Journey to Art Therapy

There are many ways through which art therapists and pre-professionals in training have learned about the field of art therapy and entered professional practice! This series of four discussions aims to support a diversity of voices, at different stages of their training and careers, in sharing their journeys into the field. By offering a free, virtual series that is relatively easily accessible, beginning with a target audience of middle and high school students, it is hoped that this series might also, in part, address timely educational/career path access and promote further diversity among those seeking to enter/entering the field.

This fourth event, The Journey of Advancing the Field, will allow long-time practitioners in the field to share experiences such as advocacy work; any perceptions of impacts of the clinification of the field on training access beginning in the 1980’s through the present; and thoughts as to how the field might respond to the current post-pandemic mental health crisis, including calls for a greater diversity of and access to practitioners beyond traditional service delivery models.

Please email info@arttehrapy.org if you have any questions or want to request particular accommodations for the virtual event. 

Learning from the Journeys into Art Therapy

There are many ways through which art therapists and pre-professionals in training have learned about the field of art therapy and entered professional practice! This series of four discussions aims to support a diversity of voices, at different stages of their training and careers, in sharing their journeys into the field. By offering a free, virtual series that is relatively easily accessible, beginning with a target audience of middle and high school students, it is hoped that this series might also, in part, address timely educational/career path access and promote further diversity among those seeking to enter/entering the field.

This third event, The Journey into Practice, will allow post-graduate students and new professionals to present about their experiences of degree completion and navigating academic and perhaps interpersonal challenges they experienced in the process. They would also be asked to share how they prepared for post-grad professional ‘launch’ licensing/credentialing, finding work, and connecting with supervisors with whom they found professional and/or personal affinity. 

Please email info@arttehrapy.org if you have any questions or want to request particular accommodations for the virtual event. 

The No Surprises Act is in effect, but what does that mean for your private practice?  Beginning January 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act requires health care providers, including art therapists, to provide uninsured and self-pay clients a Good Faith Estimate of costs for services when they schedule care or when requested. 

Sigrid Haines, partner at Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP, explains what this new act means for the art therapy community. 

This is a LIMITED offering until 6/3/2022. 

This session is FREE for AATA members. Non-members are welcome for a $40 registration fee. Eligible participants will receive 1.0 CEU for the session. 

Please email info@arttherapy.org if you have any questions or want to request particular accommodations for the virtual event. 

ATCB, NBCC, NY LCAT
Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff, PhD, LCAT, CLAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, CCTP, Morgan Gaydos, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT, Erin Poland, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT-LP and Skylar Sena
Considering an individual’s state of happiness, concepts
such as fulfillment, enlightenment, and contentment,
help define happiness. This presentation will explore
positive affect and increased life satisfaction through
the impact of nature-based experiences, art therapy,
and how connecting to nature can support individuals
during a global pandemic with restricted environmental
access.

ATCB, NY LCAT
Miranda Vellozzi-Fischetto, MA, LCAT - LP
This past year we have all had to adapt and adjust due
to COVID-19. As future art therapists, a group of
graduate students navigated a way to continue our
studies, explore technology-based art practices, and
overcome social distancing to connect with an unlikely
group of New Horizons band members.

ATCB, NBCC, NY LCAT
Sara Miller, PhD, LCPC, ATCS
This presentation describes the results of an art-based
program evaluation with artists labeled/with
intellectual and developmental disabilities in studio
practice. The artists identified what they value about
their studio today and what they want for the future of
their studio. Findings have implications for future
therapeutic practice in studios.

ATCB, NBCC, NY LCAT
Siri Jakobsson Støre, PhD student in Psychology, Specialist Psychologist in Clinical Psychology
The paper is a systematic review and meta-analysis of all
randomized and cluster randomized controlled trials
comparing the effects of mandala coloring and free-drawing on state anxiety.

ATCB, NY LCAT
Megan Robb, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, NCC, and Kirsten O'Loughlin, MA candidate
Through a meta-synthesis of existing art therapy
literature, we have uncovered alignment with common
factors, which are deemed necessary for change, in the
therapy. These are therapeutic alliance, confiding
healing setting, ritual, and client expectations. Another
major factor specific to the field of art therapy
emerged: relational aesthetics.

ATCB, NY LCAT
Tracy Councill, MA, ATR-BC, LCPA, Susan Anand, MA, ATBC, ATCS, LPAT
Art therapy in medicine harks back to the origins of our
field, and the expanding field of medicine itself offers the
possibility of creating new programs. Two art therapists
with decades of practice will share the inspirations,
evolution, and adaptations on which they have built their
careers.

ATCB, NBCC, NY LCAT

Patricia St John, EdD, ATR-BC, LCAT
What are your options when a student researcher
breaches academic integrity and honesty policies and
procedures? How do you resolve the infraction
objectively and without bias or discrimination? Hauck
and Ling's (2018) five-step DO ART method was
implemented. Creating artwork at each step was
intrinsic to resolving the dilemma.