Professionals Join Teams to Back Music-Based Healing Awareness On June 25th, ITA Executive Director Jenni Rook and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Professor Dr. Borna Bonakdarpour teamed up for Tuning Into the Musical Mind — an educational event filled with cutting-edge dialogue that addressed the capacity for the human brain to respond constructively to […]
ITA Holds 2nd Annual Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Conference
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 […]
Support ITA’s Move to a New Location!
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 […]
Burst Pipe at ITA Causes Temporary Relocation
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 […]
ITA Announces Move in Fall, 2017
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 […]
ITA Opens Doors to Rush AARTS Center
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 […]
No Tip Toeing Around This Conversation
ITA Invites Dialogue on the Scope of Practice of the Therapeutic Arts at the 2nd Annual Creative Arts Therapy Conference In the landscape of the therapeutic arts, ITA comes to recognize the rise of interest and use of creative art forms as a helping tool. In its 41 years of operation, ITA has stood by […]
Meet our Honoree: Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl
Mayor of Evanston to be Honored at ITA’s First Annual Arts Benefit On April 28th, Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl is set to be honored at Institute for Therapy through the Arts’s first annual benefit, “Rooted in the Arts.” Mayor Tisdahl has lived in Evanston for 37 years and has served the city as mayor since […]
ITA on the Road: Music Therapists Head to North to Milwaukee for Regional Conference
The Great Lakes Music Therapy Conference Puts Focus on Health and Wellness with Help of ITA Team The Great Lakes Regional (GLR) Music Therapy conference was held in Milwaukee March 16-18, and ITA was represented by four of our own! Executive Director Jenni Rook, Community Programs Manager Jeffrey Wolfe, School Programs Manager Rebecca West, and […]
Join the ITA Team! ITA Seeks New Treasurer
ITA is looking for a new Treasurer to serve on our Board of Directors and head the finance committee. The treasurer works with the finance committee and the executive director to make recommendations on the management of ITA’s finances and oversees the development of the annual budget. The treasurer presents the annual budget to the […]