AATA Member Author Showcase
Meet the American Art Therapy Association members who have recently published books — sharing new research, clinical practice, memoir, and children’s stories rooted in art therapy. Explore their work below and support these author-members with a purchase.
Several of these titles are also available year-round in AATA’s Virtual Bookstore on Bookshop.org, where every purchase sends a 10% donation back to AATA.
Join us in person — Author Meet-and-Greet, Wed. Oct 15, 5:30 PM ET, alongside the Arts & Crafts Marketplace
Where the Flies Swarm
Where the Flies Swarm is a collection of poetry and artwork to narrate Elliot’s life as a sex trafficking survivor. Through his work, Elliot exemplifies his experience throughout the sex trafficking industry, and his resilience in the culture through the therapeutic power of art and poetry.
The Space Between Us
The picture book explores the complex emotional dynamics of caregiver-child relationships focusing on how to nurture emotional presence, intergenerational resilience, and relational connection. It gently reminds us that parenting or caregiving is hard—and in the busyness of everyday life, being fully present isn’t always easy. Yet, within that challenge lies hope: the possibility of rediscovering moments of magical connection—with our children and with ourselves.
Stress Busters — Christ Centered Christian Art Therapy
This book integrates the Christian faith with art therapy for managing stress. It includes 21 interventions and 65 coloring pages. The art interventions encourage prayer, meditations, and thanksgiving to God as a way to find and to sustain peace in Bible scriptures (as written in Philippians 4).
with Kelley Linhardt, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT & Valeria Koutmina, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT
The Embodied Art Therapist: Theory and Practice for a New Paradigm
This volume, the first of its kind, brings together current research, protocols, and methods within embodied art therapy from theoretical, clinical, and practical perspectives, for use by clinicians, educators, and students alike. Training in body awareness allows clinicians to attune to all kinds of bodies. Allied professionals, students, educators and art therapists will all find this volume a necessary part of their professional development.
Expressive Therapeutic Writing: Guiding Transformation and Restorative Care through Intermodal Arts, Word by Word
Through the lens of expressive arts therapy, the authors demonstrate how writing can reveal the unexpected that emerges from art making. The lineage of expressive arts therapy includes artful writing, poetry, associative, creative, and memoir, for example, to engage in self‑discovery, growth, and restorative care.
Art Therapy Through the Lifespan: A Collection of Case Studies
The book introduces theories and models of human development highlighted by case studies written by art therapists and broken down by developmental age ranges. The book is available online on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
A Joyful Way of Being: Rediscovering Creative Expression in the Middle of Life
An invitation to reconnect with creative essence at the crossroads of midlife, blending real-life stories with a gentle, step-by-step creative process — no previous artistic experience required, only curiosity and openness.
Moon Magic
Created to help children gently explore feelings through story, imagination, and connection, Moon Magic invites readers to follow Maggie on a dreamy trip to the moon. As Maggie meets her emotions along the way, she learns that naming her feelings helps her feel calmer, braver, and less alone. A soothing, heart-centered story written and illustrated by two art therapists, Moon Magic reminds children that all feelings are welcome and they don’t have to face them alone.
Service-Learning through Cultural Exchange and Expressive Arts Therapy
This book highlights various service-learning experiences that incorporate creative techniques such as art making and other expressive therapy practices. Utilizing service-learning provides students and volunteers a chance to create an ethnorelativist world view, with the understanding that human beings are contextual in relationship to their culture. The use of expressive arts therapies is highlighted as a complementary way to build relationships with those who differ from one another and to increase students’/volunteers’ cultural understanding and awareness.
The Neuroscience of Art Therapy for Addiction and Trauma: Art for Recovery
Fourteen chapters detail the emotional, cognitive, and relational ways art therapy restores motivation, well-being, insight, and communication for people recovering from substance use and the traumas that often precede it, with case vignettes and more than 70 interventions.
Queer Worldmaking in Art Therapy: Theory and Praxis
This book actively challenges the constraints imposed by dominant cis-heteronormative paradigms and advocates for a dynamic and fluid understanding of identity and healing, framing social justice and liberation as indispensable components of therapeutic practice. Each chapter investigates queer and trans epistemologies—ways of knowing, feeling, and imagining—that destabilize conventional therapeutic approaches. It provides adaptive and practical strategies for incorporating queer worldmaking into art therapy, thereby transforming therapeutic environments to be more inclusive, affirming, and just. Through detailed case studies and real-world applications, the book showcases innovative strategies that advocate for an expanded professional practice that honors the vibrant diversity of LGBTQIA+ identities. By equipping art therapists with tools for active allyship and ethical care, Queer Worldmaking in Art Therapy aims to catalyze a shift towards more equitable therapeutic landscapes for all.