Art therapy is defined by the American Art Therapy Association as utilizing “active art-making, the creative process, and applied psychological theory—within a psychotherapeutic relationship—to enrich ...

If current trends continue, the U.S. could see a drastic shortage of health care workers over the next decade. LaylaBird/E+ via Getty Images Doctors and nurses seldom learn in school how to tell a ...

As a social worker working on an acute psychiatric unit in The Bronx, I see every day how creative arts therapists make a ...

When San Jose State University student Kenneth speaks of putting on white noise to calm his thoughts or opening his Notes app to sort through emotional clutter, he is doing more than coping. He is ...

Since ancient Greece, healers have prescribed art to aid those facing mental challenges. Today, the practice is a precisely honed craft used by credentialed professionals to help people suffering from ...

Local nonprofit provides art, music and dance opportunities for people with disabilities. FAR Therapeutic Arts and Recreation helps individuals with disabilities through art, music and dance. One ...

Doctors and nurses seldom learn in school how to tell a family that their loved one is not going to survive. Yet healthcare professionals face the immense burden of tragedy, illness, and dying in an ...

I am licensed to practice psychotherapy. I’ve completed a master’s degree and thousands of hours of graduate and postgraduate supervised clinical experience. And yet, as a licensed creative arts ...

Licensed creative arts therapists treat anxiety, trauma and depression Medicaid covers services but commercial insurers do not NY Senate and Assembly passed a bill requiring coverage Gov. Hochul’s ...

Doctors and nurses seldom learn in school how to tell a family that their loved one is not going to survive. Yet health care professionals face the immense burden of tragedy, illness and dying in an ...