The International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA) is a
non-profit
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, professional organization founded in 1994 to encourage the creative spirit. It supports expressive arts therapists,
artists
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the ...
,
educators
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''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...
, consultants and others using integrative, multimodal arts processes for personal and community growth. IEATA provides a professional guild and an international network through sponsoring
bi-annual conferences. It provides a global forum for dialogue, promotes guiding principles for professional practice, and works to increase recognition and use of expressive arts as a tool for psychological, physical and spiritual wellness.
Memberships
IEATA offers two kinds of registration for professional memberships.
*"REAT" - registration is designed for those using the
Expressive Arts in psychotherapy.
*"REACE" - registration designed for expressive arts consultants and educators using the expressive arts in a broad range of approaches in education, organizational development, health fields and more.
Bibliography
*Knill, P. (
de), Barba, H. & Fuchs, M. (1995). ''Minstrels of soul: intermodal expressive therapy''. Canada: Palmerston Press.
*Kossak, M. (2008). "Therapeutic Attunement: A transpersonal view of Expressive arts therapy". ''The Arts in Psychotherapy''. 36(1), 13–18.
*Levine, S. and Levine, E. (Eds.) (1999). ''Foundations of expressive arts therapy: Theoretical and clinical perspectives''. London and Philadelphia:
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (JKP) is an independent, multinational publishing house headquartered in London, and founded in 1987 by Jessica Kingsley.
History
Early on JKP published books pertaining to the social sciences and behavioural scien ...
.
*Levine, S. (1992). ''Poesis: the language of psychology and speech of the soul''. PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
*Malchiodi, C. (ed.) (2005). ''Expressive Therapies''. New York, NY:
Guilford Press
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.
*McNiff, S. (2004). ''Art heals: how creativity heals the soul''. Boston, MA:
Shambala.
*McNiff, S. (1992) ''Arts and Medicine''. Boston, MA: Shambhala.
*McNiff, S. (1981). ''The Arts and Psychotherapy''. Springfield, IL: Charles Thomas, Pub.
*Rogers, N. (1995). ''The creative connection: Expressive arts as healing''. Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior Books, Inc.
External links
Organisation main site
International professional associations
Art therapy