Our annual presentation to the Buckeye Art Therapy Association Symposium-- September 2015

1. +
The Ethics and Art Therapy: How Do Art Therapy Ethics
Measure Up? You Decide!
2015 Buckeye Art Therapy Association Symposium, Columbus OH
Presented by:
Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPAT, LPCC, ATR-BC, REAT, HLM/AATA
Donald Cutcher, MA, ATR-BC, HLM/BATA

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What are the current art therapy ethical issues?
Do current art therapy ethics documents
accurately reflect contemporary issues in
ethics?
…or are you ready for a nap?

3. + SURPRISE! We are calling on you to decide for
yourself today.
Form a group of 4 to 5 people.
Each group will have one section of the current
AATA Ethics Document to read and discuss…

4. + SURPRISE! We
are calling on
you to decide for
yourself today.
Form a group of
4 to 5 people.
Each group will
have one section
of the current
AATA Ethics
Document to
read and
discuss…

5. + Some things to
consider…
1) The changing
definition of “art therapy
education/training”
[counseling, social
action, community arts,
etc];
2) Social media;
3) International impact
[national organization is
“American,” yet
membership is also
international and AATA
emphasizes “culture.”

6. +HERE ARE THE CURRENT SECTIONS…
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR ART THERAPISTS
 1.0 RESPONSIBILITY TO CLIENTS
 2.0 CONFIDENTIALITY
 3.0 ASSESSMENT METHODS
 4.0 CLIENT ARTWORK
 5.0 EXHIBITION OF CLIENT ARTWORK
 6.0 PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND INTEGRITY
 7.0 MULTICULTURAL AND DIVERSITY COMPETENCE
 8.0 RESPONSIBILITY TO ART THERAPY STUDENTS AND
SUPERVISEES
 9.0 RESPONSIBILITY TO RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS

7. +PART TWO…
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR ART THERAPISTS
 10. RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PROFESSION
 11.0 FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS
 12.0 ADVERTISING
 13.0 INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONER
 14.0 INITIAL AND ENDING PHASES IN ART THERAPY
 15.0 PROFESSIONAL USE OF THE INTERNET, SOCIAL
NETWORKING SITES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY
 16.0 CONDUCTING ART THERAPY BY ELECTRONIC MEANS
 17.0 ABIDING BY THE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR ART
THERAPISTS

8. +Some References…
 Psychiatrists and Facebook: A Case of TMI for Patients
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/when-psych
 Newsletter, Summer 2015, Art Therapy Credentials Board
http://www.atcb.org
 Art Therapy Meets Digital Art and Social Media
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-healing-arts/200911/art-the

9. +
Questions & More Questions…
…and thank you for attending our presentation!
[because we know how boring ethics can be].

10. +
Questions & More Questions…
…and thank you for attending our presentation!
[because we know how boring ethics can be].