By Michael Franklin, PhD, ATR-BC Naropa University art therapy professor Michael Franklin, program graduates Jordan Yates and Zoe Schlanger, MA Art Therapy Candidate Kelsey Geiger, and Moxie Bread Company volunteers, together coordinated our first Open-Air Clay Art...
September 24, 2020 Art therapy is a mental health profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic...
September 24, 2020 | By Jenelle Hallaert, MS, MA, P-LMHP When I flew home to the Midwest for spring break in March 2020, I didn’t expect that flight to end up being a one way ticket. Little did I know I was going to spend the next four months in virtual...
August 24, 2020 Art therapists, as mental health professionals, are frontline “essential workers” during the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the American Art Therapy Association’s online Coronavirus pandemic survey. Half (53.1%) of art therapists reported...
Monthly Art Therapy Group Continues for Northern California Camp Fire Survivors June 27, 2019 | By Devora Weinapple, MFT, ATR-BC | Community | Trauma | #WeAreArtTherapists Note: Some images and text depict the immediate aftermath of the wildfire and some may find them...
March 6, 2019 | #WeAreArtTherapists BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG Cheryl Doby-Copeland, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, LMFT, HLM joins us at the AATA National Office to answer your questions, and talk about her perspectives on art therapy practice, addressing diversity, working with...