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American Art Therapy Association
225 North Fairfax St.
Alexandria, VA 22314

888-290-0878 Toll-free
703-548-5860
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Membership Benefits Overview

American Art Therapy Association benefits support career advancement for members, provides practical support tools and resources for the member practices, and provides easy access to research and information to those interested in the field of art therapy.

Click here for a membership application if you are unable to renew or join on line.

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Art Therapy Credentials Board

    The Art Therapy Credentials Board is an independent credentialing body that creates and maintains standards associated with earning art therapy credentials; Registered Art Therapist (ATR), and Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC).

 

The Listening Post

To ensure that we are listening effectively and taking actions that will help us constantly improve services to you, we are providing the Listening Post as a communication system through which your comments can be gathered. Our goal is to act appropriately on issues of urgency and consider long term strategies for member benefits and service improvements.

Click here to submit your comments to the listening post.  Some questions that we would like answered would include:

  • What types of membership benefits would be most helpful to you?
  • Tell us your ideas on how to broaden and diversify our membership?
  • What improvements would you like to see on the web site?
  • How can we improve our services to you?
  • Other comments?

 

Ethical Principles for Art Therapists

Members of the American Art Therapy Association abide by a strict code of ethics. Please click here to view a copy of our Ethical Principles for Art Therapists.

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Member Benefits

Over 35 offerings are available now! Click below to visit the Practice Center.

Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association is an exciting member benefit that attracts a worldwide audience of art therapists who want to stay current with art therapy, literature and research, and up-to-date professional knowledge of the field.  The official journal of the American Art Therapy Association is the leading scholarly research publication in art therapy. For more than 25 years, the journal has provided a scholarly forum for diverse points of view on art therapy and strives to present a broad spectrum of ideas in therapy, practice, professional issues, and research. 

The Journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical research, theory and practice papers, viewpoints, reviews of current literature in art therapy, and best practices. Members of the American Art Therapy Association receive the journal for free as part of their member benefits. Visit the Journal’s web site by clicking here to find a wealth of information for readers, researchers, authors and contributors, students, and professionals.

Member Spotlight

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Art Therapy in Action!

  • The Practice Center provides operational support, services and tools for members

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  • The Career Center enhancing career development

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  • The Art Clearinghouse containing research & therapy information.

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