Art Therapy Credentials Board (US)

Art Therapy Credentials Board

-To be the authority for the safe, ethical and inclusive practice of art therapy

• Credentials

• Certification
  

Credentials

• Provisional Art Therapist (ATR-P)
  The Provisional Registered Art Therapist (ATR-P) credential ensures that an art therapist meets established educational standards and successfully completed advanced specific graduate-level education in art therapy and is practicing art therapy under an approved ATCB credential holder at the time of application. The ATR-P is required to become an ATR.

• Registered Art Therapist (ATR)
  The Registered Art Therapist (ATR) is the credential that ensures an art therapist meets established standards, with successful completion of advanced specific graduate-level education in art therapy and supervised post-graduate art therapy experience.

• Art Therapy Credentialed Supervisor (ATCS)
  Experienced Board Certified Art Therapists who provide supervision may can become an Art Therapy Credentialed Supervisor (ATCS). Working with an ATR-BC who also has the ATCS credential ensures that current art therapy students and early-career practitioners receive the best art therapy supervision available.

Website: https://atcb.org/

Certification

• Board Certification
  The Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) is the highest-level art therapy competency. These registered art therapists (ATR) carry board certification distinction when they pass the national examination, demonstrating comprehensive knowledge of the theories and clinical skills used in art therapy. All board-certified art therapists (ATR-BC) are required to recertify their board certification every five years through the completion of 100 continuing education credits or successful passage of the ATCBE national examination.

Website: https://atcb.org/