"Humankind is
a being in search
of meaning"
— Plato

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The Melbourne Institute for Experiential & Creative Arts Therapy (MIECAT) is an accredited tertiary education institute that offers the following programmes of study in Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia.

• Short courses (workshops)
• A Certificate in Experiential & Creative Arts Therapy. This programme is designed for students who may not have appropriate tertiary qualifications but are interested in further study in this area.
• A Graduate Certificate in Experiential & Creative Arts Therapy.
• A Graduate Diploma in Experiential & Creative Arts Therapy.
• A Master of Arts (by Research) and a Master of Arts (by Supervision). The Master of Arts by Supervision programme caters for those practitioners wishing to develop their professional skills and work therapeutically using phenomenological, experiential and multi-modal methods of counselling.
• A Professional Doctorate in Experiential & Creative Arts Therapy.

MIECAT is an incorporated organization, operates on a not-for-profit basis, and is approved for AUSTUDY and the Youth Allowance (these links will take you directly to pages where you may download the respective guide in order to check if you qualify under these study assistance programmes).

Additionally MIECAT offers research and consultancy services to organizations and groups. If your requirement is for a special interest group course related to the experiential arts in therapy, education or organizational development, we are able to provide specifically tailored short courses or workshops.

MIECAT is an organizational member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) and can be contacted via the following channels:

Melbourne

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