June 30, 2020 | Gabrielle Cooper With hundreds of Pride celebrations around the world canceled or postponed due to COVID-19, or reimagined with Black Lives Matter protests, this Pride Month has certainly been historic. We asked Gabrielle Cooper, a graduate...
June 17, 2020 | Multicultural Committee Coming soon! The American Art Therapy Association’s Multicultural Committee is launching a digital art project for which we encourage art therapy professionals, students, local chapters, and graduate and undergraduate...
May 28, 2020 As mental health professionals, art therapists see the dreadful effects of racism in our communities every day. This week, our nation witnessed via bystander video the exceptionally horrific death of George Floyd. A police officer pinned Mr. Floyd...
May 5, 2020 | AATA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee As art therapists, we value the essential need for the individuals, families, and communities we serve to have access to healthcare services and treatment no matter their ethnicity, socioeconomic...
February 26, 2020 | Jordan S. Potash,PhD, ATR-BC, REAT, LCAT (NY), LCPAT (MD) This post is part of the “Breaking the Chains of Racial Trauma in Therapy” blog series in honor of Black History Month, 2020. As a White art therapist who has worked...
February 25, 2020 | Angela Roman Clack, PhD, LPC This post is part of the “Breaking the Chains of Racial Trauma in Therapy” blog series in honor of Black History Month, 2020. I am pleased to participate in this blog series reemphasizing the themes...
