![]() ![]() Joining local advocacy initiatives can be a great way to connect with other art therapists around you and have a positive impact on your community by expanding access to life changing mental health care! Reach out to your local chapters and Tyler Kirby, AATA Policy and Public Affairs Manager, at or (703) 548-5862 to learn about local initiatives or to get one started.Read AATA Past President Margaret Carlock Russo’s post on the importance of advocacy and licensure.Get started by watching this virtual advocacy session where you’ll hear about the basics of advocacy from art therapists who have been advocating for the profession for decades.We want to make it as easy as possible to learn more and join the campaign in your state. ![]() AATA works with our state and local chapters in securing licenses in their states, obtain insurance reimbursement, as well as protect the art therapy profession from the threat of deregulation, which would take away the public’s ability to discern qualified practitioners from bad actors. Now more than ever, art therapists need to rally to gain art therapy licensure to ensure professional sustainability for generations to come. While art therapists have relied on licensure through related allied mental health professions in the past, the window for that option is closing rapidly. Additionally, art therapists are recognized for purposes of state hiring and/or title protection in Arizona, Louisiana, and New Hampshire. They are regulated under related professional licenses in Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Utah. Art therapists hold professional art therapy licenses in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, and Virginia. ![]() With our chapters and mental health partners, AATA works to raise public awareness about art therapy, make services more accessible to communities, and promote legislative and regulatory initiatives that advance the profession and support the well-being of art therapists and the clients they serve.Īrt therapy is now a regulated mental health profession in 15 states and the District of Columbia. ![]()
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