Expressive Arts Therapy is one of five master’s programs offered through CIIS’ Counseling Psychology department. The pedagogy provides an engaging online, hybrid curriculum that weaves multimodal expressive arts, such as visual and digital arts, music, dance and movement, poetry, spoken word, and drama into all courses.

Qualify to work as a music therapist in the UK and overseas with this accredited Master's degree in music therapy. Study in a centre of world-leading research and gain experience in clinical placements. We have been training music therapists since 1994 and were the first UK university to establish a music therapy Master's degree. We work closely with colleagues at the internationally renowned Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research. We earned the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2021 for our music therapy research, receiving particular recognition for our focus on the well-being of people living with dementia.

The M.A. in music therapy prepares music therapists to work effectively within a multicultural environment and enhances their current work be it in private practice, medical settings, nursing homes, mental health facilities, or populations experiencing cultural changes or mass trauma.

Integrating visual arts with psychotherapy, this American Art Therapy Association-accredited master of arts degree program engages the creative power of art for mental health assessment and treatment, preparing you to work in clinical practice with people of all ages in a variety of settings including hospitals and clinics, mental health agencies, prisons, schools, elder care facilities, art studios, and in private practice. Graduates meet educational requirements for the Registered Art Therapist (ATR) credential in the United States.