Overview
Concentration Description
The Expressive and Movement Arts concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with professional practice in contexts such as conventional healthcare settings, coaching practices, employee wellness programs.Practices, methods, ideas, and topics engaged within this concentration’s courses, by way of example, include: Body metaphors, art as therapy, embodiment, psychodrama, and historical trauma.
Meridian PsyD student Valerie shares how her holistic and integrative approach supported a young girl navigating anxiety and dyslexia on a journey of healing and transformation through expressive and movement arts.Watch Valerie's VideoRun time 4:39More Video Reviews“I am the poet of the body and I am the poet of the soul.”
Coursework
Sample Courses
- Play, Imagination, and Healing
- Expressive Arts in Groups
- Movement Practices and Cognitive Development
- Myth, Ritual, and Expressive Arts
- The Poetic Body
- Expressive Arts in Therapy
“We’re living in a time where the reset button of history has been hit. Radical social, economic and environment changes are becoming the norm and creating a rapidly changing world that demand new patterns of thinking, being and doing for our own personal development, as well as for collective well being.”
Curriculum
Academic Structure
Meridian's academic structure gives students the flexibility to navigate the University's curricular architecture in ways that match their passions, professional goals, and other life commitments.
The structure is designed to serve a diverse student body, who live around the globe, have varied cultural and clinical visions for their careers, and are at different stages in their professional journey.
Students enroll in a degree program, can elect a concentration, and register for one or multiple courses each quarter. In addition to core courses for the specific degree program and anchor courses that represent the Transformative Learning intent of Meridian's curriculum, students select elective courses that align with their Meridian concentration, background, and career path.
Flexible Delivery
Learning Formats
Meridian University offers two learning formats: Online and Hybrid.
- The Online format is ideal for students completing their degrees remotely, combining synchronous and asynchronous learning.
- The Hybrid format is tailored for those seeking a blend of online learning and in-person classes at Meridian's Los Angeles Campus.
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Available to Meridian University students worldwide, Meridian University's Impact Scholarships represent the University's commitment to supporting graduates to take transformative action in the fields of Business, Education, Leadership, and Psychology.
- The Meridian Social Entrepreneurship Scholarship
- The Meridian Developmental Coaching Scholarship
- The Meridian Collective Trauma Transformation Scholarship
Programs
Degrees Available
- MBA in Creative Enterprise *
- MEd in Educational Leadership
- EdD in Organizational Leadership
- MA in Psychology
- MA in Counseling Psychology *
- PsyD in Clinical Psychology *
- PhD in Psychology
* Hybrid format available at the Los Angeles Campus.
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In-Person and Hybrid Learning
The Los Angeles Campus is the primary location for in-person and hybrid courses at Meridian University. Students have the opportunity to engage face-to-face with faculty and peers while also benefiting from the flexibility of online coursework.
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