The Expressive Arts Institute

About the Program

Offers a 3-weekend, noncredit, Professional Development Training Program as an Expressive Arts Educational Facilitator  

The Expressive Arts Institute is part of the Graduate Program in Holistic Counseling and Graduate Extension Studies at Salve Regina University. 
This three-weekend, noncredit educational training program has been designed to provide educators, medical caregivers, therapists and those in related fields with the basic training to begin working as an “Expressive Arts Educational Facilitator.”

The program will focus on using a multi-modal approach to the expressive and creative arts to facilitate transformation, self-discovery, physical healing, and the evolution of consciousness when working with groups or individuals.  All classes will concentrate specifically on an integration of the visual arts with movement, sound and expressive writing.  Class lectures and discussions will be presented on the applications of the expressive and creative arts and the research supporting its efficacy, combined with hands-on experiential exercises.

The ability to participate in the experiential portion of this work is an essential aspect of the program. 

Upon successfully completing all three weekends of the program, students will receive a Certificate of Completion as an Expressive Arts Educational Facilitator. Six continuing education units (C.E.U.s) will be available for those students who wish to receive them.  There is an additional fee for C.E.U.s.

Acceptance into the program is competitive and requires a formal application, which includes a letter of intent stating how the applicant wishes to utilize the training professionally, along with an explanation of the individual's qualifications to do so; a professional resume; names and phone numbers of three professional references; a personal telephone interview; and a nonrefundable $100 deposit.

Each application will be reviewed and approved by the members of the Expressive Arts Institute faculty.  Along with the minimum requirement of a bachelor’s degree, students must also have the ability to fulfill the requirements of the program according to accepted standards of the profession as deemed essential by the expressive arts faculty.
To earn the Certificate of Completion a student must attend all three weekend sessions consecutively, attend all classes from start to finish, actively participate in and contribute to all aspects of the program, and complete all outside work assignments to the satisfaction of the faculty.

Tuition: $1395
Application Fee: $100 (nonrefundable)

For upcoming weekend dates and more information click here or call: 401-341-2157

The Expressive Arts Institute is sponsored by the holistic counseling masters program.