Creative Arts Therapy

Established in 1970, Pratt’s Graduate Department of Creative Arts Therapy is one of the oldest graduate creative arts therapy training programs in the country. Students learn art and dance/movement therapy skills as applied to a wide variety of patient populations. Settings and situations include psychiatric inpatient and outpatient, substance abuse, geriatric, special education, families, therapeutic nurseries, after-school programs, medical rehabilitation, Child Life, AIDS, the homeless, physical/sexual abuse, eating disorders, and prevention/wellness.

M.P.S. in Art Therapy and Creativity Development

The Master of Professional Studies in Art Therapy and Creativity Development program is a 53-credit, two-year, professional degree program that provides a synthesis of creative, aesthetic, and psychotherapeutic theory. Courses offer a thorough theoretical framework that translate into personal and practical application through an experiential process. Artwork and sometimes movement are done in every course and is used to learn therapeutic skills. Students focus on a wide variety of populations and are required to work with a different population for each of the two years of internship/practicum. The program is for students who want a broad body of skills balanced with a strong theoretical framework.

M.S. in Dance/Movement Therapy

The Master of Science in Dance/Movement Therapy program is a 56-credit, two-year, professional degree program that provides a synthesis of creative, aesthetic, and psychotherapeutic theory. Courses offer a thorough theoretical framework that is translated into personal and practical application through an experiential process. Movement and sometimes art are done in every course and is used to learn therapeutic skills. Students focus on a wide variety of populations and are required to work with a different population for each of the two years of internship/practicum. The program is for students who want a broad body of skills balanced with a strong theoretical framework.

M.P.S. in Art Therapy with Special Needs Children

The Master of Professional Studies with Special Needs Children program is a 53-credit, two-year, professional degree program that is intended to train art therapists who want to work with special education populations, not as art teachers. The degree does not qualify students for a teaching license. Classes are the same as for other art therapy students. The main differences are: 1. in both years of the practicum experience students must work with special education populations; 2. distinct readings are given in some classes; and, 3. papers and case presentations center on a special education population.

Contact Information:

Pratt Institute
Creative Arts Therapy Department
East Building, 3rd Floor
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY  11205
718-636-3428
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Acting Chairperson: Jean Davis, ATR-BC, LCAT