President: Tori Tinsley
Vice President: Phoebe Whisnant
Secretary: Kari Ruff
Committee Chairs:
Program Co-Chair: Miranda Smith and
Deanna Barton
Membership Chair: Sandra Tate
Ethics Chair: Susanne Fincher
Web/Communications Chair: Deanna Barton
Karen Abato, ATR-BC, LCAT
Tanya Alexander, ATR
Edna Bacon, ATR-BC
Virginia DuPre, LPC, ATR (see Referrals page)
Carrie Elder (professional)
Susanne Fincher, LPC, ATR-BC (see Referrals page)
Ricky Garner, ATR-BC
Jannah Goodell, ATR-BC, LPC, LCSW
Lindajo Haythorn, MAAT
Adrianne Howard
Maxine Hull, ATR-BC (see Referrals page)
Donna Johnson, ATR-BC, LCSW
Phyllis Kravitz, ATR-BC (see Referrals page)
Priscilla Omega (retired professional)
Alana Owens, MAAT
Pam Preston
Elizabeth Rucker, ATR (Asheville, NC) - Honorary Life Member
Kari Ruff, MAAT
Hertencer Sheppard, ATR-BC
Dian Stevenson
Sandra Tate MAAT
Victoria Tinsley, LPC, ATR
Gayle Torres ATR
Jenny Welty-Green, Ed.S., ATR-BC (see Referrals page)
Cyndie Westrich, M.A., LPC, ATR-BC (see Referrals page)
Phoebe Whisnant ATR
Teresa Woodruff, ATR
Susanne Fincher has five books available in print, including her new mandala coloring book, Coloring Mandalas 3 . Click here for ordering information.
Art Therapy Bibliography
Courtesy of Art Therapy in CanadaSterns Book Service
A multitude of Expressive Arts Therapies books and moreGetting to Know the World's Greatest Artists by Mike Venezia
Available at Blick Art MaterialsCreativity & Madness: Psychological Studies of Art and Artists
by Barry Panter, M.D.Bodyspeaks: Finding a Voice through Art Therapy (video)
Available at www.bulimia.comArt Therapy in the Schools
A pdf download provided by AATA
GATA Members
Susanne Fincher: Creating Mandalas
Annette Reynolds: Sacred Labyrinth
Art Therapy
The Open Studio Project, Chicago
Retreats / Training / Workshops
Creating Mandalas/Susanne Fincher
Grantmakers
Organizations
The American Art Therapy Association, Inc.
AATA's Governmental Affairs Committee
Georgia Association for Play Therapy
Art Ideas
Art Resources / Supplies
Binders Art Supplies (local Atlanta shop)
Sam Flax (local Atlanta shop)
Blick Art Materials (local Kennesaw and Roswell shops)
Utrecht Art Store (local Atlanta shop)
MisterArt Art & Craft Supplies
Daven's Ceramic Center (local Atlanta shop)
Kickwheel Pottery Supply, Inc. (local Atlanta shop)
Art Centers / Galleries / Museums
Buckhead Galleries, Framers, Art Supplies
The ARTS Station, Stone Mountain
Toolkits
Gataphlle is the former newsletter of the Georgia Art Therapy Association
Summer 2006 (most recent issue) is available here...
Winter 2006 is available here...
Fall 2005 is available here...
Summer 2005 is available here...
Spring 2005 is availble here...
Winter 2005 is availble here...
Fall 2004 is available here...
Spring 2004 is available here...
Winter 2004 is available here...
Fall 2003 is available here...
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Art Therapy and GATA
Art therapy is the clinical application of art and psychology as a vehicle for communication, healing, and growth. Self-expression through the arts engages the creative process and helps clients gain insight, and fosters a sense of well being. Sometimes feelings are too difficult to talk about and the process of art therapy can make verbal expression more accessible.
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The Georgia Art Therapy Association (GATA), a statewide non-profit organization, was founded in 1978. GATA is an affiliate Chapter of the national organization, The American Art Therapy Association, Inc. (AATA). We provide activities for art therapists and other professionals in the Southeast to educate the public about art therapy.
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