Dance/Movement Therapist – Fellow Johanna is excited to begin her career at the Institute for Therapy through the Arts as a Dance/Movement Therapy Fellow. She received her Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from Arizona State University and her Master of Arts in Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling from Columbia College Chicago. Johanna completed her clinical internship at […]
Thank You Midwest Clay Guild
ITA is grateful to the Midwest Clay Guild for choosing us as the recipient of its Holiday Sale revenues, raising more than $1,100 from local artists, a silent auction, and the band who performed at the opening reception. Located in Evanston, the Midwest Clay Guild provides communal studio space and facilities for ceramic artists. We […]
Karen Jordan of ABC 7 Chicago Visits ITA
ITA was recently featured by Karen Jordan of ABC 7 Chicago! Karen and her team sat down with two of our clients, Bella and Dan, to learn about how art therapy and music therapy helped them. Bella began her journey at ITA as an anxious 8th grader unable to speak to most of her […]
Is Your Name on the List?
As we reflect on 2019 and look ahead to 2020, we are grateful for the many donors who support creative arts therapy and our work at ITA. Your generosity enables clients like Bella, Matt, and Nick to create, grow, and heal through art, dance/movement, drama, and music therapy. With your help, in 2020, we will serve […]
Happy birthday, NADTA! Welcome to FORTY
-by Judy Holstein The North American Drama Therapy Association celebrated its 40th anniversary at its annual conference, held in Philadelphia. The 450 attendees included pioneers who founded the association, long-time practitioners of drama therapy and related creative arts therapies, and faculty and students of the accredited and alternative drama therapy graduate training programs, many who […]
Six Tips for Surviving the Holiday Blues
-by Rianna Jamieson We like to think of the holiday season (for purposes of this blog, the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day) as a time of frivolity and happiness, but for many of us, the holidays are filled with dread and sadness; homesickness, if you will. Homesickness can take many forms. Aside from […]
Bella’s Story
Bella, a bright young woman who has received art therapy at Institute for Therapy through the Arts (ITA) for more than five years, recently shared her story for ITA’s annual appeal. My mom brought me to ITA when I was 13. My anxiety was so intense that I couldn’t look anyone in the eye, hardly […]
Intrigued by Music Therapy? Here Are 5 Reasons Why You Should Become a Music Therapist
– by Akash Bhatia, MA, MT-BC, LPC While music therapy has been an established profession in the United States since the 1950s, many people remain unaware of the breadth of career opportunities available to music therapists. I remember hearing about music therapy for the first time in my second year of undergraduate studies in classical […]
ITA Educates
ITA has been busy this fall! Staff members gave presentations centered around Music and Art Therapy to groups in Illinois and North Carolina. On October 13th, Jeffrey Wolfe, ITA Director of Community Programs and Financial Operations, co-led the Illinois Association for Music Therapy fall workshop with Courtney Wrubel, MT-BC, of Lawrence Hall Youth Services. Their […]
Music and Memory: ITA participates in a local Memory Café
Through a generous grant from the Rotary Club, ITA and Argentium Care have partnered to provide music-based Memory Cafés to the residents of the greater Evanston area. Memory Cafés are safe, comfortable spaces for individuals with dementia or Alzheimer’s and their caregivers or family members to socialize, engage in activities, or attend educational presentations together. […]
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