Therapeutic Arts undergraduate courses

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"Helping people to enjoy themselves"

“In creative expressive therapies you work with the healthy aspects of the person, so we look at doing fun things with them and helping them to enjoy themselves. It’s been a wonderful experience and I’ve made real friends for life here. I would say to anyone who wants to come and do this course ‘do it, it’s great. I have had the best time here’. I’ve met amazing people, the lecturers are all incredible, everyone works really hard and we have a real community here.”

Rachel Hoare, Graduate

Watch the below video to see Rachel's work and hear about her experience studying Therapeutic Arts at Derby: 

Choose Therapeutic Arts at Derby for:

• High-quality courses which are accredited by recognised professional, statutory and regulatory bodies
• Postgraduate study opportunities aligned to the principles of psychotherapy so that you can go on to register as a specialist arts therapist
• The chance to engage in community projects, fieldtrips and end-of-year shows
• Superb facilities including dedicated art, dance and music studios plus theatre spaces
• An enthusiastic teaching team made up of qualified arts therapists, active researchers, renowned authors and industry practitioners

For information on placements, please see course pages or contact Dave Home at D.Home@derby.ac.uk.

What our Therapeutic Arts graduates do

By developing your transferable skills our therapeutic arts courses open up many doors across a variety of sectors.

Career opportunities open to graduates include:

• counselling and psychotherapy
• psychology
• community arts
• art, dance, music or drama therapy, following further training
• arts administration.

Or you might wish to pursue careers in:

• education
• marketing
• human resources
• management