| We are
The Center for Creative Arts Therapies,
CCAT for short. Our collaborative
organization makes it possible to
offer transformational healing to
our community through the creative
arts therapies by providing therapeutic
services, education, professional
training and research. We are committed
to meeting the specific needs of our
community by bringing the creative
arts to those who could not otherwise
afford or have access to the benefits.
Together, we foster the use of
imagination and critical thinking
skills through creative arts activities
which reduce anxiety and emotional
conflicts and increase social skills,
personal expression, self-awareness,
and self-esteem. Graduate Interns
of our Art Therapy Education Program
provide over 5000 hours of free
therapeutic service throughout Sonoma
County every year. Our collaborative
relationships have extended to local
service providers such as Head Start,
New Directions, R House, Sunburst
Project, The Family Connection,
Tam Day Treatment Program, United
Against Sexual Assault and several
Sonoma County Public Schools. Art
Therapy services and programs have
provided transformational healing
to populations such as children
with HIV, children with special
education needs, at-risk teens,
youth in detention, clients with
substance abuse, chronic or terminal
illness, women in shelters, homeless
women, and survivors of sexual abuse.
Since we have many collaborative
efforts, when you work with CCAT,
you touch the entire community.
Please join us in continuing to
provide these valuable services
to children, women, youth, families
and the elderly.
The following comes from our June
2008 Membership drive letter, and
characterizes what we expect from
CCAT:
CCAT Members have many reasons to
be excited about the service this
Non-Profit organization can provide
for them:
- 1. CCAT is building a community of
like minded, heart centered people
who wish to stay connected through
the universal act of creativity.
- 2. CCAT provides a forum for professional
exploration and research in the
efficacy of the arts to advance
consciousness and to enrich lives.
- 3. CCAT provides quarterly meetings
open to the membership providing
opportunities for professionals
to share their projects, seek peer
review, and receive sponsorship
for Grants received through their
professional endeavors.
- 4. CCAT sponsors therapeutic and
educational Creative Arts Therapies
programs, Professional training
workshops and community based Art
Shows.
- 5. CCAT has a lending library
at its new residence, the Brookwood
Art Therapy Associates Building,
1030 2nd Street, Santa Rosa, CA
. 95403
- 6. CCAT’s website {Please
come visit us at www.creativeartstherapies.org
) provides opportunities for members
to professionally market their services(fee
depending on the space requirements
of the advertisement), share professional
writing highlighting individual
successes, research, and workshops.
- 7. CCAT welcomes professionals
working across the spectrum of services
which provide creative activities
that educate, heal and celebrate
the human Spirit.
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| Why use creativity for healing?
The Creative
Arts for healing can be traced back to antiquity where the shaman
offered creative resources that facilitated individual transformation
as well as healing for the community.
Participation
in the creative process provides a pathway for the body, soul, and
spirit to seek balance and integration. It partakes of verbal, non-verbal,
and meta-verbal communication for the expression of thoughts, feelings,
inspirations, and new experiences.
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