By Clara Keane | May 11, 2017 | Children | Education BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG During the month of May, starting with the kickoff event on National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the AATA...
By Clara Keane | May 4, 2017 | Advocacy BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG On Monday evening, May 1, Arizona Governor Douglas Ducey signed SB 1434, art therapy services; contracting requirements, into law. The bill authorizes the state to contract with art therapists who hold...
By Clara Keane | April 20, 2017 | Advocacy BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG On Tuesday April 18, H.B. 298, Health Insurance – Licensed Clinical Professional Art Therapists – Reimbursement, was approved by Governor Larry Hogan! The bill passed unanimously through the House...
By Teresa Grame, LCSW, ATR-BC, RPT-S, Chair of SoCAlATA Honors Committee | February 23, 2017 | Community BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG Water is Life: Mni Wiconi The Southern California Art Therapy Association (SoCalATA) was honored to present Lauryn Hunter, LMFT, ATR with the...
By Ellen Speert, ATR-BC, REAT | October 27, 2016 | About Art Therapy BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG The Nez Pierce have a saying: “Heal yourself and heal Mother Earth and all our relations.” It is widely agreed that art therapy is as old as the earliest human expression. We...
By Kat Michel | September 7, 2016 | Trauma | Events | BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG From September 6-8, 2016, Bellevue Hospital in New York City will be hosting the exhibit “Transformations in Time,” artwork created in response to 9/11 and in observance of its 15th...
