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ITA Holds 2nd Annual Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Conference

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New Tradition is Established as Mental Health Professionals Come Together for Similar Cause Last month, we met a milestone as ITA held its Second Annual Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Conference, “Building Connections Creatively.” The weekend of June 2nd marked the first founding anniversary of our gathering of mental health professionals to discuss research and developments […]

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ITA Staff Member to Pave Way for New Music Therapists

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ITA Says Farewell to Rebecca West as She Moves to Minneapolis, Minnesota Not all music therapists are created equal. Some come to ITA because they want to learn more about creative arts therapies through their work.  Others come because they admire the variety of clientele we serve and are passionate about helping as many people […]

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Support ITA’s Move to a New Location!

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An Open Letter from ITA’s Executive Director, Jenni Rook Dear Friends, I am thrilled to announce the Institute for Therapy through the Arts (ITA) will be moving to 2130 Greenbay Road in Evanston this September. We will occupy the entire 2nd floor of the building as the sole tenant, providing a private space for creative […]

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Burst Pipe at ITA Causes Temporary Relocation

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Open Letter from ITA Executive Director Jenni Rook Dear ITA Clients, Families and Supporters, We are sad to inform that the ITA office experienced a burst pipe on the evening of Wednesday, June 14.  While we have not yet fully assessed the damages, we are fairly certain many of our musical instruments and therapy materials […]

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Groundbreakers: Music for the Mind

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ITA Collaborative Music Program Promotes Connection Among Dementia Residents and Families The Institute for Therapy through the Arts Music for the Mind program is well underway after two years of planning, training, and music programming. Beginning with a year of planning in 2014, Music for the Mind was born on Symphony of Evanston’s Memory Care […]

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ITA Welcomes its Summer Interns for 2017

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Four New Administrative Internship Positions Start Early in June Team ITA is warming up for another summer, and it wouldn’t be complete without some new faces! Joining us are four new administrative interns who are set to learn about the creative arts therapies while lending their helpings hands around our office. Read each intern’s bio […]

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ITA Out and About: Making Music at the Library

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ITA Intern Bradley Drozdowski at the Evanston Public Library’s Parent Child Workshop on May 13! Music Therapy intern Bradley Drozdowski attended the Parent Child Workshop event at the Evanston Public Library on May 13th to make music with young children and to talk about the positive effects of music and music therapy during early childhood […]

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Go Camping with ITA!

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ITA Partners with Chicago Camps and Summer Programs for 2017 This summer, ITA is thrilled to provide creative arts therapy (again!) at Camp Hope, Camp Kangaroo, Camp Neeka, and The Cove School. We hope you or your family will join us for one of these summer experiences that focus on support, growth, learning, and creativity. Edward Cancer Center’s Camp […]

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ITA Announces Move in Fall, 2017

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Open Letter from Executive Director Jenni Rook Details ITA’s New Space   Dear ITA Clients, Families, and Supporters, For more than 40 years ITA has worked in shared, multipurpose spaces that weren’t necessarily designed specifically for our specialized work.  I began my search for a new clinic space this past fall and toured many different […]

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ITA Opens Doors to Rush AARTS Center

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Clinical Research Coordinator Anthony Burns Gets Inside View of ITA Intake Process On Wednesday, March 29th, Autism Assessment Research Treatment and Services Center (AARTS Center) employee, Anthony Burns visited Institute for Therapy through the Arts for a first-hand experience of the entailments of our intake process. Burns, a clinical research coordinator at the AARTS Center with […]

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