Masters of Arts in Counseling with Clinical Mental Health Counseling
and Drama Therapy Specializations
Unique Offering/Advantages
- The Antioch University Seattle curriculum is one of only a few in the country that provides an opportunity for students to combine drama therapy training with a clinical master's degree in counseling.
- Classroom experiences include hands on experiential learning as well as engaging in dialogue with peers and instructors.
- Work closely with faculty who are actively engaged as practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and advocates in the art therapy community.
General Requirements
The Drama Therapy with CMHC specialization requires completion of 90 quarter credits including 71 credits of required coursework, 3 elective credits, and 16 credits of Internship and Case Consultation.
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Length of Program
Students attending school full time generally complete the program in about three years.
Tuition & Fees
- Tuition: $662 per credit
- Required fees: $145 per quarter
- $6,103 tuition and required fees per quarter, full time (9 credits)
- $24,412 typical annual tuition and fees
Annual tuition and fees based on 2013-14 rates for four quarters. Antioch University Seattle students typically attend classes all year.
Career Opportunities
Drama therapists work in private practice and/or in clinical, educational and rehabilitative settings such as:
- hospitals and clinics
- residential treatment centers
- long-term care facilities
- community centers
- prisons
- shelters
- schools
- mental health and social service agencies
Program Summary
Drama therapy is one of several expressive therapies used by clinicians and practitioners to help their clients achieve emotional and physical integration, personal growth and symptom relief. Like art therapy, it is the application of a creative modality to psychotherapy. Drama therapy trainings include improvisation, puppetry, role-playing, mask work, theatrical production, psychodrama and community-based theaters.
The Antioch curriculum is one of only a few in the country that provides an opportunity for students to combine drama therapy training with a clinical master’s degree in psychology. Drama therapists work in numerous settings including, but not limited to, hospitals, residential treatment programs, schools, shelters, community centers, prisons and private practice.
The master’s degree can be completed in three years. Students choose from among Couple and Family Therapy and Clinical Mental Health Counseling coursework, integrating drama therapy as part of an additional concentration-specific training which includes internship.
Curriculum
Antioch’s Drama Therapy specialization is combined with the M.A. in Counseling with Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) concentration. It is recommended that you consult with your adviser to create your own sequence of courses before the middle of the second quarter.
The Drama Therapy program is 90 quarter credits. Classes are offered Monday through Thursday late afternoons and evenings for students from the metropolitan Seattle area. Concentrated scheduling is available Thursday evenings and during the day Fridays for students commuting from more distant locations. You may begin the program only in the fall.
Required Clinical Courses (36 credits)
- Advanced Theories: Varying Subtitles
- Career Development and Counseling
- Communication and Counseling Skills
- Group Therapy
- Human Development in Context: Gender and Development
- Psychodiagnostics and Treatment Planning
- Psychopathology
- Systems Perspectives in Family Therapy
- Tests & Measures
- The Counseling Profession and Identity
- Theories & Practice of Counseling: Human/Trans/Easten
- Theories & Practice of Counseling: Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavior
Required Drama Therapy Courses (36 credits)
- Approaches to Drama Therapy
- Creative Arts Therapy I: Children and Adolescents
- Creative Arts Therapy II: Adult and Geriatrics
- Community Based Theater & Sociodrama
- Ethics in Drama Therapy
- Family of Origin Systems & Drama Therapy
- Improvisation and Creative Dramatics
- Intro to Drama Therapy
- Master’s Project or Thesis
- Multicultural Perspectives & Drama Therapy
- Psychodrama
- Research and Assessment in Drama Therapy with Individuals & Families
Elective Courses (3 credits)
- Abusive Relationships
- Addictions and Substance Abuse
- Loss & Grief
Internship Courses ( 15 credits)
- DT/CMHCInternship I, II, III, IV, and V
- DT Case Consultation I, II, III, IV, and V
Faculty
Read about adjunct faculty who teach in the School of Applied Psychology, Counseling & Family Therapy.
Michael Buchert
MPS
School of Applied Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program
Art & Drama Therapy specializations
Elizabeth Donahue
LMHC, ATR, MA
School of Applied Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy
MA Program
Janice Hoshino
ATR-BC, LMFT, PhD
School of Applied Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy
Chair, Art Therapy and Drama Therapy Specializations
Bobbi Kidder
MA
School of Applied Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy
MA Program, Drama Therapy Coordinator
