Masters of Arts in Psychology with Couple and Family Therapy
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 master's degree in psychology.
- 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 CFT specialization requires completion of 90 quarter credits including 71 credits of required coursework, 3 elective credits, and 16 credits of Internship and Case Consultation.
To learn about the application prerequisites, please CLICK HERE.
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
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 Couple and Family Therapy and Clinical Mental Health Counseling coursework, integrating drama therapy as part of an additional concentration-specific training which includes internship.
Antioch’s Drama Therapy specialization is combined with the MA in Psychology with Couple and Family Therapy (CFT) 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 DramaTherapy 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 (35 credits)
- Applied Couple Therapy
- Applied Family Therapy
- Communication and Counseling Skills
- Competency Assessment I
- Competency Assessment II
- Competency Assessment III
- Counseling Individuals in the Family
- Ethics in Family Practice
- Group Therapy
- Human Development in Context: Family Life Cycle
- Human Sexuality
- Internship Preparation
- Psychodiagnostics and Treatment Planning
- Psychopathology
- Research in Family Practice and Drama Therapy
- Systems Perspectives in Family Therapy
- Theories & Practice of Family Therapy I
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)
One elective in counseling a culturally specific population OR one of the following:
- Abusive Relationships
- Addictions and Substance Abuse
Internship Courses ( 16 credits)
- DT/CFT Internship 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
Student Stories
The Antioch Drama Therapy students have brought healing through action to therapeutic modalities and educational principles and share their talents and dreams as they gain expertise. A few examples of dreams expressed by these students for utilizing drama therapy include Johannys Acevdedo, an international student from Puerto Rico, who hopes to work in Uganda with "child soldiers"; Christina Berger, who is interested in work with Anorexic teenagers; Maureen Sullivan, who has begun volunteering at Seattle Children's Hospital to work with children who are cancer patients; Christi Proffitt who intends to to incorporate drama therapy into business communities to foster better communication and more openness, and Maggie Yowell who travelled to Kenya and Uganda to work with healing professionals and drama therapists. Commenting on his direction in drama therapy, Wilder Nutting-Heath says, "Because of Antioch's Drama Therapy program, I am able to use my training to educate and counsel men on issues of intimacy and masculinity through the lens of drama therapy. Antioch has been very supportive in cultivating my specific interests, as well as providing me with the necessary training and skills to be competitive in the counseling field. I have now found my voice as a writer, artist, and counseling professional." In addition, Adam Davis is the Antioch student representatative to NADT, Lashon Watson and Holly Brewer are both serving in internships; Lashon at Seattle Pacific University and Holly Brewer at Kline Galland Home.
