July 19, 2024 Join Magdalena Karlick for a 2-hour AATA Continuing Education event expanding on her 2023 blog post “Belonging Is Being Seen.” Register here. Community care is a fundamental human need. It is with our chosen families and communities that we find common language, experience, acceptance, and celebration. The visceral sense of belonging reduces anxiety and increases the sense of being seen, being safe, and having purpose. It offers connection, guidance, mentorship, relief, and mirroring. When we lose our inherited communities – whether based on how we dress ..read more

June 2024   This Pride Month, we are honored to highlight the perspectives of our members, and the work they do to support their clients and the LGBTQ+ community. Please take a moment to read their profiles and share with your friends and networks. Also check out these Pride Month resources in support of the LGBTQ+ community.   Read AATA Board Member Michael Galarraga’s full Feature Member profile and his blog post, Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Space for LGBTQIA+ Clients.   Read AATA Member Dan Anthon’s full Feature Member profile.   Read ..read more

June 25, 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. We invite Featured Members to share their insights about their work, clients, and art therapy journey. This Pride Month, we are focusing on the work and experiences of our LGBTQ+ members. What does Pride mean to you?   I’ve thought a lot about pride over the years, which feels normal considering I’m a queer man. A misconception I ca ..read more

June 25, 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. We invite Featured Members to share their insights about their work, clients, and art therapy journey. This Pride Month, we are focusing on the work and experiences of our LGBTQ+ members. What does Pride mean to you?  Marsha P Johnson.   Sylvia Rivera.  Stonewall.   Interrupting homophobia, transphobia, and limi ..read more

June 25, 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. We invite Featured Members to share their insights about their work, clients, and art therapy journey. This Pride Month, we are focusing on the work and experiences of our LGBTQ+ members. What excites you most about your job right now? I love working for myself, earning a living helping others, and delivering the joy of art to people. I also ..read more

June 24, 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. We invite Featured Members to share their insights about their work, clients, and art therapy journey. This Pride Month, we are focusing on the work and experiences of our LGBTQ+ members. Has working with a particular client group shaped your professional focus or specialty?  Advocating for equitable representation in education materials ..read more

June 24, 2024 | Eliza Homer, PhD, ATR-BC, LCPC, NCC, Director, ACATE Overview of the Substantive Changes to ACATE Policies and Procedures At its May meeting, ACATE approved four substantive policy changes to improve the accreditation process and provide more transparency of timelines and thresholds. These updates and additions to ACATE Policies and Procedures can be seen in detail on the ACATE/CAAHEP website on the page numbers indicated. III.A. Application for Initial Accreditation, pp. 7-9 ACATE policy has required programs seeking initial accreditation to have graduated a cohor ..read more

June 19, 2024 | By Carolyn Brown Treadon, Ph.D., ATR-BC, ATCS, AATA Conference Committee Chair On behalf of the American Art Therapy Association, I am thrilled to announce Dr. Bertice Berry as the keynote speaker for the AATA2024 Conference, “Building Bridges,” to be held Oct. 6 – 9, in Pittsburgh, PA. Bertice Berry, PhD, is a sociologist, author, lecturer, storyteller, mother, and grandmother. She is also a woman of science and faith. As an author and award-winning lecturer, Dr. Berry has published 13 best-selling books in both fiction and non-fiction and has won numerous awards ..read more

June 11, 2024 | By Magdalena Karlick, Ph.D-c, ATR-BC, LPCC, Sante Fe, New Mexico Your client or supervisee: starts dating your student… is good friends with one of your mentors… is working with your therapist… their good friend offers your partner a job… they know each other well… they date each other. These connections evolve over time, some are unknown to the therapist/supervisor at first, some don’t exist… yet. Magdalena Karlick, excerpt from “Over the Pond” 2024 In small queer* communities there are many overlapping connections: queer therapists and supervisors navigate multiple ..read more

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