AATA2026 Sessions that are CE-Eligible for
New York LCATs

Updated Aug. 28, 2026

Education Sessions Eligible for New York LCAT Continuing Education

Sessions that present information on therapeutic best practices, case studies, and art therapy techniques and methods. Includes Addictions/Substance Abuse (AS), Child/Adolescents (CA), Forensics (FS), Geriatrics (GE), Medical Settings (MS), Psychiatric Settings (PS), and School Settings (SS).

Addictions/Substance Abuse (AS)

• Reclaiming the Self: Trauma-Informed Art Therapy in Addiction Recovery (AS140) — Sat 2:15–3:45 pm (Workshop, FULL)
• Art Therapy Neuroscience Suggests Help for Addiction and Trauma (AS62) — Sat 3–3:50 pm (Paper)

Child/Adolescents (CA)

• Exploring Intersections of Art and Play Therapy for Neurodivergent Children (CA234) — Thu 2:15–3:45 pm (Panel)
• Phoenix Rising: Art Therapy and Transgender Transformation (CA170) — Fri 12–12:50 pm (Paper)

Medical Settings (MS)

• I Was Able to Gain Insight: Art Therapy for Burn Rehabilitation (MS162) — Thu 2–2:50 pm (Paper)
• Bridging Regulation and Readiness: The Role of Art Therapy in Pediatric Oncology (MS70) — Thu 3–3:50 pm (Paper)
• Therapeutic Containment in Medical Art Therapy (MS59) — Thu 4–5:30 pm (Workshop, FULL)
• Wires, Warmth, and Healing: A Thoughtful Approach to NICU Art Therapy Programs (MS31) — Fri 3–3:50 pm (Paper)
• Bento Box Art: A Mindfulness Group Art Therapy Approach for Medical Professionals (MS185) — Sat 11–11:50 am (Paper)
• In-Patient Medical Art Therapy: Practice, Considerations, and Developments, 2004-Current (MS155) — Sat 12–12:50 pm (Paper)

School Settings (SS)

• Roses in December: Navigating Bereavement with Adolescents in the School Setting (SS210) — Fri 10:50 am–12:20 pm (Workshop, FULL)
• Group Art Therapy with/in Schools: Exploring Ethical Complexities (SS101) — Fri 2–2:50 pm (Paper)

Sessions that present information in Activism (AC), Grief/Mourning (GM), Autism (AU), Professional Practice (PP), Trauma (TR), and Ethics (ET)

Activism (AC)

• Activist Art in Practice: Learnings from 2020 Twin Cities BLM Protest Art (AC105) — Fri 11–11:50 am (Paper)
• Americana Blues Performance by Global Mass Child Trauma Responder (AC205) — Fri 2–2:50 pm (Performance)

Grief/Mourning (GM)

• Autoethnographic Poem Making After Fire Disaster (GM216) — Thu 3–3:50 pm (Paper)
• Creative Arts Therapy and Self-Esteem During the Menopausal Transition: A Mixed-Methods Study (GM142) — Fri 12–12:50 pm (Paper)
• Canvas as a Container: How Art Held my Grief (GM182) — Sat 2–2:50 pm (Performance)

Autism (AU)

• Scaffolding to Independence: ETC-Informed Strategies for Reducing Prompt Dependency in Autism (AU42) — Thu 11–11:50 am (Paper)
• Supporting Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in Art Therapy (AU229) — Thu 4–4:50 pm (Paper)

Professional Practice (PP)

