Over the last 18 years it has been my mission to support individuals, couples, and families in fostering personal growth through Art...

The Virginia Art Therapy Association is excited to begin spotlighting creative therapy offices in the state of Virginia that support the...

By Gretchen Graves, MS, ATR-BC, CDATA On January 7th, 2020 Senator Jennifer McClellen prefiled “Bill SB713: Art and Art Therapy...

Leila Saadeh, ATR-BC, LPC August 24, 2020 The Virginia Art Therapy Association (VATA) has created an ongoing community art therapy...

The meeting took place at 9:00 am on December 7, 2017. The art therapists in attendance were Donna Betts, PhD, ATR-BC; Heidi Bardot, MA,...

The Virginia Art Therapy Association sponsored a juried art exhibit of art created by art therapists. The theme for this show was...

What’s your ethnicity? How do you identify? What is your cultural background? How does that impact your being here today? These are only...

Over six years ago I began my “career” as a high school art instructor, teaching art classes to newcomer freshmen and advanced adolescent...

In May of this year, 2016, I graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School with a Masters in Art Therapy and Counseling. I applied for...

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Over four years ago, in January of 2012, I was on the fast track to becoming an art teacher. I had been accepted into a Master’s in...

When starting out my career as an art therapist I did not seek out work in the field of grief and loss or death and dying, but somehow it...

Hello Virginia Art Therapists! I am happy to share with you my experience reaching out to a Virginia Senator as a message of...

As I write this, day two of Commonwealth ChalleNGe Youth Academy’s 45th class is coming to a close. Approximately 150 teenagers accepted...

This year the Virginia Art Therapy Association hosted a juried exhibition entitled, “Connection”. The show was for art therapists, and...

Though I’ve been doing art therapy and counseling for about a decade, this past year has been a real learning experience for me, as I...

The Virginia Board of Counseling’s Regulatory Committee met Thursday, October 29, 2015, in Richmond. VATA GAC Chair, Gretchen Graves, and...