
Art Therapy Alliance is reading this blog posting from Expressive Hart about how to use Dream Boxes for 2010 visioning....
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This morning my husband and I made our Magical Creation Boxes (also known as Dream Boxes or Wish Boxes) for 2010! I love boxes. In fact, I have two rather large containers filled with all types of boxes that I’ve collected over the years. ...

Art Therapy Alliance is listening to/watching the online radio stream w/ Poppy Scheibel on WTMY talking about "Your 2010 Work-life!" Resume and job seeking tips! Tune in now @ http://bit.ly/75elF1
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"Talking with Gloria" with Gloria Ponziano 10:00 AM (EST)Saturdays

Art Therapy Alliance is watching this trailer and information from OperationSAFE about using film animation to help traumatized children.... Learn more below or become a fan here on Facebook for more updates and information....
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Children who have been through trauma need more than just food, shelter and medicine. They need hope, hugs and help. Please take a few minutes to watch our newest informational trailer about our work with trauma children and the exciting new animated film, “Pete’s Adventure”.

Art Therapy Alliance is sharing this blog posting from Liz Beck that complies a list of the responses published from the art therapy community around the issue of AT, rehab of terrorists, and the media's firestorm....
Elizabeth Beck- Bad Press, Artx and the Rehabilitation of Terrorists—Reaction of the Art Therapy Com
www.lizbeck.net
Here are a few other responses regarding the media’s, bloggers’ and twitterers’ recent comments about art therapy’s role in the rehabilitation of terrorists.

Art Therapy Alliance thanks Lee Ann Thill for the mention/link on her art therapy website... Learn more about her practice @ http://www.leeannthill.com and here on Facebook @ Draw-a-betes
www.leeannthill.com
I provide individual and group art therapy and traditional talk psychotherapy services to children, adolescents and adults seeking treatment for a range of psychological and interpersonal issues. My specialty is issues related to diabetes.

Art Therapy Alliance invites you to join the discussion on Psychology Today in response to Cathy Malchiodi's article about art therapy & terrorist rehab.... comments/responses are really coming in!
www.psychologytoday.com
Over the past several days, major media outlets have a had a small field day with a story that the US government sent two terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia to participate in an art therapy rehabilitation program.

Art Therapy Alliance is checking out the OCCTAC website- the first & only arts organization in Orange County, CA to offer programs that combine the arts, academics, and creative therapies to help youth
www.occtac.org
The Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center (OCCTAC) is a 501(c)3 community-based ARTS organization dedicated to education and empowerment of at-risk youth and children with special needs of limited ...

Art Therapy Alliance thanks Kathy Schnurfor the heads up on this website link and story re: a young woman's rehab for a spinal cord injury and her art-making... Website is mentioned in the current issue (Jan 2010) of Women's World Magazine, which features a short article about art therapy.... Check it out in your local grocery store-- page 54....
Teresita Studios - Handpainted artwork from the heart and soul of Central Oregon, the world, the uni
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Teresa Schroeder was born in New Jersey and currently resides in Central Oregon. She is an Oregon State University fine arts student, although currently on leave for rehabilitation focus. She creates art both professionally and therapeutically.

Art Therapy Alliance is reading this new blog posting @ the Creativity Queen and Laura Dessauer's reflections on using art to help create your 2010....
www.thecreativityqueen.com
If there is specific area in your life that you are longing to transform allow yourself to focus on that one thing. Here’s where the do-over comes in handy. You can change the way you think and feel about this by using your creative possibilities thinking.

Art Therapy Alliance is sending *big congrats* to the International Art Therapy Organization [IATO] Group who reached 2000 members tonight! Here's to even more members and fun in 2010-- Happy New Year IATO!
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is beautiful! Imagine that a vision for reaching 2000 members in the
International Art Therapy Or...ganization group on May 26th, 2009 by
December 31st, 2009 has happened, just as imagined! Thanks Gretchen Miller for
creating this badge to celebrate. Here's to what we can imagine in 2010!
is beautiful! Imagine that a vision for reaching 2000 members in the
International Art Therapy Or...ganization group on May 26th, 2009 by
December 31st, 2009 has happened, just as imagined! Thanks Gretchen Miller for
creating this badge to celebrate. Here's to what we can imagine in 2010!
By:Cathy Malchiodi

Art Therapy Alliance is really excited to see that the International Art Therapy Organization [IATO] Group is very close to 2,000 members-- only 7 more to go! If you're interested in connecting with a global art therapy community, check this group out and join!
Welcome to the International Art Therapy Organization [IATO] and our global community! Art has the potential to change lives and often in profound ways. When words are not enough, we turn to images ...

Art Therapy Alliance wishes all a Happy New Year- and for art therapy everywhere.... Let's keep changing the beat!

Art Therapy Alliance is forwarding another posting in response to the topic of art therapy and terrorism written by Art Therapy Alliance member Claire Perkins
artfulalchemist.blogspot.com
There's been a lot of bashing against art therapy in the wake of the failed Christmas day terrorist attempt - trying to twist the fact that because part of the rehab program for some jihadists in Saudi Arabia includes art therapy, that is somehow to blame for this latest terrorist attempt. ...

Art Therapy Alliance is spreading the word about another blog posting written by Erin Brumleve in response to the recent media coverage related to art therapy and terrorist rehabilitation.....
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In the past few days the blog-o-sphere and social media sites such as Twitter have been lit up with posts making fun of "art therapy summer camp rehab for terrorists" after the media learned that the bombing ...

Art Therapy Alliance recommends reading this *new* Psych Today/Healing Arts blog post responding to the art therapy/failed terrorist rehabilitation media frenzy.... pass it on!
www.psychologytoday.com
Crayons and paint equal terrorism? I don't think so! By Cathy Malchiodi...



























