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It establishes criteria for training and licensing of art therapists, maintains job banks, sponsors conferences, and publishes a newsletter and a journal Art Therapy: the journal of the American Art Therapy Association. [2] Founded in 1969, the AATA is one of the world's leading art therapy membership organizations.
Robert Ault (1936–2008) was an American art therapist who was the co-founder of American Art Therapy Association, the founder of the Master's of Science in Art Therapy program at Emporia State University, and the founder of the Kansas Art Therapy Association. [1]
Harriet Claire Wadeson Ph.D., LCSW, ATR-BC, HLM (January 9, 1931 – January 26, 2016 [1]) was a pioneer in the art therapy profession, as well as an accomplished author, researcher, and educator, who established and directed the Art Therapy Graduate Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Art Therapy Certificate Program at Northwestern University [2] where she taught up to ...
Don Jones (March 15, 1923 – January 28, 2015) was an American artist and art therapist, fourth American Art Therapy Association (AATA) President, Honorary Life Member of AATA, and one of five founders of the American Art Therapy Association. [1] [2]
Research has shown that art therapy can help people with a wide range of conditions like cancer, stress, dementia, anxiety, addiction, and more.
She continued to work in NYU's Graduate Art Therapy Program from 1973 to 2005 as an adjunct professor and was an assistant professor in the Graduate Art Therapy Program at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. [7] [non-primary source needed] The American Art Therapy Association gave her the award of "Honorary Life Member,” a mark ...
The American Art Therapy Association defines art therapy as: "an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, [22] applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship." [23]
Malchiodi is a member of the American Art Therapy Association. In 2002, she was awarded with the Distinguished Service Award, Clinician Award, and Honorary Life Member Award, which is described as the “highest honor” available in the association. She is the first person to have received all three awards that the group offers.