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Who we are

Our website address is: https://creativetherapyideas.com.

Hayley Gallagher, MA, LPC is the creator of the Creative Therapy Ideas blog.

The Creative Therapy Ideas blog is a resource database for therapists where you will find the following amazing resources to use in your therapy practice:

• Inspiring therapy activities
• Useful articles about therapy
• Helpful product recommendations
• Awesome freebies, worksheets, & eBooks

Our Purpose

Creative Therapy Ideas is intended to help therapists, counselors, and mental health professionals provide quality treatment through recommended therapy activities, resources, and tools.

Clinical Disclaimer

The Creative Therapy Ideas blog is not a substitution for therapy or clinical supervision.

All articles, blog posts, and recommendations are intended for educational purposes only, and should not be considered clinical direction, supervision, or consultation.

Although authors are experts in their field, and all content is of the highest quality, based on current clinical research, readers should always rely on the support and clinical guidance of a contracted professional.

Art Therapy Disclaimer:

Introducing art into your work with clients can be powerful. There are so many benefits to art therapy, it’s easy to see why the field is growing. While it is possible to include art in your practice if you aren’t a professional art therapist, it’s important to ensure you have training on art therapy and how to use art effectively. 

It’s also important that you are clear with your clients that you are not an art therapist, and you are not providing art therapy.

Though there are ways to incorporate art into your practice, the general practice of art therapy by untrained or non-credentialed art therapists is not recommended. According to the American Art Therapy Association, “art therapy can only be practiced by an individual who possesses the required training, certification, and/or state licensure. Bona fide art therapy is beyond the scope of practice of non-art therapists.” 

Additionally, some art therapy directives can be self-guided, but they work best under the guidance of a trained art therapist. 

About the Clients Referenced in Our Posts

Every vignette, case study, or reference to a client has been adapted and adjusted for legal and ethical publication. Names, demographics, and other identifying information have all been changed in order to protect client identity, confidentiality, and privacy. The information presented in each example is for educational purposes only, intended to illustrate a concept, technique, or activity.

About the Artwork in Our Posts

Most of the art therapy artwork examples provided on the site were created by me, unless otherwise stated. The images serve as a reference for the reader. Most of the artwork I feature in blog posts is “response art”. That means that when I set down to create each piece, I reflected on my work with a specific client, and then created the artwork with that experience in mind. All efforts were made to comply with HIPAA law and confidentiality and privacy of all clients.

Content Usage and Copyright Notice

Use, reproduction, modification, distribution or storage of any site content without express written permission from the site owner is expressly prohibited.

You shall not sell, license, rent, or otherwise use or exploit any content for commercial use or in any way that violates any third party right. That includes original content in blog posts, pages, policies, and disclosures.

All content on this site is protected by US and International copyright laws.

Affiliate Disclosure

An integral part of our high-quality content is the information we provide with regard to useful resources, tools, services, and products.

Some articles and posts contain affiliate links, including links to Amazon, and as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

I only recommend resources, products, and services that I adore and find to be useful. If you happen to make a purchase using an affiliate link, I will earn a small commission, at no additional cost to you.

My recommendations are based on personal experience with the product or service, as well as a TON of in-depth research. I only share resources, tools, products, and services that meet high standards of quality and value – I would never recommend something just to make money.

While this site is a true labor of love, affiliate commission helps sustain the site and mitigate the costs of running it. A lot of time and effort goes into each article, ensuring superior content and dependable information. Any affiliate commission received helps maintain that level of quality.

For more information about affiliate marketing, check out http://paidforadvertising.com/.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

When you comment on the site or subscribe to our email list, we collect the information requested in order to ensure the comments are appropriate and managed safely. 

When you subscribe to our email newsletter, you will only receive email communication from Creative Therapy Ideas. You will only receive the email communication that you have opted to receive. We will never sell your information to third party companies.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Additional information

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