Current Licensure Efforts
What is licensure?
Licensure would provide art therapist's in Pennsylvania the opportunity to show clients and clinicians that they have met and/or exceeded the minimum requirements of a master's degree, post-graduate supervision, and credentials from the Art Therapy Credentials Board which certifies that education, continuing education, and ethical guidelines of the field of art therapy are being followed by the practitioner.
Why is licensure important, and why do Pennsylvanian's need Art Therapist's to have a license to practice art therapy??
Licensure would provide art therapist's in Pennsylvania the opportunity to show clients and clinicians that they have met and/or exceeded the minimum requirements of a master's degree, post-graduate supervision, and credentials from the Art Therapy Credentials Board which certifies that education, continuing education, and ethical guidelines of the field of art therapy are being followed by the practitioner.
Why is licensure important, and why do Pennsylvanian's need Art Therapist's to have a license to practice art therapy??
UPDATE: 6/14/2023- SENATE BILL 786 IS LIVE
UPDATE: 6/13/2023- HOUSE BILL 1398 IS LIVE
Statistics about art therapy in Pennsylvania
As of 2023, there are approximately 600 art therapist's living within the borders of Pennsylvania, and that number is growing at a steady rate with seven graduate schools in PA offering art therapy programs.
The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association has created a graphic to help art therapists, legislators, and the public understand why this is important to the field of art therapy, and how it will help protect the public. Please feel free to download and share this information!
Please use the files below to download page 1 and 2 of the above infographic.
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Do you want to get involved in PA licensure efforts?
Join us for our monthly meeting!
August 19th, 2023
10am-11am
September 23rd, 2023
10am-11am
October 2023
TBD
To join our meeting click here: http://Tinyurl.com/2023paataGAC
Can't join our meeting? Email us to find other ways to get involved.
Join us for our monthly meeting!
August 19th, 2023
10am-11am
September 23rd, 2023
10am-11am
October 2023
TBD
To join our meeting click here: http://Tinyurl.com/2023paataGAC
Can't join our meeting? Email us to find other ways to get involved.