Opportunities
Supervision
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.
- Susanne F. Fincher, M.A., LPC, ATR-BC, Atlanta, Midtown
- Jenny Welty-Green, Ed.S, ATR-BC, Atlanta
- Cyndie Westrich, M.A., LPC, ATR-BC, N. Cobb Co.
Cherokee Co.
- Annette Reynolds, MPS, RN, ATR-BC, Birmingham, AL
- Phyllis B. Kravitz, M.A., ATR-BC, Atlanta
Internships/Volunteer Positions
Facilities Accepting Visitors
Hillside Treatment Center, Atlanta
Art therapy groups with children and adolescents in residential treatment.
Contact: Wendee Van Order (404) 875-4551 ex. 353
Student Internships (unpaid) and/or Visitors
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: Jenny Welty-Green
Jewish Family and Career Services, Atlanta
Individual and group art therapy for children, adults, families and the elderly.
Contact: Teresa Harris (770) 677-9466
Odyssey Family Counseling Center Child and Adolescent Center, DeKalb, College Park
Substance abuse and mental health.
Contact: Annie Kelahan (404) 669-3462
The International School, Atlanta
Art therapy with war trauma and non-English speaking students.
Contact: Annie Kelahan (404) 669-3462
Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Program/Tanner Hospitals, Carrollton, Villa Rica
Art therapy with adults and children in partial hospitalization.
Contact: Mike Collins (770) 838-8342
Inner Harbour, Douglasville
Art therapy with children and adolescents in residential treatment.
Contact: Penny Honeycutt
Crossroads Alternative Learning Program, Hoover City Schools, Birmingham, AL
Art therapy with adolescents in a psychoeducational program.
Contact: Annette Reynolds (205) 439-1800
The Bridge, Atlanta
Art therapy with adolescents in residential treatment.
Contact: Teresa Harris
Crossroads Program, Griffin
Art therapy with a K-22 SEBD/Autistic population in a psychoeducational program.
Contact: Chris Briggs
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: Bobbi Ramos, (770) 454-5571
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.
Jobs
Tanner Behavioral Health Systems often has job openings for art therapists. Please email Mike Collins 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 Maxine Hull, MS, ATR-BC, DAPA
If you are aware that any of these positions have been filled, please contact Jenny Welty-Green.
Education
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:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=p8UNf_2bcxrrmH1zj9atJqlg_3d_3d. Contact Dr. Chesley Mercado for more info.
Many students from Georgia have attended, or are currently attending one of these programs:
Pratt Institute’s Department of Creative Arts Therapy, one of the country’s oldest AATA approved art therapy and dance therapy training programs, offers an M.P.S in Art Therapy and Creativity Development or an M.P.S. in Art Therapy, Special Education. Coursework is a synthesis of creative and psychotherapeutic theory. Art making and/or movement is used in every course to teach therapeutic skills. Integrating experiential and didactic components prepares students to work with a variety of patient populations. Professors are actively involved in the art therapy field, and many maintain private practices.The program is based on a Spring/Summer Intensive model in which students study for a week in the spring and a month in the summer for 3 years. Practicums are done from September through May in the student’s home area. Weekly individual supervision is conducted by telephone. For more info, visit www.pratt.edu/creative_arts_therapy or call (718) 636-3428
Saint Mary -of-the-Woods College offers an AATA approved Master of Art Therapy degree in the distance learning format. It is physically located near Terre Haute Indiana. Students must travel to the school each semester to meet their teacher, have class, get their assignments, and meet with faculty and staff. This is done through an extended weekend at the beginning of each semester. The summer semesters require a week on campus, resulting in a three and a half year commitment. The course work is done at home, with e-mail contact between student and faculty, and sent in by e-mail. Students take two courses per semester, and half time is allowed so they may do just one course per semester, or may take a semester off. All observations, practicum work, and internship work must be arranged by the student with registered art therapists in the student's home area. The program's curriculum includes clinical counseling along with art therapy. The school requires a portfolio of art rather than GRE scores. The faculty members are adjunct faculty who practice art therapy all over the United States. For more info, visit: www.smwc.eduNon-Art Therapy program:
Lesley University of Cambridge Massachusetts offers an Ed.S (Education Specialist) program in Atlanta. This is a 36 credit program in Integrated Teaching Through the Arts and requires attending classes here in Georgia one weekend a month for 24 months. This is for teachers in any field who wish to integrate the arts into their practice as well as model for others in their schools. However, this Specialist program is temporarily on hold as it is being reworked. There is also an M.Ed available in this same program. This is not an art therapy program, but could be useful if you work in the schools and wish to integrate the arts into your practice of teaching. For more info contact Jenny Welty-Green.
