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Our mission

The Montana Art Therapy Association is an organization of professionals dedicated to the belief that making art promotes healing and well-being. Its mission is to serve its members and the general public by providing standards of professional competence, by training and education while developing and promoting knowledge in, and of, the field of art therapy in Montana.

Why Choose Art Therapy?

Art therapy is an integrative mental health profession that combines knowledge and understanding of human development and psychological theories and techniques with visual arts and the creative process to provide a unique approach for helping clients improve psychological health, cognitive abilities, and sensory-motor functions. Art therapists use art media, and often the verbal processing of produced imagery, to help people resolve conflicts and problems, develop interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-esteem and self-awareness, and achieve insight (AATA, 2016). – Defined by the American Art Therapy Association

Art therapy is used with children, adolescents, adults, older adults groups, and families to assess and treat the following:
  • Anxiety
  • Depression and other mental and emotional problems and disorders
  • Substance abuse and other addictions
  • Family and relationship issues
  • Abuse and domestic violence
  • Social and emotional difficulties related to disability and illness
  • Trauma and loss
  • Physical, cognitive and neurological problems
  • Psychosocial difficulties related to medical illness.
Art therapy helps people resolve conflicts, improve interpersonal skills, manage problematic behaviors, reduce negative stress, and achieve personal insight.

Our members

Jason A. Heisey, LCPC, ATR-P

MTATA President

Kalispell, MT

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Allyson Norwood Bush, LCPC, ATR

MTATA Vice President

Kalispell, MT

Flathead Valley Art Therapy

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Lisa Pohlman, ATR, LCPC

MTATA Treasurer

Whitefish, MT

WhitefishArtTherapyStudio.com

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Kim Brown Campbell, EdD, LCPC, ATR

MTATA Co-Secretary

Missoula, MT

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Jamie Stocker, LCPC, ATR

MTATA Co-Secretary

Missoula, MT

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Melody Rice, LCPC, ATR-BC

Butte, MT

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Sally Hand, LCPC, ATR-BC

Bozeman, MT

heartandhandcenter.com

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Katie West, LCPC, ATR

Butte, MT

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Rachel Larson Long, ATR

Billings, MT

https://www.rachellarsonlongart.com/

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Sabrina Husain Bajakian, LCPC

Bozeman, MT

artandsoulcounseling.com

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Julienne Reid Stickney, LCPC

Missoula, MT

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Kris Keller, MS, PCLC, NCC

Bozeman, MT

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Kylie Becker, PCLC, ATR-P

Billings, MT

brighterskycounseling.com/

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C. Jane Estelle, EdD, ATR

Memorial

 

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