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Local gatherings can strengthen professional relationships, broaden participation, and create ongoing points of connection throughout Indiana.
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Established 2010
Indiana’s professional association for art therapists
IndiATA advances art therapy in Indiana through professional connection, education, advocacy, public understanding, student engagement, and statewide chapter leadership.
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What brings you to IndiATA?
Six pathways into Indiana’s art therapy community. Choose the one
that best matches what you need.
IndiATA does not provide therapy or match people with individual
therapists. We are Indiana’s professional association for art therapy.
Public + referral sources
Find an Art Therapist
Access Indiana’s statewide directory, professional verification resources, and information for finding credentialed art therapists practicing across Indiana.
Find an Art Therapist Art therapistsGrow in Practice
Connect with Indiana colleagues, professional resources, opportunities, statewide initiatives, and professional community.
Resources for Art Therapists Students + prospective studentsEnter the Field
Explore Indiana graduate art therapy programs, professional preparation, and pathways into the field.
Explore Graduate Programs Employers + organizationsBuild Partnerships
Connect with IndiATA around workforce development, referrals, training, employment, professional collaboration, and interdisciplinary relationships.
Art Therapy in Indiana Legislators + public officialsArt Therapy + Public Policy
Find information about the profession, professional credentials, workforce considerations, and art therapy licensure advocacy in Indiana.
Advocacy + Licensure CollaboratorsShare an Opportunity
Start a conversation about partnerships and interdisciplinary work, or share an employment, training, exhibition, presentation, or community opportunity.
Share an OpportunityComing Up
IndiATA at the 2026 Indiana Counseling Association Conference
October 9–10, 2026 · PNW Westville
IndiATA is a sponsor of the Indiana Counseling Association Annual Conference, Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10, 2026.
Conference registration, schedule, and session information are available through the Indiana Counseling Association.
Statewide Initiatives
Connect across Indiana.
Statewide connection is more than gathering in one place. IndiATA is building ways for people, programs, organizations, communities, and opportunities to connect across regions and systems.
Creating Space Across Indiana
IndiATA is building a statewide network of practices, studios, workplaces, universities, galleries, museums, community organizations, cultural venues, and other settings that can make room for artmaking, regional gatherings, professional connection, learning, collaboration, visibility, and local initiatives.
Statewide Art Therapist Directory
Indiana’s statewide directory increases visibility of participating credentialed art therapists and where art therapy services are available across the state.
Referral Pathways
Stronger connections among professionals, communities, and systems can make art therapy resources easier to identify across Indiana.
Graduate Programs + Students
Indiana graduate programs and emerging professionals are part of the statewide network from the beginning, connecting education, field experience, and professional community.
About IndiATA
A statewide professional association for art therapy
Art therapy is practiced across healthcare, mental health, education, community settings, and independent practice. IndiATA represents and connects the profession across Indiana.
Professional connection
Builds relationships across regions, career stages, practice settings, and professional roles.
Education + professional development
Supports learning, information exchange, and professional development for practitioners and students.
Public understanding
Provides accurate information about art therapy, professional preparation, credentials, and verification.
Student engagement
Connects graduate students with statewide professional relationships, chapter participation, advocacy, and professional pathways.
Advocacy
Advances professional recognition, public protection, workforce visibility, and informed policy work for art therapy in Indiana.
The Profession
Art therapy is a mental health profession.
Art therapy integrates active art-making, the creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship.
Learn more from the American Art Therapy Association .
Graduate education, program accreditation, national credentials, professional membership, state licensure, and employer requirements are related professional systems, but they serve different functions.
CAAHEP + ACATE
CAAHEP accredits art therapy education programs upon the recommendation of ACATE.
ATCB
The Art Therapy Credentials Board issues the ATR-P, ATR, ATR-BC, and ATCS credentials.
AATA + IndiATA
AATA is the national professional membership association, and IndiATA is its Indiana state chapter. Professional associations do not issue ATCB credentials or Indiana professional licenses.
Legislators + Public Officials
Art therapy licensure in Indiana
IndiATA is working toward an art therapy-specific licensure pathway in Indiana as part of its professional advocacy and public-protection work.
Current advocacy information, legislative history, professional context, and opportunities for collaboration are available through IndiATA’s advocacy resources.