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BATA Hill Day: Art Therapy in Ohio Advocacy Day Overview

BATA Hill Day: Art Therapy in Ohio Advocacy Day Overview

By Molly Kometiani | January 4, 2018 | Advocacy | Events

The Buckeye Art Therapy Association (BATA) hosted Art Therapy in Ohio Advocacy Day on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. It was a powerful, motivating, and exciting day for Buckeye art therapists and the community!

Featured Member: Sarah Deaver, 2017 Recipient of Honorary Lifetime Member Award

Featured Member: Sarah Deaver, 2017 Recipient of Honorary Lifetime Member Award

By Clara Keane | January 4, 2018 | #wearearttherapists |

Sarah Deaver, PhD, ATR-BC, was awarded the 2017 Honorary Lifetime Member (HLM) award, the highest honor bestowed by the AATA. Nominees are considered based on contributions across three broad categories: (1) Breadth of influence upon the entire field of art therapy; (2) Enduring effect upon the entire field of art therapy; and (3) Importance of contributions as evaluated from an interdisciplinary viewpoint.  Dr. Deaver has contributed extensively on each of the above and has earned tremendous respect in the field of art therapy for her influential work and leadership.

Creative Forces Clinical Research Summit

Creative Forces Clinical Research Summit

By Adrienne M. Stamper | October 5, 2017 | Veterans | Research | Events

The Creative Forces Clinical Research Summit took place on September 18th and 19th, 2017, at the National Academies of Science in Washington, DC. The intimate event gathered Department of Defense (DoD) and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) collaborators to discuss clinical research findings and approaches for investigating creative arts therapies.

2017 International Conference on Mobile Brain-Body Imaging and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity

2017 International Conference on Mobile Brain-Body Imaging and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity

By Juliet L. King | September 28, 2017 | Events | Research

I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to attend the second annual International Conference on Mobile Brain-Body Imaging and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity in Valencia, Spain, September, 10-13. As in last year’s Brain on Art conference, modern thinkers from around the world participated in thoughtful didactic and experiential dialogue.

Voices of Art Therapy: Breaking the Cycle of Addiction

Voices of Art Therapy: Breaking the Cycle of Addiction

By Clara Keane | September 14, 2017 | Health Care

In 2008, my family member revealed that he had secretly been caught in a full-blown heroin addiction for the previous six years. Before, I had thought I knew him. I thought he just acted a certain way, dressed a certain way, and had certain less-than-positive attributes about him.

Delaware Art Therapy Licensure Bill to be Signed into Law

Delaware Art Therapy Licensure Bill to be Signed into Law

By Clara Keane | September 27, 2017 | Advocacy

AATA representatives and Delaware art therapists will proudly witness the signing of the art therapy licensure bill S.B. 43 into law tomorrow, September 8, 2017. Jennifer August, MCAT, ATR-BC shares details about the advocacy journey she and other art therapists in Delaware underwent with strong support from the AATA to achieve this success for the profession.

Iona Senior Services Art Therapy Program Hosts First Lady of South Korea

Iona Senior Services Art Therapy Program Hosts First Lady of South Korea

By Elizabeth Kim | July 13, 2017 | International | Events

I run the art therapy program at Iona Senior Services in Washington, DC.   My program were selected to host South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-Sook.  South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the First Lady have both expressed their commitment to funding services for older adults with dementia and their families in South Korea.

How Images and Art Making Help Children’s Mental Health: An Illustrator and Art Therapist Explains

How Images and Art Making Help Children’s Mental Health: An Illustrator and Art Therapist Explains

By Clara Keane | July 6, 2017 | Children

Giora Carmi is an art therapist and illustrator of children’s books and other genres. The AATA interviewed him about his experience working with children both as clients in art therapy and as consumers of children’s books. In the following interview, Carmi discussed his book Circle of Friends (Carmi, 2003) in the context of how children can learn empathy through imagery and shared his experiences working with children in art therapy.

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