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Thank You Four Star Arts and Evanston SPACE!

July 10, 2019 by ITA Staff

a group of 8 people stand onstage singing

Thank you to Four Star Arts and Andrea Tucci for once again partnering with ITA for the cabaret benefit, I Won’t Grow Up: Adulting in the 21st Century. Guests were delighted with songs from Pippin, The Book of Mormon, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Wicked, and many more Broadway shows.  Event sponsor, Evanston SPACE, […]

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Standing with Our Neighbors: A Look Back at the 2019 Creative Arts Therapy Conference

March 31, 2019 by ITA Staff

On March 29 & 30, 2019, ITA celebrated the 4th Annual Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Conference, Standing with Our Neighbors: Embracing Inclusivity and Celebrating Diversity. This event is one of few conferences of its type throughout the United States. Over the course of two days, more than 160 leaders and professionals from the Creative Arts […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: art therapy, conference, creative arts therapies, creative arts therapy, dance movement therapy, diversity, inclusivity, Institute for Therapy through the Arts, music therapy, peter himmelman

Crossing Paths: Important Topics in Arts Therapy Education to be Discussed at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

August 20, 2018 by ITA Staff

Critical Pedagogy in the Arts Therapies Announces Restoring and Re-Storying the Disciplines After meeting for a “think tank” at New York University this past March, our friends at Critical Pedagogy in the Arts Therapies, Dr. Savneet Talwar and Leah Gipson, have confirmed a conference of their own! ITA is happy to share that Critical Pedagogy […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: arts therapy education, cpat, critical pedagogy in the Arts Therapies, leah gipson, Restoring and Re-Storying the Disciplines, SAIC, savneet talwar, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Out and About: ITA to Join MIC for Jazz Plus Paint!

August 2, 2018 by ITA Staff

Art Therapist Cara Fisher-WellVang to Lead ITA Team at Art of Jazz Event The Institute for Therapy through the Arts team, led by Cara Fisher-WellVang, LPC, ATR (Registered Art Therapist), will join the Music Institute of Chicago’s Jazz Program for the Art of Jazz. This colorful, musical opportunity is brought to YOU through a generous […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: art, Art of Jazz, Cara Fisher-WellVang, community, Evanston, ITA, mic, music, Music Institute of Chicago, out and about

Team ITA Gathers Among Evanston Community Members to #WearOrange

July 9, 2018 by ITA Staff

Anti-Violence Event Honors Victims and Survivors of Gun Violence On June 2nd, 2018 ITA gathered together along with other members of the Evanston community to take part in the 4th Annual #WearOrange event in support of the National Gun Violence Awareness Day. The downtown Evanston event honored victims and survivors in Evanston and all cross […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: 4th annual wearorange event, Andria Duncan, anne zakaras, anti-violence, community, Evanston, gun violence, ITA, june 2018, national gun violence awareness day, survivors, victims, wearorange, Zak Van Den Berg

ITA’s Third Annual Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Conference: A Reflection

July 9, 2018 by ITA Staff

Cultivating Identity Creatively at Adler University in Downtown Chicago Last month, we celebrated ITA’s Third Annual Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Conference, “Cultivating Identity Creatively.” Over the weekend of June 8th, more than 115 mental health professionals gathered together to share the latest in research and cultural competency from the Creative Arts Therapy community. Thanks to […]

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ITA Introduces CBT/DBT Art Therapy Group for Teens

May 10, 2018 by ITA Staff

Adolescents Invited to Step into Spring with Training in Eight New Skills This spring, ITA is proud to offer a one-of-a-kind skills training art therapy group that will cater to teens who endure anxiety, quick changes in mood, and strong emotional states. What are CBT and DBT Skills? Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) skills use problem-solving […]

Filed Under: Events, Resources Tagged With: adolescents, art therapy, cbt, cognitive behavior therapy, creative arts therapies, dbt, dialectical behavor therapy, Evanston, group therapy, ITA, Marni Rosen, skills, spring, teens, training

ITA Music Therapists Make Their Mark in Ypsilanti, Michigan

May 3, 2018 by ITA Staff

Attending Staff Recaps the Great Lakes Regional Music Therapy Conference ITA music therapists have returned from their musical adventure at the Great Lakes Regional (GLR) Music Therapy Conference! This past April, Jeffrey Wolfe, MM, MT-BC, Amanda Ziemba, MM, MT-BC, and Bradley Drozdowski, MT-BC, were excited to travel to Ypsilanti, Michigan, near Eastern Michigan University (EMU), […]

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Spotlight on Our Conference Performer: James Williams

April 2, 2018 by ITA Staff

ITA Drama Therapy Beneficiary, Author, and Adult with Autism Gears Up for Our Conference The strength in the lineup of presentations that ITA has secured for this year’s 3rd Annual Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Conference, Cultivating Identity Creatively, lies in its variety. ITA is proud to host a diverse panel of presenters over our two-day […]

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In Hindsight: Our 2018 Grand Opening and Open House

March 29, 2018 by ITA Staff

ITA Looks Back at its Most Momentous Milestone After successfully strategically maneuvering over a row of summer hurdles and making the move up to 2130 Green Bay Road, ITA was set and ready to open its doors to the community for its Grand Opening on March 8th. Evanston Mayor Steven H. Hagerty was in attendance […]

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