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In this situation of worldwide psychological difficulties due to the spread of COVID-19, this study set out to develop a dual mode group art therapy program of both contact and non-contact modes according to the contact limits and test its effectiveness to provide college students with psychological supports. The subjects include 23 college students that gave consent to participate in the study in K City. They were divided into the treatment group of eight and the control group of fifteen. A program of total ten sessions was administered over five weeks. Both the treatment and control group took an ego-resilience and emotional expressiveness test in the pre- and post-test. An independent-sample t-test was conducted to analyze differences before and after therapy. The findings were as follows: first, the dual mode group art therapy program had positive effects on the ego-resilience of college students; secondly, the program also had positive effects on their emotional expressiveness; thirdly, the qualitative analysis of participants’ impressions revealed that the factors that led to the change in the art therapy process were ‘use of cognitive process’, ‘discovery of image and emotional message of the person who painted’, ‘development of a sense of control’. and finally, the dual mode of contact and non-contact facilitated interactions among the participating students. They marveled at new attempts and experienced immersion into strange experiences through their digital imagination, and these had impacts on their satisfaction with the program. Based on these findings, the study discussed utilization plans for the contact & non-contact group art therapy program and future researches.