Creative mental health Workforce

Training the next generation through art therapy, supervision, and arts-focused community-based care

Dallas Art Therapy is building a creative mental health workforce that expands access to care through both clinical services and non-clinical, community-based mental health supports.

Through training, supervision, and real-world practice, we prepare providers to use the arts in ways that are:

Ethical
Trauma-informed
Developmentally appropriate
Responsive to community needs

Our model recognizes that mental health support happens across a spectrum—and that both clinical and non-clinical providers play a critical role when properly trained and supported.

Why This Matters

Communities across Texas face:

Limited access to clinically trained art therapy professionals
Barriers to insurance coverage for specialized, creative mental health services
Gaps in local training opportunities, including a lack of in-state graduate programs in art therapy

Dallas Art Therapy, 501(c)(3)

Creative mental health Workforce

Training the next generation through art therapy, supervision, and arts-focused community-based care

Why This Matters

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”