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Chicago Tribune: Music can call back loved ones lost in Alzheimer’s darkness

June 11, 2018 by ITA Staff

‘So much we can do to improve quality of life’ ITA was featured on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on June 11, 2018 on ITA’s Musical Bridges to […]

Filed Under: Articles, ITA in the News Tagged With: Chicago Tribune, creative arts therapies, creative arts therapy, dementia, Institute for Therapy through the Arts, ITA, jeffrey wolfe, jenni rook, music therapy, Musical Bridges to Memory, Northwestern University, Silverado, Silverado Memory Care, Tribune

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 […]

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 […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Amanda Ziemba, amta, amtas, Bradley Drozdowski, creative arts therapy, Eastern Michigan University, glr, great lakes, great lakes regional music therapy conference, harvey, internship, ITA, jeffrey wolfe, mentorship, music therapy, williams syndrome

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 […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: a whole new world, author, autism, conference, creative arts therapies, cultivating identity creatively, drama therapy, ITA, james williams, performer, spotlight

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 […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: art therapy, creative arts therapies, creative arts therapy, dance movement therapy, drama therapy, Evanston, Evanston Chamber of Commerce, grand opening, Institute for Therapy through the Arts, ITA, jeffrey wolfe, jenni rook, Marni Rosen, mental health, milestone, music therapy, open house, Stephen H. Hagerty

Net Surfing: ITA Makes Some Waves

March 12, 2018 by ITA Staff

Executive Director Jenni Rook Featured as Special Guest on The Lisa D Show With our Grand Opening behind us and our 3rd Annual Creative Arts Therapy Conference ahead of us, […]

Filed Under: ITA in the News Tagged With: creative arts therapies, Evanston, ITA, jenni rook, Lisa Degliantoni, make some waves, net surfing, The Lisa D Show

ITA Gets Loud: New Trauma Workshop Caters to Young Poets

February 27, 2018 by ITA Staff

ITA Lead to Young Chicago Authors through Mutual Link Amongst the crowd at a Chicago Community Trust-supported Art Educator workshop, Kesha Daniels listened to Dr. Marni Rosen, ITA’s Practice Director, […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: art therapy, CCT, Chicago community trust, creative arts therapies, get loud, ITA, Louder than a Bomb, Marni Rosen, poets, trauma, workshop, YCA, Young Chicago Authors, youth

Meet Zak!

February 27, 2018 by ITA Staff

ITA Says Hello to a Spring Administrative Intern ITA is thrilled to have so many talented interns work with us each year. Through our administrative internship, students learn more about the creative […]

Filed Under: ITA Announcements Tagged With: art therapy, creative arts therapies, hello, Helping Hand Home, ITA, lurie children's hospital, meet, SAIC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, spring, The Center on Halsted, Zak Van Den Berg

Going Places: ITA Confirmed for a Booth to Boost Mental Health Awareness

February 23, 2018 by ITA Staff

ITA to Be Part of Evanston Public Library’s Very First North Shore Mental Health & Wellness Fair This fair is a first: the Evanston Public Library will be hosting their […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Downtown Evanston, EPL, evanston public library, going places, Institute for Therapy through the Arts, ITA, may, mental health, mental health awareness month, North Shore Mental Health and Wellness Fair, wellness

ITA Out and About: We’re Going to the Fair!

February 22, 2018 by ITA Staff

Niles Township District for Special Education Reserves Place for ITA at Recreation Fair For parents of children with special needs, planning for summer poses requirements that are not always easily-met. […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: children, fair, Institute for Therapy through the Arts, ITA, leisure, Niles Township District for Special Education, NTDSE, recreation, special needs