• The Embodied Art Therapist: Theory and Practice for a New Paradigm (PP11) — Thu 11:15 am–12:45 pm (Panel)
• Exploring Existential Paradox Through Art Therapy (PP158) — Thu 12–12:50 pm (Paper)
• Mindfulness and Art Therapy (PP6) — Thu 3–3:50 pm (Paper)
• Exploring Sexuality, Non-Monogamy and A-Typical Relationships (PP50) — Thu 4–5:30 pm (Workshop, FULL)
• Engaging Art Therapists Worldwide About Current And Future Trends Of The Profession (PP66) — Fri 11–11:50 am (Paper)
• Art Therapy Meets Psychedelics: Personal and Professional Perspectives From the Field (PP187) — Fri 11:15 am–12:45 pm (Panel)
• Sacred Imagination: An Embodied Framework for Spiritual Meaning-Making in Art Therapy (PP222) — Fri 2:15–3:45 pm (Workshop, FULL)
• Embracing the Transpersonal: Developing a Spiritualized Art Therapy (PP40) — Fri 3–3:50 pm (Paper)
• Past, Present, Future – Surreal, Tactile and Digital Exercises in Art Therapy Practice (PP93) — Sat 12–12:50 pm (Paper)
• Response Art of Response Art: Peer Model for Clinician Grief Processing (PP180) — Sat 2:15–3:45 pm (Workshop, FULL)
• Seeing With Every Sense: Using Body-Mind-Spirit When Viewing Artwork (PP174) — Sat 4–5:30 pm (Workshop, FULL)
• Recuperation Comics: Graphic Medicine to Navigate Burnout and Recovery for Art Therapists (PP118) — Sat 4–5:30 pm (Workshop, FULL)

Trauma (TR)

• Beyond the Mask: A Studio Approach to Mask Making with Veterans (TR231) — Thu 2–2:50 pm (Paper)
• Art Therapy Supporting the Emotional Journey of Fertility Treatment (TR126) — Thu 4–4:50 pm (Paper)
• Trauma Processing as a Heroic Journey: Analysis of Handsewn Story Cloths (TR184) — Thu 4–5:30 pm (Panel)
• Art as Disaster Response: Arts-based Psychological First Aid and Art Therapy (TR131) — Fri 2:15–3:45 pm (Panel)
• Trauma-Informed Hospitality and Community Engagement Through Art Therapy (TR127) — Sat 10:50 am–12:20 pm (Workshop, FULL)
• Oh Baby! Processing Birth Trauma through Art Therapy: Therapist and Client Perspectives (TR189) — Sat 12–12:50 pm (Paper)

Ethics (ET)

• Ethical Applications of AI in Art Therapy Education, Practice, and Supervision (ET173) — Thu 11–11:50 am (Paper)
• Shades of Black and White: Ethics in Community Art Programs (ET117) — Thu 2–2:50 pm (Paper)
• The Art of Self Disclosure: Ethical Boundaries in Therapist Artmaking with Clients (ET235) — Fri 2–2:50 pm (Paper)
• Nomadism in Art Therapy and the Act of Making a Mark (ET178) — Sat 12–12:50 pm (Paper)

• Pre-Art Therapy Education: Rooted Foundations for Rising Careers (ES128) — Thu 11:15 am–12:45 pm (Panel)
• Unpacking Harm’s Touch: The Opportunity of What We Witness (ES60) — Thu 2–2:50 pm (Paper)
• Addressing Supervisees Wounds: Application of the Trauma Informed Supervision Model (ES56) — Thu 4–4:50 pm (Paper)
• Multi-Theoretical Lens: An Integrated Approach to Teaching and Practicing Group Art Therapy (ES98) — Fri 11–11:50 am (Paper)
• Supervisors and Educators in Conversation: Professional Identity Development (ES108) — Fri 11:15 am–12:45 pm (Panel)
• Supervision within Psychotherapy Disciplines (ES57) — Fri 12–12:50 pm (Paper)
• Rooting Art Therapy Education in Self-Compassion: Overturning Over-Identification (ES225) — Fri 2–2:50 pm (Paper)
• Virtual Supervision: Bridging the Distance, Building Connection (ES123) — Fri 2:15–3:45 pm (Panel)
• Images of the Therapist’s Self in Art-Based Supervision (ES152) — Fri 3–3:50 pm (Paper)
• Forest for the Trees: Ecological Mapping for Art Therapy Education and Internship (ES115) — Fri 4–5:30 pm (Workshop)
• Supervision Through the Expressive Therapies Continuum: An Art-Based Approach (ES52) — Fri 4–5:30 pm (Panel)
• Greater than the Sum of our Parts: Collaging Identity (ES69) — Fri 4–5:30 pm (Panel)
• Gamifying Group Therapy: Teaching Leadership Skills to Emerging Art Therapists and Counselors (ES219) — Sat 12–12:50 pm (Paper)
• The Pedagogy of Teaching Assessment in Art Therapy (ES111) — Sat 4–4:50 pm (Paper)
• Conflicted Identities in a Democratic Art Therapy Classroom: Arts-Based Inquiry (ES87) — Sat 4–5:30 pm (Panel)

