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Active Minds, a national non-profit mental health resource for students, works with students on more than 350 campuses across the country to create an open environment in which students can discuss mental health issues and connect to resources they need. Art therapists can assist Active Minds Chapters in developing awareness events and educational presentations on campuses and serve as a resource for students. Click here to locate a campus or chapter
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Build An Exciting Career!
Developing your Career in Art Therapy? Our Art Therapy Career Center/Job Board is your premiere resource for making online employment connections in the field of art therapy. Job seeking professionals can ensure their resumes are being seen by those in the industry who matter most to them. The Art Therapy Career Center offers job seekers free and confidential resume posting, automated weekly email notification of new job listings, and the ability to save jobs for later review. Begin to expand your career now by posting your resume. The Art Therapy Career Center offers employers access to Art Therapist professionals, along with quick and easy job posting and online job activity reports.
Launching and Managing Your Art Therapy Practice |
 This tool kit assists practicing art therapists, new professionals and students structure their practice effectively. The step by step guide and connection to resources is intended to be a convenient way for members to begin and continue to build a successful private practice career in art therapy. New information and practice management resources will be added to this on-line resource going forward. Members may access the kit by clicking here.
 Our Find-An-Art Therapist locator, offers special locator services exclusively for members to attract clients and others to their practice. To receive the member discount and learn more about being listed on this site, please log into the members only section of our web site. To find a credentialed Art Therapist through the Find An Art Therapist program, please click here.
 The Institute for Continuing Education in Art Therapy (ICE/AT) provides expanded professional development opportunities through online courses that help you earn continuing education credits and assist you in keeping your credentials current and increase your knowledge of the field. Click here to download the Course Catalog, or login to ICE/AT http://arttherapy.trainingcampus.net/ to view the ‘Product Catalog’. Members of the Association receive a 38% discount on the regular online course fee! Consider becoming a course author. Click here to download the ICE/AT Author Kit.
Would you like to be a spokesperson for the art therapy profession? Are you a credentialed profession with experience or training in working with the media? If so, we would like to invite you to participate in the Association’s Ambassador Program!
We welcome your involvement in helping to communicate to the public, the media and others about the importance of the field of art therapy. The Ambassador’s Program consists of credentialed, experienced art therapists who serve as media contacts in their particular area of expertise or specialization. Many Ambassadors work in private practice so they can boast their profession and gain positive exposure for their practice.
Please send your resume and specialty area to ambassador@arttherapy.org. Note that Ambassadors must be active members of the American Art Therapy Association and must be a credentialed ATR-BC. Media requests are matched with Ambassadors according to geographic location and area/s of expertise. Each Ambassador participates in training and is given pre-reading to assist in their work. If selected to address an issue, you will be provided with information regarding the request and appropriate contact information. Please let us know if you’d like more information by sending an email to ambassador@arttherapy.org.
Tool Kits for Careers in Art Therapy developed in collaboration with leading employer groups to assist them to develop effective art therapy programs that produce results in growing career tracks.
Implement a Successful Art Therapy Program for Youth Affected by Traumatic Events and Health Challenges to initiate and enhance an art therapy program for young people that helps them build resilience, improve self-esteem and competence, and develop coping skills. Explore the many positive outcomes of an effective art therapy program.
ART THERAPY CREDENTIALS BOARD |
In 1993, the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB) was created by the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) to be the national credentialing body for art therapy. Since then, many art therapists have come to both the AATA and the ATCB with questions and confusion about the similarities and differences between the two organizations.
Both AATA and ATCB are non-profit organizations as well as separate legal entities with independent purposes. Each corporation operates according to its own articles of incorporation and bylaws. According to the bylaws of the ATCB, the AATA is the sole member of the ATCB and as such, has approval rights over certain specified changes to the ATCB bylaws. Each company maintains its own board of directors and separate management offices. Additionally, each organization has its own respective mission. Despite all of the differences between the AATA and the ATCB, the corporate entities are closely aligned and share a common goal of promoting the profession and the ethical practice of art therapy.
The AATA is a membership organization. The ATCB is a credentialing body. As a credentialing body, the ATCB creates and maintains standards associated with earning art therapy credentials. The mission of the ATCB is to protect the public by promoting the competent and ethical practice of art therapy. In response to its mission, the ATCB offers two credentials; Registered Art Therapist (ATR), and Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC). Both of these credentials are solely owned and granted by the ATCB. Credential holders must adhere to the ATCB’s Code of Professional Practice, thus ensuring that the public is protected. The ATCB further protects the public by reviewing and adjudicating ethical complaints made against ATRs and ATR-BCs as warranted and outlined by the Code of Professional Practice. ATCB receives calls from the public and from art therapists wanting us to investigate or take complaints against individuals not credentialed with the ATCB. The ATCB can investigate only those complaints made against credential holders. It is not authorized to investigate complaints made against students, non-credentialed professional members of the AATA, or individuals who allegedly use art therapeutically, but do not have formal art therapy training. The ATCB can, however, investigate the use of credentials that are deceptively similar to the ATR or ATR-BC designation.
The most frequent question posed to both organizations refers to membership dues and annual maintenance fees charged by each entity. AATA charges annual membership dues. ATCB charges an annual maintenance fee for the retention of credentials. If you are a member of the AATA and hold credentials with the ATCB, you will receive a yearly bill from each of these two corporations. These fees are used by each organization to maintain and support their respective missions.
The membership cycle for the AATA follows a calendar year from January to December, while the cycle for credentials from the ATCB follows a fiscal year of July to June. This structure was determined by AATA and the ATCB so that individuals associated with both organizations would not be billed by both at the same time. Credential holders with the ATCB pay an annual maintenance fee that is based on membership status within the AATA: members of the AATA receive a discount on the ATCB’s fees in that they are charged half of what non-members are charged to maintain their registration and/or certification with the ATCB.
Art Therapy Credentials Board
(877) 213-2822
Members of the American Art Therapy Association receive a 30% discount on your 2012 ATCB maintenance fees. |
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