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By AATA President-Elect Raquel Farrell-Kirk, MS, ATR-BC AATA’s Professional Affairs Committee is proud to work with AATA volunteer advocates to support art therapy licensure. The Committee is excited to share with our chapters and volunteers draft art therapy licensure legislation! Having a template for proposed legislation streamlines the process by reducing the amount of time spent determining license requirements and legal definitions or consulting other states’ legislation. We also hope that having one piece of sample legislation as a model for all states could help standardize license requirements and increase the likelihood that art therapists moving between states could be licensed under reciprocity clauses. This document is now accessible on the MyAATA Advocacy & Public Policy page and can be customized to match state specific requirements. Reach out to the AATA National Office if you have questions or want to get involved!
By The Virginia Art Therapy Association Board As Gretchen Graves explained, to ensure the licensure of our profession in Virginia, it is crucial we continue contacting decision makers until our voices are heard! Virginia’s state legislature passed an art therapy licensure bill in 2020, which was signed into law by then Governor Ralph Northam. Before the legislation could be acted upon, however, Governor Glen Youngkin took office and has not since established an art therapy licensing process in accordance with the law. Now, we must advocate on behalf of Virginia's art therapists and our clients to urge three key decision-makers to establish a licensing process. If you live in Virginia, please join us and support art therapy in your state! (Photo: Art therapy advocates in Richmond after a Virginia Senate meeting in 2020)
By Dr. Jessica Stallings, ATR-BC, LIMHP, LPC, LMHP The Nebraska Art Therapy Licensure Coalition was created in 2017 when then recent social work graduate and soon-to-be George Washington post-Masters art therapy student Jenelle Miller asked a simple question: How might one go about securing licensure for art therapists in Nebraska? A conversation with AATA’s National Office team gave Jenelle the idea to approach Nebraskans from the Arts — and a coalition began to develop. Here’s the full story on how she, along with Jennifer Jividen Jackson, Jessica Stallings, Yasmin Tucker, and other art therapists in Nebraska, secured art therapy licensure in their state.
This spring, the Department of Labor is updating the O*NET database and has asked for AATA’s help. They need a list of art therapy professionals who have five or more years of experience and hold an ATR-BC to complete the O*NET survey. In order for AATA to provide this list, we are asking all art therapists to update their MyAATA profiles with the most up-to-date information about their credentials and years of experience.
Learn how to update your profile... Member Corner
By Bridget Pemberton-Smith, ATR-BC I first got to know Laura when I was her internship site supervisor. Despite coming to the field later in her career, she was all in as an art therapist from the moment she started — and a passionate artist too! However, when she graduated from her art therapy program, she learned that recent changes to counselor licensure in our home state of North Carolina now prevented her from obtaining a license.
Despite the rise in mental health diagnoses, 165 million Americans currently live in mental health care health professional shortage areas, making it extremely difficult to get help. Advocating for licensure isn’t just about advocating for practicing art therapists; it’s about increasing access to mental health care for all who need it. Here’s a look at what AATA chapter leaders and volunteers are working on — and how you can help. If there isn’t a licensure campaign in your state, take a look at Nebraska’s story and how then art therapy student Jenelle Miller started a campaign! (Photo: Art therapists in Pennsylvania hosting a Hill Day.)
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. If we lose our inherited communities, by choice or by force, it is a deep rupture. In this virtual CE session hosted by AATA Member Magdalena V. Karlick, M.A., Phd-c, ATR-BC, LPCC, we will explore the experience of belonging, some of the factors that limit this internal and interpersonal experience, and how we all can nurture belonging in our professional environments. Registration fees are $52 for AATA members and $82 for non-members. The session is FREE for AATA student members! Attendees may receive two CE credits.
JOURNAL NEWS Our first-ever printed annual edition of Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association is coming! This collector’s edition compiles the four issues of the journal in Volume 41 into one printed publication. Only 500 copies of this special printed version will be available for purchase — only for AATA members. Reserve your copy today! ResourcesOur updated MyAATA Advocacy & Public Policy section now includes a revamped Advocacy Resource Library, which includes examples of harm, sunrise review applications from other states, a campaign tracking template, materials to educate your legislators, and more! Plus, join the State Advocacy Forum to connect with fellow advocates and get your questions answered.
With the help of AATA’s all-volunteer Professional Affairs Committee, we’ve created a comprehensive resource for our members addressing licensure, certification, scope of practice, and more. Licensure and Certification Guide can be accessed through the MyAATA Advocacy & Public Policy page within the Main folder of the Advocacy Resource Library.
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