Statewide Licensure Requirements

The American Art Therapy Association works to address educational requirements and standards as reflected in state licensure regulations and expressed by the various accrediting bodies. Programs approved by the Association’s Education Program Approval Board (EPAB) have met the organization’s established educational standards. These standards are generally aligned with and comparable to the educational standards for counseling. There are a variety of helping, educational, and art professions that have education and training requirements that parallel those of art therapy. Many credentialed art therapists seek and obtain licensure in additional fields, including professional counseling and marriage and family therapy. We support equal access to the available credentials and fair appraisals of our members’ relevant training and education.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS BY STATE.

Governmental Affairs Committee

Update coming soon..... Please stay tuned.

Government Relations Listserv

If you are interested in receiving periodic e-mail alerts updates from the American Art Therapy Association's Public Policy and Advocacy department, please send an e-mail to publicpolicy@arttherapy.org, and be sure to put “Subscribe to GR Listserv” in the subject line.

Arts Advocacy Day 2010

Tuesday, April 13 – AATA joined with hundreds of other advocates from all over the US to participate in Arts Advocacy Day events on Capitol Hill, supporting arts funding and acknowledging the importance of the arts in our lives and communities. AATA national office staff and members from several states attended a House of Representatives hearing, Arts Build Communities, and met with members of Congress.

After the hearing, our Director of Public Policy Julie Clark and former Board Member Irene Rosner David, spoke with U.S. Rep. Jim Moran about art therapy and veterans and with General Nolen Bivens about his testimony on the importance of creative arts therapies in military hospitals. See the Arts Advocacy press page at www.artsusa.org.

Arts Advocacy Day Hearing, from left to right: Rep. Jim Moran (8th District, Virginia; Irene Rosner David, Former AATA Board Member; and Julie Clark, Director of Public Policy, AATA

State Advocacy

Health Reform Signed Into Law

Read the first in a series of articles we’ll be posting to help Association members understand how health reform will affect art therapists and the practice of art therapy.

Click here to read the full article.

Call to Action

Tips On Writing Congress

The letter is the most popular choice of communication with a congressional office. If you decide to write a letter, this list of helpful suggestions will improve the effectiveness of the letter.read more

Disaster Relief

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was created to develop and focus attention on programs and funding for improving the lives of people with or at risk for mental and substance abuse disorders.read more

National Advocacy

Our President, Joan Phillips and other healthcare professionals recently participated in the March 3-6 meeting of the Health Professions Network (HPN) in the nation's capitol. Representatives of Health Professions Network (HPN) went to Congress to advocate for increased funding for and awareness of the allied health professions including art therapy.