Learning Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Department of Marital and Family Therapy
College of Communication and Fines Arts


Graduates of the department of Marital and Family Therapy should know:

1. a broad theoretical basis for the practice of art psychotherapy
2. the complex societal culture in which they are engaging
3. the legal and professional responsibilities of the licensed practicing psychotherapist.

Graduates of the Department of Marital and Family Therapy should be able to:

1. advance to professional engagement in the mental health community
2. describe individual and family dynamics according to the theory and concepts of the discipline of marriage and family therapy.
3. delineate short term and long term psychotherapeutic goals and develop treatment plans
4. synthesize the art therapy modality with traditional theoretical approaches and use a variety of techniques and interventions to achieve systemic change
5. present case material in verbal and written form at a professional level
6. work with others from varied and diverse perspectives
7. engage in critical scholarly discourse in the field of art psychotherapy

Graduates of the Department of Marital and Family Therapy are encouraged to value:

1. an increasing commitment to change as part of the psychotherapeutic and artistic process
2. the ongoing development of multicultural competencies
3. engagement with the community in the service of social justice.