October 19, 2020 As mental health professionals, art therapists are closely connected with the needs of the communities they serve, especially now during the Coronavirus pandemic. Election Day is an opportunity to be a champion for your clients—and advocate...
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 10, 2020 On August 28, 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced appointments to the Advisory Board on Art Therapy — the first step to implementing the art therapy license, which took effect on July 1st, 2020. Appointments to the Advisory Board...
August 25, 2020 | By Ashley Skelly, ATR, LPCC-S As an art therapist or art therapy supporter, you are often asked to take action to contact state government legislators/leaders. Politics can be confusing to navigate, and the prospect of contacting...
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...
July 30, 2020 Have you visited our COVID-19 Resources page recently? You can find updates on Coronavirus and other health related legislation (https://arttherapy.org/covid-19-resources/#legislation), scroll through art therapists’ artwork, and explore a variety...