• The Metaphor Project: Metaphors as Evidence in Art Therapy (RE84) — Thu 12–12:50 pm (Paper)
• Collaging Art Therapists Identities: (Re)Searching Beyond Method (RE104) — Thu 2–2:50 pm (Performance)
• Art-Based Research, Response, and Recovery After Fire Disaster (RE215) — Thu 2–2:50 pm (Paper)
• Reporting Quality of Art Therapy Research: A Systematic Review from 2000-2025 (RE63) — Thu 3–3:50 pm (Paper)
• Research can be Simple: Idiom Acquisition with Autistic Adults (RE200) — Fri 11–11:50 am (Paper)
• Creative Arts Therapies Reduce Anxiety in Hospitalized Adolescents with Eating Disorders (RE109) — Fri 12–12:50 pm (Paper)
• Conceptualizing PID in Art Therapy Supervision with Post-graduate Art Therapists (RE72) — Fri 2–2:50 pm (Paper)
• Why the Arts Matter: The Gallery as a Community Hub (RE13) — Fri 2–2:50 pm (Paper)
• Pulp To Paper: An Ethnography Of Paper making For Adults Bereaved By Suicide (RE95) — Fri 3–3:50 pm (Paper)
• Stories that Veterans Tell in their Vision Boards (RE188) — Fri 3–3:50 pm (Paper)
• Art as Inside-Out Expression: The Ethics of Using Art in Therapy (RE103) — Sat 12–12:50 pm (Paper)
• Examining Doodling’s Impact on Emotion and Cognition: A Neuroimaging (fNIRS) Study (RE141) — Sat 2–2:50 pm (Paper)
• Intersections Between Alaska Native and Military Cultural Identities: Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry (RE207) — Sat 2–2:50 pm (Paper)

• The Frequency of Space: Impacts of Our Immediate Environment on our Psychology (SC54) — Thu 10:50 am–12:20 pm (Workshop, FULL)
• The Art Truck’s Here!: Art Without Agenda, Mobile Studios, and Community Advocacy (SC204) — Thu 11:15 am–12:45 pm (Panel)
• From Response to Renewal: Examining Community Arts-Engagement Post-Disaster (SC157) — Thu 12–12:50 pm (Paper)
• Collage, Self-Esteem, and Identity in the Menopausal Transition (SC132) — Thu 2:15–3:45 pm (Workshop, FULL)
• Community Artmaking for Ecological Grief: Imagining Climate Futures in Coastal India (SC122) — Thu 4–4:50 pm (Paper)
• Making the Power of Mandalas Accessible: Creating Mandala Community Gatherings Online (SC139) — Thu 4–4:50 pm (Paper)
• Threads of Wellness: Exploring Adlerian Five Life Tasks Through Slow Stitching (SC75) — Thu 4–5:30 pm (Workshop, FULL)
• Making Your Mark: The Innate Need to Create (SC176) — Fri 10:50 am–12:20 pm (Workshop, FULL)
• Bridging Cultures Film: Immigrant Women Navigating Loss, Uncovering Wisdom, and Belonging (SC20) — Fri 12–12:50 pm (Video)
• The Creative Arts Café: Clinical use of Therapeutic Performance (SC73) — Fri 12–12:50 pm (Paper)
• Community as Material: Collective Art making as Art Therapy, Method, and Activism (SC238) — Sat 10:50 am–12:20 pm (Workshop, FULL)

Updated August 18. 2026