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Indiana Art Therapy Association
ART THERAPY IN INDIANA
IndiATA is Indiana’s professional association for art therapy, connecting the profession, public, students, partners, and systems across the state.
A state chapter of the American Art Therapy Association.
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Members Showcase
SEP 14–27
Phoenix Theatre · Indianapolis
Statewide Connection
SEP 25
ISMA Wellness Symposium
Start Where You Are
WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?
Move directly to the information, professional resource, or chapter connection that fits what you need.
I’m looking for an art therapist
Search professional listings and verify art therapy credentials.
Find an Art TherapistI want to understand art therapy
Learn what art therapy is, how it differs from other creative practices, and what professional qualification requires.
Understand Art TherapyI’m considering becoming an art therapist
Explore graduate education, professional preparation, credentials, and Indiana pathways into the field.
Indiana Graduate ProgramsI’m an art therapist or IndiATA member
Connect with membership, chapter participation, professional opportunities, and leadership.
MembershipI’m a legislator or policymaker
Review Indiana professional recognition, public protection, workforce considerations, and current advocacy.
Indiana PolicyI work with art therapists — or want to
Understand qualifications, referral, employment, professional collaboration, and organizational considerations.
For ProfessionalsI want to support art therapy in Indiana
Connect with IndiATA, participate in chapter work, share opportunities, or support statewide professional advocacy.
Connect with IndiATAThe Association
WHAT INDIATA DOES
IndiATA supports the professional infrastructure around art therapy in Indiana: education, connection, public understanding, professional coordination, and advocacy.
Professional Connection
Connect art therapists, students, educators, professional partners, and chapter leadership across Indiana.
Education + Information
Make the profession, training requirements, credentials, ethical distinctions, and Indiana context easier to understand.
Professional Development
Support information exchange, professional learning, participation, leadership, and opportunities relevant to the field.
Advocacy
Advance professional recognition, public protection, workforce understanding, and independent art therapy licensure in Indiana.
Art Therapy, Clearly
A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSION THAT IS NOT LIMITED TO WORDS
Art therapy integrates psychotherapy, creative process, psychological knowledge, and human experience within a professional therapeutic relationship. Conversation may be substantial; creative process adds other ways to communicate, explore, organize, and work with experience.
Art can be therapeutic without being art therapy
Creative experiences may support expression, reflection, connection, recreation, or wellness. Art therapy is a distinct mental health profession requiring specialized graduate education and supervised clinical preparation.
Related Creative Practice
Therapeutic + Expressive Art
Creative experiences may be meaningful, supportive, educational, recreational, or wellness-oriented without constituting professional art therapy.
Profession
Art Therapy
A distinct mental health profession integrating specialized art therapy education, creative process, psychological knowledge, clinical training, and a therapeutic relationship.
Psychotherapy
Art Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy in which creative process is integrated with clinical assessment, treatment, and verbal and nonverbal communication within professional scope.
Art Therapy Across Indiana
EDUCATION, WORKFORCE, RECOGNITION
Indiana has graduate art therapy education and professionally trained art therapists working across mental health, healthcare, education, rehabilitation, community, research, and independent-practice settings.
Indiana Graduate Programs
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Herron School of Art + Design at IU Indianapolis, and the University of Indianapolis provide graduate art therapy education in Indiana.
View Indiana ProgramsAn Existing Professional Workforce
Art therapists work across behavioral health, healthcare, schools and universities, rehabilitation, disability services, community programs, residential settings, research, independent practice, consultation, and other systems.
Explore the Indiana ContextProfessional Recognition
Indiana currently does not have an independent state licensure framework specifically for art therapy. IndiATA advocates for independent licensure and title protection in Indiana.
Indiana AdvocacyIndiana Recognition + Advocacy
INDIANA DOES NOT HAVE INDEPENDENT ART THERAPY LICENSURE YET
THE PROFESSION IS ALREADY HERE
Indiana has graduate art therapy education, credentialed professionals, national professional standards, and art therapists contributing across the state.
- Ready Workforce Trained art therapists are already contributing within Indiana behavioral health and community systems.
- Public Protection Independent licensure can establish qualification standards and protected professional titles in Indiana law.
- Professional Recognition A state framework can make the profession clearer to the public, employers, systems, policymakers, and other professionals.
Public Resource
FIND AN ART THERAPIST
Locating an art therapist and verifying professional credentials are different steps. The public resources below serve different functions.
AATA Art Therapist Locator
Search eligible AATA professional members who choose inclusion in the public locator.
ATCB Public Registry
Search listed art therapy credentials and board-certification information.
Indiana Professional Licensure
When applicable, verify a professional’s separately regulated Indiana license through the appropriate state registry.
IndiATA is a professional membership association. It does not provide clinical services, determine clinical fit, verify state licenses, or match individuals with therapists.
Opportunity Exchange
SHARE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH INDIANA’S ART THERAPY COMMUNITY
IndiATA can receive opportunities relevant to Indiana art therapists and graduate students, including jobs, contracts, supervision, professional training, research, speaking, exhibitions, student placements, community programs, and partnerships.
What’s helpful to include
Organization, opportunity, location or format, deadline when applicable, and a direct link or contact.
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