Adjunct Faculty - University Supervision for Low-Residency Expressive Arts Therapy Students

Job Description

The Opportunity

Lesley’s Graduate Program in Expressive Therapies is seeking a qualified Expressive Arts Therapist to supervise a group of low-residency interns in their first of two placement years (PY).

These are second year students in a three-year program.

This is a faculty supervisor role, overseeing a single group of expressive arts therapy students for the full academic year.

The Adjunct Faculty member will teach a 2.5 day in-person summer workshop July 24-26th 2024. This workshop will be followed in Fall and Spring by a two-course sequence taught online, with a weekly 1 hour OR biweekly 2-hour zoom supervision meeting.

This seminar will provide university supervision while the students are interning at PY1 placements. This first placement occurs during the second year of the three-year program.

Course Description :

The focus of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the theoretical and practical bases of the clinical mental health counseling process.

Students begin to develop counseling and expressive therapies competencies and practice skills and interventions with a variety of populations and settings.

The course provides a forum for the discussion and supervision of case materials as well as addressing issues of concern that may arise in clinical practice.

Course Name & Number :

24 / SU term 1 GWKSP 5119 : face-to-face workshop in Cambridge, MA

24 / FA terms 1&2 GEXTH 5119 LR

25 / SP terms 1&2 GEXTH 6434 LR

Tuesdays 4-6pm biweekly zoom supervision during Fall and Spring

OR Wednesdays 7-8pm weekly zoom supervision during Fall and Spring

Qualities and Capabilities :

The successful candidate will have :

A master’s degree in expressive arts therapy; REAT credential preferred.

A masters'-level clinical license in their state of residence, or licensure eligibility with a commitment to gaining licensure within the year.

A full 3 years of post-licensure work experience.

Graduate Teaching and Clinical Supervision experience preferred.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Must be authorized to work in the United States; if you hold a visa, your visa status must allow you to work at Lesley University.

Names & Contact Information for no fewer than two references.

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.

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.