October 28, 2022 | Deborah Good, PhD, HLM, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPAT, LPCC New Mexico LPATs are now eligible to apply for Medicaid reimbursement as private practitioners. This is a huge victory because, as many of you know, Medicaid approval status sets the standard for all...
April 21, 2022 | Margaret Carlock-Russo, Ed.D., LCAT(NY), ATR-BC, ATCS, Past President, American Art Therapy Association For a long while, even before art therapists first became licensed anywhere in the US, art therapists have been debating the value of professional...
February 18, 2022 | Traci Bitondo LPAT, LPC, ATR-BC, ACS, ATCS, New Jersey Art Therapy Association Government Affairs Chairperson It feels so good to finally report this with confidence: New Jersey is licensing Art Therapists! While that alone is worth celebrating,...
January 27, 2022 | By AATA National Office Staff with Special Thanks to AATA Member Mike Fogel, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, for contributing his significant research on this subject. The No Surprises Act was signed into law in December 2020 with the intention of protecting...
May 6, 2021 | Paige Scheinberg, ATR-BC & Catherine Harris, ATR-BC, TN Art Therapy Association Governmental Affairs Committee Co-Chairs “We did it, y’all! We passed the Senate and the House… and, now, the Governor has signed our bill. We now have an Art...
March 11, 2021 The American Art Therapy Association is pleased to announce that Mississippi House Bill 1315, which would have repealed the license for art therapists as well as several other occupations, died in committee on March 2nd, 2021. The AATA thanks and...
