July 17, 2025 | By Terri Willis, MA, ATR-BC, LPAT Join Terri Willis and the AATA Staff on August 14, 2025, for a virtual event for Delaware Art Therapists to connect, explore mentorship and advocacy opportunities, and learn about current practice regulations....
March 31, 2025 | By Briana Colton MA, ATR-BC, LPCC On March 4th, Minnesota art therapists visited the State Capital in St. Paul, marking our third annual Day on the Hill event aimed at increasing visibility and awareness of art therapy and advocating for SF1675 and...
December 20, 2024 Today, AATA sent a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to sign A9018/S8715 into law. The bill, which was passed by the state House and Senate in June, would authorize Licensed Creative Arts Therapists (LCAT) to bill Medicaid directly...
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...
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...
