Therapy

About the program
The mission of the PhD in Creative Arts in Therapy is to cultivate stewards of the professions who can preserve the traditions of the disciplines, promote scholarly and clinical advancement, and contribute to the legitimization of the fields.
In pursuit of the program mission, the innovative curriculum includes four interactive learning modules that comprise a three-year full-time degree program:

• Interdisciplinary module
• Research module
• Self/other artistic module
• Practicum module

The learning culture, curriculum, and pedagogy of the PhD in Creative Arts in Therapy are the primary components contributing to the comprehensiveness of this advanced research degree. The learning culture is one of creativity, innovation, initiative and support. The curriculum and pedagogy emphasize the interaction between intellectual, emotional, inter-subjective and artistic learning for the purpose of generating knowledge in the arts therapies.
The learning culture, curriculum and pedagogy are elaborated in the
following constructs:

• A learning culture that supports the exploration and integration
  of intellectual, emotional, artistic, and self/other knowledge as parallel to the psychotherapeutic and creative processes.
• An educational philosophy, curricular structure, and innovative
  pedagogy which supports dynamic and creative inquiry into
  interdisciplinary and discipline specific bodies of knowledge.
• A comprehensive approach to traditional and innovative research
  methods that best supports the ontological, epistemological, theoretical,and applied practice in the arts therapies.
• The integration of theoretical, experiential, and pragmatic knowledge.
• A dialectic between didactic, intrinsic, and practical learning
  experiences.
• The cultivation of aptitudes and competencies in intellectual,
  subjective, intersubjective and artistic inquiry for each student.

For additional information about the program, visit the College of Nursing and Health Professions' PhD in Creative Arts Therapy web site