The O*NET Database Needs Updating. Here’s How You Can Help.

The O*NET Database Needs Updating. Here’s How You Can Help.

March 18, 2024   The Department of Labor’s Occupational Network (O*NET) Program is the nation’s primary source of occupational information. Central to the program is the O*NET database, which classifies and defines hundreds of jobs. The ways in which...
Featured Member: Tuesdai Johnson

Featured Member: Tuesdai Johnson

March 6, 2024 The American Art Therapy Association represents a diversity of professionals, students, and organizations across the nation. We recognize and celebrate the work of our members at all levels through our Featured Member series. “Truthfully, what keeps me...
Consider Becoming an ACATE Council Member! 

Consider Becoming an ACATE Council Member! 

March 5, 2024   ACATE Council Positions Open July 1 for 2 Educators and 1 Practitioner The Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education (ACATE) is currently seeking applications and nominations for two Educator and one Practitioner positions that will become...
Creative Arts Therapies Week 2024

Creative Arts Therapies Week 2024

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...
Barbie Just Embarked on a New Career as an Art Therapist!

Barbie Just Embarked on a New Career as an Art Therapist!

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...
Chapter Advocacy Updates: Accomplishments from 2023 and 2024

Chapter Advocacy Updates: Accomplishments from 2023 and 2024

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,...
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