艺术疗法集中训练学生使用艺术创作的创新过程，以改善和增强各个年龄段个体的身体，心理和情感健康状况。该计划旨在使学生获得心理健康咨询师的执照并注册为艺术治疗师。因此，即将入学的学生必须同时具有18个学分的工作室艺术学分和12个学分的心理学学分，其中包括异常心理学和发展心理学。MA心理健康咨询-艺术疗法课程的时长为60个学时，可以在两年（6个学期）内完成，包括夏季。此外，学生还要完成100小时的实习实习和900小时的实习。
The Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling: Art Therapy Track is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of The Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education.<br>The art therapy track trains students to use the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages . Furthermore, the program aims to prepare competent entry-level Art Therapists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. The program is designed to allow students to pursue licensure as a mental health counselor and registration as an art therapist. For this reason, incoming students must have both 18 credit hours in studio art and 12 credit hours in psychology, including abnormal psychology and developmental psychology.<br>The MA Mental Health Counseling - Art Therapy is 63 credit hours in length and can be completed in two years (5 or 6 semesters), including summers. Additionally, students complete a required 100-hour practicum field placement and 600-hour internship. In addition, students have the option of gaining experience during an elective 300-hour advanced internship course.