March 5, 2024 During Creative Arts Therapies Week, the third week of March, we raise awareness about art therapy and other life-enhancing mental health professions. Creative Arts Therapists are mental health professionals who use arts-based interventions and...
February 26, 2024 Mattel’s Barbie brand just launched its first mental health career—and they chose to show Barbie as an art therapist! AATA hopes Art Therapy Barbie will inspire the next generation of art therapists and mental health professionals. The...
March 31, 2024 | By Meredith Ashley, AATA Policy and Communications Coordinator It’s no secret we are in the throes of a global mental health crisis. According to the APA, currently more than a third of U.S. adults have a diagnosed mental health condition. In fact,...
February 2024 Each February, AATA celebrates Black History Month and recognizes Black art therapists who served as pioneers for the profession and our association. To learn more about the work of the art therapists profiled below, please visit Black History in...
February 8, 2024 | Eliza Homer, PhD, ATR-BC, LCPC, NCC, Chair, Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education (ACATE) Last month, two additional art therapy master’s programs received initial accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health...
Women, and African American/Black women in particular, are experiencing mental health problems at alarming rates. But compared to their white counterparts, African American/Black women are only half as likely to seek help. As the African American/Black community...
