If you are working on getting your Registration as an Art Therapist (ATR), the following people offer supervision services. Some art therapists offer other forms of supervision as well, such as for those working on becoming a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). You can contact them by e-mail by clicking directly on their name to discuss the nature of their services and fees.

• , M.A., LPC, ATR-BC, Decatur
• , Ed.S, ATR-BC, Atlanta
• , M.A., LPC, ATR-BC, N. Cobb Co.
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• , MPS, RN, ATR-BC, Birmingham, AL
• , M.A.,  ATR-BC, Atlanta
• , ATR-BC, CAC11, LPC, Savannah
• , LCSW, ATR-BC, CST-T, Atlanta, Sandy Springs
• r, M.S., LPC, ATR-BC, Atlanta & Marietta
• , ATR, LPC, M.Div, Decatur & Atlanta

Georgia Regional Hospital, Atlanta
Art Therapy with adult mental health, substance abuse, and forensic clients within an inpatient psychiatric hospital.
Contact: (404) 310-3394

Hillside Treatment Center, Atlanta
Art therapy groups with children and adolescents in residential treatment.
Contact: (404) 875-4551 ex. 353

South Metro Program, Clayton Co./Union City/East Point Art therapy groups with children and adolescents with SEBD (Severe Emotional Behavioral Disorders).
Internships for graduate Art Therapy students.
Contact:

Eastside Heritage Center, Snellville
Art therapy and other creative therapies with seniors in a psychiatric program.
Contact: Gordon Neale, (770) 985-6476.

Skyland Trail, Atlanta
Art therapy and other creative therapies with patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and dual diagnosis.
Contact: Tiffany Davis, (404) 315-8333.

Jewish Family and Career Services, Atlanta
Individual and group art therapy for children, adults, families and the elderly.
Contact: (770) 677-9466

Odyssey Family Counseling Center Child and Adolescent Center, DeKalb, College Park
Substance abuse and mental health.
Contact: (404) 669-3462

The International School, Atlanta
Art therapy with war trauma and non-English speaking students.
Contact: (404) 669-3462

Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Program/Tanner Hospitals, Carrollton, Villa Rica
Art therapy with adults and children in partial hospitalization.
Contact: (770) 838-8342

Inner Harbour, Douglasville
Art therapy with children and adolescents in residential treatment.
Contact:

Crossroads Alternative Learning Program, Hoover City Schools, Birmingham, AL
Art therapy with adolescents in a psychoeducational program.
Contact: (205) 439-1800

The Bridge, Atlanta
Art therapy with adolescents in residential treatment.
http://www.thebridge-atlanta.org/

Crossroads Program, Griffin
Art therapy with a K-22 SEBD/Autistic population in a psychoeducational program.
Contact:

Peachford Behavioral Health Care, Dunwoody
Art therapy with children through seniors in an inpatient and partial hospitalization program. There is not an art therapist on site presently, which will affect your internship supervision needs.
Contact: , (770) 454-5571

Art Therapy
Rank: Assistant Professor of Art Therapy
Title: Coordinator of Art Therapy
Earliest start date: January 2, 2012
Appointment: full-time 10 month Tenure track with possibility for summer teaching.
Go to: www.GCSUJobs.com
Click on Search postings
Look under Department to find Music Therapy or put in #0600644.

This is a new position. The person will develop the courses for the new MA in Art Therapy degree program, set up admission criteria, accept students for Fall 2012 when classes begin. Participate in university and college-wide committees.

Positions Available!

Many full-time Art Therapist positions are available at Coalinga State Hospital in Central California. CSH is a new facility treating sex offenders and mentally disordered offenders. Art Therapists work in the Rehab Therapy Department with Music and Recreation Therapists. Job duties include facilitating groups, participating in treatment planning, completing Rehab assessments, planning events and activities for patients, and monthly paperwork. There is the opportunity to design your own Art Therapy groups. The Art Center at the hospital includes a Ceramics program, Leatherworking and other Studio groups. Current Art Therapy groups address issues such as empathy, PTSD, grief/loss, and relationship skills, as well as groups on collage, mandalas, art journaling and more. The starting salary is ~$61,000/year. Good benefits and low cost of living!

For more information go to: www.dmh.ca.gov and click on "State Hospitals," "Coalinga State Hospital," "Jobs," "How to get a State job," and the link for the Standard State Application form "STD 678." Mail your original, signed application to Personnel/Employment, Coalinga State Hospital, P.O. Box 5002, Coalinga, CA 93210. You may also contact Amy Pfenning, MPS, ATR, at or 559-934-8016, or Ken Layman, Chief of Rehab Therapy at 559-934-3780 for more information.

Tanner Behavioral Health Systems often has job openings for art therapists. Please contact Melanie Parten, or 770/838-8124, for more information.

Susan Anderson and The ArtReach Foundation invite you to consider opportunities for certified Art therapists (ATR/ATR-BC) to travel on a team of other expressive arts therapists to work with teachers and children in countries that have experienced severe natural disasters or military violence. Please check the ArtReach website for the next opportunity to be on a team with other public health professionals to organize and provide expressive arts programs for children who have been emotionally traumatized. The ArtReach Foundation will pay for all expenses excluding spending money.

"My dear colleagues this is a spiritually uplifting adventure that is sure to make you once again glad to be an art therapist.  This program demonstrates the ineffable power of our profession, and especially its effects on the world. YES. I do mean that it affects the world. One of the school districts in Bosnia has incorporated parts of the program into its curriculum.  Do email so we can talk. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity."

Submit all questions and interest to ,  MS, ATR-BC, DAPA

If you are aware that any of these positions have been filled, please contact .

There are currently no schools in Georgia offering a Master's Degree in Art Therapy, however...

Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA is proposing a Master of Arts in Art Therapy Program. It will be a collaborative degree between the School of Health Sciences (Music Therapy) and the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Art Dept). Once approved, this program is slated to begin in 2011. For more information on this program, please fill out this survey: Click Here
Contact for more info.

American Art Therapy Association
Follow this link to go to their education page which lists all accredited schools.