November 21, 2024 | By the Virginia Art Therapy Association Board On October 18th, Virginia advocates gathered once again at the Advisory Board meeting in Henrico to make public comments emphasizing the need for art therapy licensure regulations to be signed and ask...
November 1, 2024 While art interventions have long been used with veterans and service members, increases in mental health issues make it more important than ever to highlight the work art therapists do to support these communities and their families. If you...
October 2, 2024 | By Jen McSparron MA, LPC, ATR-BC On September 3rd, a dedicated group of Texas art therapists traveled to Austin to advocate for independent art therapy licensure in Texas. Armed with goodie bags filled with information about art therapy and existing...
August 21, 2024 | By Bridget Pemberton-Smith, ATR-BC I first got to know Laura when she came to work as an intern at the Art Therapy Institute (ATI) in North Carolina and I was her internship site supervisor. Despite coming to the field later in her career, she was...
August 20, 2024 | By Dr. Jessica Stallings, ATR-BC, LIMHP, LPC, LMHP The Nebraska Art Therapy Licensure Coalition was created in 2017 after then recent social work graduate and soon-to-be George Washington post-Masters art therapy student, Jenelle Miller, asked AATA...
August 6, 2024 | By Eliza Homer, PhD, ATR-BC, LCPC, NCC, Executive Director, Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education (ACATE) As part of the CAAHEP Standards development process, the Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education (ACATE) is inviting public...
