The Opportunity
Lesley University is seeking a Core Faculty member in the Art Therapy program to join our highly evolved and uniquely conceptualized Expressive Therapies Department. The qualified applicant will teach courses in Art Therapy in the Expressive Therapies Department. Our pace-setting programs provide a meaningful connection between the arts, theory, and practice in clinical training. As one of the most recognized Expressive Therapies programs in the world, our students are expertly trained and qualified providers of mental health services.
The goal of the Expressive Therapies department is to give students the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to practice in a range of professional settings, including health care facilities, schools, community agencies, and private practices. The Expressive Therapies 60-credit Clinical Mental Health Counseling Master’s programs are designed to meet the academic and field training requirements for mental health counselor licensure in Massachusetts, and our specialization tracks prepare graduates for certification by national and professional associations.
When the Expressive Therapies program was founded in 1973, it was one of the first graduate programs in the country to train professionals in this emerging, creative, and vital field. More than 50 years later, the program continues to push the boundaries of expressive therapies knowledge and training. Our extraordinary faculty of artist-practitioner-scholars helps students to develop their identities as artists and clinical mental health providers.
Qualities and Capabilities
A successful candidate will have:
Holds a Master’s degree in Art Therapy or a related mental health field (required), with a PhD or equivalent doctoral-level degree in Art Therapy or a closely related discipline strongly preferred (ABD considered with dissertation completion by a specified date)
Certified as an ATR-BC (Registered Art Therapist – Board Certified) (required)
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of Massachusetts, or eligibility/preference for licensure (preferred)
Brings over five years of clinical experience in the field, with a strong record of scholarly activity including research, writing, and publication
Demonstrates a minimum of two years of teaching experience, with proven proficiency in online instruction and curriculum delivery
Capable of teaching across a range of subject areas within expressive therapies and general counseling, such as counseling theories, psychopathology, assessments, and vocational counseling
Experience in program administration within an Art Therapy or related academic program, with working knowledge of accreditation standards, particularly ACATE (preferred)
Why Lesley
Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley University is highly regarded for its graduate and undergraduate programs in the human arts of education, the arts, and applied social sciences. Lesley fosters a highly creative environment in which innovative ideas thrive, theory is integrated with practice and its 6,400 students and 90,000 alumni are empowered to improve and enrich communities.
We offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance. In addition, we offer significant paid time off, a generous retirement plan, and tuition programs that enable employees and their dependents to expand their knowledge and skills.
Lesley is committed to the ongoing pursuit of strategic diversity initiatives that help to position diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental to institutional and academic excellence at Lesley. In doing so, Lesley strives for a campus culture and community that fosters a true sense of belonging for all, provides opportunity for everyone to participate equally and fully in the Lesley experience, and helps to develop each individual's capacity to confidently and competently engage within and across difference. Given an evolving national context and the rapid change in the demographic profile of our country, the University has made a significant commitment to addressing and enhancing its campus climate and diversity capabilities as an institution.
Expressing Interest
A letter of interest, CV/resume, and a statement addressing past and/or potential contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion through teaching, professional activity, and/or service must be included for full consideration.
At Lesley University we strive for a supportive and equitable environment where people -- regardless of race, ethnicity, color, sex, physical ability, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, veteran or military status, membership in uniformed services, and all other categories protected by applicable state and federal laws -- can participate equally and fully as their true selves in all aspects of university life. Accordingly, the University prohibits discrimination based on these protected categories in any education program or activity that it operates, including in admission and in employment. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the fabric of our institution. Individuals may submit concerns or questions related to discrimination to the University's Director of Equal Opportunity. Please visit the Office of Equal Opportunity's webpage for the University's entire notice of nondiscrimination and for additional information.
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