Information Session with David Hamilton, Licensure of Creative Arts Therapists

http://www.nyarttherapy.org/NYATA.ppt

Here is a link to the information provided by David Hamilton from NYS regarding Creative Arts Licensure.

L-CAT Survey: VERY IMPORTANT for Art Therapists and other L-CATS!

Feeling frustrated, confused, annoyed, hopeless about obtaining your LCAT???

Please use your voices and click on the link below to complete a survey created in an effort to improve the process of obtaining a limited permit and receiving a license through the New York Office of Professions.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=SOt_2ffB3xAkueOfzkmMZvOQ_3d_3d


This is an opportunity for you to be heard and to advocate for the Art Therapy profession. It is our belief that there is power in numbers. Please feel free to pass this survey along to any art therapists who are not members of NYATA. Any and all information will be useful and greatly appreciated!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=SOt_2ffB3xAkueOfzkmMZvOQ_3d_3d

Thank You,
Dina Palma & Siobhan Casey

Marketing yourself as an artist...

I came across this wonderful website about marketing yourself as an artist and there is a lot of information and inspiration that can apply to working as an art therapist....

I was especially inspired by this article...

http://www.teras-wish.com/giving.htm

ENJOY!

An Invitation to Participate in a Global Interactive Art Event

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0n8pMHz_U


The International Art Therapy Organization [www.internationalarttherapy.org] and the Art Therapy Alliance [www.arttherapyalliance.org] are sponsoring a global interactive event called "Art. Peace. Sustainability." Everyone is invited to submit postcard-sized format [5 x 8 inch] works reflecting these concepts for this event. You also can make “response art” inspired by the following questions:
Does art therapy impact peace and sustainability on the planet?
How do art, peace, and sustainability intersect?
Does the creative process of art making resolve conflicts?
Does art therapy build and sustain community?
Is art therapy a "green" practice?


You can create as many artworks as you want to and participate in two ways:
1) create your image in the space below, make an electronic scan or digital photo, and email to gallery@internationalarttherapy.org or 2) create your work on Polyvore.com at http://www.polyvore.com/art_peace_sustainability_an_interactive/group.show?id=72471 and submit to the Art Peace Sustainability Event web gallery. Have fun!

Need inspiration? Then watch this short film on YouTube. Think. Respond. Create.

Meet and Greet and Make Art Together! Meet others from the IATO and Art Therapy Alliance communities at the 2009 AATA Conference Open Studio on Friday, November 20th, from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm.

Lifestyle Coordinator Job at Thompson Health

This could be a possible job for an Art Therapist...


http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?sc_extcmp=JS_JobAlert_Title&ipath=PSSKGT54P&psa=1&Job_DID=J8H6Q160LXL06ZJ7BV6

Empty Chairs Project: Ithaca NY

The Empty Chairs Project:
Loss After Suicide
CSMA Gallery, September 4-25, 2009330 E. State Street, Downtown Ithaca, NYOpening Reception Sept. 4, 5-8 pm
The Empty Chairs Project is about:
Creating visible and meaningful symbols of the grief and loss felt by those who have lost a loved one to suicide
Raising awareness about suicide and suicide prevention
Commemorating 40 years of service in Tompkins County and the Finger Lakes region of New York by Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service

http://www.suicidepreventionandcrisisservice.org/spv_40th.html

L-CAT Supervision Groups Available

I am a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (L-CAT) in New York State and I am available for supervision to art therapists who are seeking NYS Creative Arts Licensure.

Once a student graduates from a program in Art Therapy, they can start obtaining supervision for client contact hours that will count toward your L-CAT.

It is required that you have supervision from a L-CAT or similiar field. Please see http://www.op.nysed.gov/catlic.htm for more information on supervision requirements.

Specialties include: children and adults with developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury (TBI), geriatric populations, at-risk adolescents and children and adults with chronic mental illness.

I offer individual and group therapy supervision rates at affordable prices for recent graduates!

Please email shannon_halligan@yahoo.com with questions.

Creative Arts Therapy Podcasts

http://www.creativetherapysessions.com/creative_therapy_podcast.html

These podcasts include guest speakers in the field of art therapy.

The Anti-Coloring Book

This is a wonderful book that I have used over the years for clients in art therapy. There are some great directives and ways to get into the flow of art therapy sessions...

http://www.susanstriker.com/

There are free printable page examples on this site.

Enjoy!

Art Therapist Job

http://www.ccsi.org/employment/JobDetails.aspx?id=6035

This job is at Rochester General Hospital, looking for a licensed art therapist, or related field.

Blog Link

Here is a wonderful blog that I just found. I am especially interested a book she mentions by Julie Brown, LCSW, about DBT and people with developmental disabilities. It will be published by Guilford Press, but I've not been able to find other details yet.

http://www.lizbeck.net/
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Possible Job for Art Therapist

I am constantly asked, "where can I find jobs for art therapists?". My answer is that you have to be creative about it, like everything else you do. There isn't just a simple "art therapist" job search.

I recently saw a posting for an "Engage Life Director" position at Atria Greece. I used to provide a bi-weekly creative arts group there and I think it would be a rewarding and exciting job working with seniors.

https://jobs.atriacom.com/psc/cgateway/CUSTOMER/CGATE/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL

Dreams

I have been thinking about dreams lately and their meaning....

I found this very interesting...

When we are asleep, our bodies are regenerating and what we dream is a direct perception of our unconscious mind. Everything that occurs in the dream is a part of ourselves even though we may associate it with the people or things we recognize in the dream from our conscious world. The unconscious is speaking in this language of symbols and the way it operates is how it is telling its story.

The dream can heal, because the body is always seeking to return to health, the homeostasis of its nature. In Ancient Greece, there was no separation between doctors and priests, temples and hospitals; Hippocrates is the healer we still remember today, because of the oath he took and which doctors in the West still take when they enter the profession of medicine. He was of a long line of initiates dedicated to the god of healing, Asklepios.

People made pilgrimages to the sacred places in nature where temples were built, slept within their precincts and reported to the initiate "priest/doctors" their dreams. As the Asklepiades understood the spiritual transformation process of the human lifespan, they could diagnose and prescribe remedies to help the body return to health, what in the East would be called the Tao, the Way of Nature.

Creative Growth for Artists with Disabilities

http://creativegrowth.org/

Art Therapy News

Here is a post I came across of recent art therapy news...

http://twitter.com/arttherapynews

Welcome!

Welcome to my first post! In this blog, I will attempt to highlight information in the field of art therapy. 

Several topics that will be included:

Art Therapy and Special Needs/Special Populations

Marketing yourself as a creative arts therapist

New research in the field of art therapy

NYS Licensure information and ATR-BC information

Current programs and initiatives in art therapy

I'm sure additional topics will come up. Please feel free to email me with any specific questions and interests that you would like to see posted here.

Thanks for visiting!!!