AATA Blog
Supervision Across the Professional Lifespan: Learning, Growing, and Contributing
By AATA Board Member Dr. Kathryn Snyder
Being the moderator for the AATA 2026 three-part Supervision Series offered me a lot to sit with. Across each workshop, I kept returning to one through line: supervision is not a phase we pass through on the way to becoming a clinician. It is a practice that grows with us.
Featured Member: Elizabeth Fotopoulos
“Art is inherent to who we are as humans. Art is in everything that we do. Its in how we decorate our spaces and our self and has been apart of us since the beginning of humankind which makes art therapy the most effective form of counseling.”
Passing the Torch: A Conversation with Irene Rosner David on Medical Art Therapy and the Scholarship That Carries Her Legacy Foward
“I wanted to convey the ongoing and significant existence of art therapy in the medical milieu, recognize that expansion, and inspire the next generation”
— Irene Rosner David,
Featured Member: Dr. Kathryn Snyder
“I am a proud member of the Board of Directors, where I feel I can support the sustainability of our organization while helping to welcome and mentor a new generation of art therapists.”
Featured Member: Sherry Warner
“People of all ages can participate in Art Therapy. Art Therapy can be helpful for verbally resistance clients, it can help us express through the use of metaphor and symbolism, and build healthy connections to self and others through curiosity and play.”
Featured Member: Kirsten Eby
“Advocating for the profession is an important part of my professional identity and I believe it is important to do the work to benefit the art therapists who may want to work in Arizona in the future.”
— Kirsten Eby, ATR-BC, LPC
Featured Member: Stella Pallasch
I’m currently interning at a forensic hospital and I love it. I love helping people and creating a safe space where they can explore art.
AATA Undergraduate Education Committee Updates
Welcome to the 2026 Winter Edition of the Undergraduate Art Therapy Educators Newsletter.
Syracuse University’s Art Therapy Program Sponsors Conference Participation for All Students – Fostering Connection and a Sense of Belonging
February 1, 2026 | By Jennifer DeLucia, DAT, ATR-BC, LCAT, Chair, Dept. of Creative Arts Therapy, Syracuse University In 2011, I attended my first American Art Therapy Association (AATA) conference—not as a student, but five years into my career. It was the...
Myths About the Expressive Therapies Continuum, Part III
In the final article of this series, we challenge common assumptions about art materials and the Expressive Therapies Continuum, and explore how these myths distort the understanding of art therapy practice.