Arts for Healing (AFH), founded by Karen Nisenson in 2000, is a not-for-profit corporation that is dedicated to providing creative arts therapy services and programs for people with special needs in Fairfield County, Connecticut and its surrounding communities. Their goal on the Web is to provide a resource center for local families, and to establish provide a model for centers around the country.
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URL: http://www.musictherapyconnections.com
An agreeable place to start an exploration of the Net's music therapy resources. Includes introductory information on music therapy, answers to commonly asked questions, a description of appropriate populations for music therapy, and a nice set of links to sites with more detailed information.
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URL: http://members.aol.com/Kathysl/index.html
Dance/Movement therapy is the psychotherapeutic use of movement for individuals who have social, emotional, cognitive, and/or physical problems. The American Dance Therapy Association works to establish and maintain standards of professional education and competence in the field of dance/movement therapy. ADTA publishes a Newsletter, the American Journal of Dance Therapy, monographs, bibliographies, and conference proceedings.
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URL: http://www.adta.org
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This site provides some actual Real Audio recordings of music suitable for music therapy that you can play on your computer. Depending on an individual's response, the opera selections provided in the Classical section may or may not be therapeutic. But the Contemplative, Shakuhachi and Tibetan Flute selections should have relatively wide appeal. The celtic harp pieces in the Contemplative section are particularly fine. This wonderful contribution to the Web provides about two hours of music. A link to the latest version of the RealPlayer provides a state-of-the-art free player to access the selections.
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This Association site includes useful information for Art Therapist professionals, but it is rather sparse on content, as is the WWW as a whole in this area. There is a good definition of art therapy, a FAQ, and links to pages which discuss the legislative and regulatory status of art therapy in each state, including membership of certifying boards. There are a few old articles from their journal, Art Therapy and an informative FAQ.
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URL: http://www.arttherapy.org
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These articles were written by Creative Arts Therapists in C.A.T.S., allied professionals and friends are copywritten by their authors. They are provided by Barbara Ann Levy, whose personal web site can be accessed from the directory http://plaza.interpost.net/cats.
Art Therapy and Computer Applications by Kenneth L.
Williams
Studio Approaches In Art Therapy by Cathy Malchiodi
Medical Art Therapy by Cathy Malchiodi
Reflections On Postmodernism by Barbara Ann Levy
This is a pretty plain site, but worth looking at because it seems to be the primary technical content on Art Therapy on the WWW (March 1997).
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This organizational site lacks a formal information source beyond a short but useful FAQ. However, there is an archive of back issues of their magazine, Music Therapy Matters.
URL: http://www.musictherapy.org