PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Art Therapy Association (AATA)
Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB)
Australian and New Zealand Arts Therapy Association (ANZATA)
British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT)
Expressive Arts Therapy Association Hong Kong (EATA HK)
Hong Kong Association of Art Therapists (HKAAT)
International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA)
National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies Associations (NCCATA)
PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS
International Art Therapy Exchange
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journals
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association
Book Publishers
Charles C. Thomas: Creative Therapies Catalog
Jessica Kingsley: Arts Therapies Catalog
Routledge: Creative and Expressive Arts Therapy Catalog
Shambhala: Art Therapy Catalog
* This list only represents the main publishers of creative and expressive arts therapy titles.
ADDITIONAL SITES OF INTEREST
Art of Empathy: This website contains art created by third year medical students during an art therapy workshop that I co-facilitated in order to foster self-awareness and promote empathy.
Art Therapy by Donna Betts, PhD, ATR-BC: information on assessments, autism, adoption, brain injury and eating disorders
Art Therapy Initiative (ATI): information on art therapy and political violence and international projects conducted by Debra Kalmanowitz and Bobby Lloyd
Expressive Therapies Summit: annual training opportunity on art, music, dance, drama, poetry and sandplay therapy
Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute: information and training opportunities on Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing approach integrated with expressive arts therapy as developed by Laury Rappaport
Open Studio Project: information on the community art therapy approach
The George Washington University Masters of Art in Art Therapy
The Hong Kong University Masters of Expressive Arts Therapy
Interviews with Art Therapists: This link will take you to the You Tube “Interviews AATA” channel. At the annual conference of the American Art Therapy Association in November 2008, art therapists were interviewed about their work, professional settings and clients.
