April 15, 2024 Lisa Wasserman, PsyD, ATR-BC, ATCS, and Lourdes Figueroa, MPS, ATR, provide art therapy services at the Memorial Regional Hospital (MRH) Department of Behavioral Health and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital of South Florida (JoeD), both in...
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...
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...
September 19, 2019 “Be strong, be loud, and be assertive for those you serve… We are in a fight to defend and protect critical behavioral health programs.” – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-6) during her address to Hill Day attendees This...
By Clara Keane | September 14, 2017 | Health Care BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG Natalie Foster, LMAFT, pursuing ATR, “Phoenix Rising” In 2008, my family member revealed that he had secretly been caught in a full-blown heroin addiction for the previous six years....
By Clara Keane | August 10, 2017 | Health Care BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG Thank you to everyone who has shared their meaningful stories with us. The AATA continues to gather stories and vignettes from art therapists to help answer the familiar question, “What is Art...
