The Creative Arts Therapy Collaborative of MN

02/28/2017

Arts Advocacy Day

11/17/2016

https://catcmn.wordpress.com/2016/11/11/fall-retreat/

Early this Fall Maggie’s supervison group met for a retreat that was led by Bevie LaBrie and Charmagne Derichs. Maggie presented this opportunity for her supervisees as a break from the trad…

11/17/2016

https://catcmn.wordpress.com/2016/11/10/get-to-know-melissa-turgeon/

Tell us more about your “day job”. I’m the Facing Cancer Together, Program Director at Angel Foundation. Angel Foundation is a local Twin Cities non-profit that has two programs, …

09/22/2016

https://catcmn.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/shorter-days/

Shorter days mean gorgeous sunsets from our studio windows.

09/07/2016

https://catcmn.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/get-to-know-jessi-bruehling/

How would you describe your style of therapy? I am a cognitive behavioral, humanistic, art therapist. This means I use CBT techniques such as mindfulness and motivational interviewing in addition t…

02/17/2016

The creative arts therapy collaborative is currently accepting a new partner. If you are interested please message me. Any soon to be licensed clinician, in any discipline, day time hours available. Some evenings and weekends!!!

12/17/2015

Featured member

http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/aata/FeaturedMember121615.pdf

12/04/2015

Check it out- you may know the first author!

This comprehensive article describes the benefits of specific art therapy approaches in addressing the symptoms associated with FASD.

11/21/2015

Veterans and Art therapy. Adler Graduate School support this organization.

Post-traumatic stress affects thousands of veterans. Therapy and counseling certainly helps, but one organization in the Twin Cities takes a different approach by connecting veterans to their inner creativity.

11/14/2015

Art transforms shame

Stephanie Calvert had been deeply ashamed of her mother’s habit. But her mother’s accident led her to reexamine their past.

11/07/2015

Of course!

A new study supports our hunch that kids who are exposed to the arts gain benefits beyond just being "more creative."

10/10/2015

Adult coloring books have recently gained popularity for their stress-relieving abilities, but what is the science behind this international trend?

08/19/2015

Mosaic project complete! Join us to celebrate-

The American Art Therapy Association and the Minnesota Art Therapy Association have partnered with The Bridge in Minneapolis, a safe haven for teens in crisis. We are creating a 5' x 9' mural. Teens, Bridge staff, and art therapists are working together on this community project. We are looking t...

07/26/2015

Yep.

____________________________ For one young student – let’s call him Martin -- the 2012-2013 school year at El Dorado Elementary in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood of San Francisco was a tough on...

07/09/2015

American Art Therapy Association conference- 1st ever in MPLS.

06/04/2015

Join us for our monthly Art Therapy Open Studio!
Who: Art Therapists
When: Friday, June 12th 7-9pm
Cost: $10 to register. Donations toward supplies also accepted.

06/04/2015

Art Therapy Experiential

Hosted by Melissa and Maggie

Who: Counselors, social workers, psychologists, teachers, nurses, others in “helping professions”*

When: Thursday, June 11th. 7-9:00 pm

Where: CATC Studio. Ivy Building. 2637 27th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55406

Cost: $15 to register. Donations toward supplies also accepted.

April 29, 2015 by mdawn651 Open Art Therapy Studio Hosted by Jessi and Maggie Photo by: Jim Bovin Photography We invite you to reconnect with your own creativity alongside art therapy peers Who: Art Therapists When: Friday, May 8th 7-9pm. Where: CATC Studio. Ivy Building. 2637 27th Ave. S.…

05/31/2015

Completed.

05/31/2015

Ready to present at the NBIA conference!

05/08/2015

Art Therapist Friends, if you don't have Friday night plans tomorrow, come & make art w/us @ the CATC studio! Comment here to RSVP!

04/25/2015

Seeing last night with a fab group of Art Therapists at our monthly experiential night for ATs led this month by Melissa Turgeon. Post 'em if you've got 'em women!

04/09/2015

Here we go- the "connecting hearts" project had a successful 1st day at the Bridge for youth. This mural will be going up at the Bridge. We will be starting a kickstarter campaign soon to help fund project. Thanks Connie Cohen for your lead on this project!!!

03/27/2015

Don't give up!

Are you hydrated? If not, have a glass of water. Have you eaten in the past three hours? If not, get some food — something with protein, not just simple carbs. Perhaps some nuts or hummus? Have you...

03/26/2015

Preliminary examination of the data indicates that participants using [art therapy] make [fewer] phone calls to medical and health providers; require fewer referrals to medical specialists; have a decreased number of somatic symptoms and complaints; and reduce their utilization of medical and mental health services.

While research into art therapy is still relatively limited (although growing), early studies show what artists, art therapists and healthcare professionals h...

03/10/2015

Join us this Friday, space is limited! RSVP..