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Alie Wickham
It has been awhile since I posted, much longer than I had expected, and I have a couple of thoughts in regards to this unexpected break that I have taken:
- I’m hoping that since I’ve last posted something, some of you have taken the time to process previous posts, and are hopefully ready to shout out what you have been wanting to say since the last time I posted a discussion topic.
- WHY HAS NO ONE SAID ANYTHING IN THE LAST MONTH?? I realize I am partially to blame for this, but, I am going to agree with another fellow Amabassador of mine – Mike Gagliardo, Strings…. We cannot do this alone!!
I believe another Ambassador (Jennifer Armstrong, Leadership) used this as an example of why us Ambassadors cannot do this alone: As leaders, we reach for the sky. However, at some point or another, our arms are going to get tired. We will either a) become to exhausted and burned out to move on, or b) look from one side to the next hoping to find someone who is willing to stick by us and raise their arms up as well.
So, I ask the simple question….Is ANYONE out there who is willing to make some noise about the future of this field and reach for the sky, too?? Furthermore, if you are out there, where are you? How can we find you or find others who are interested in sharing their thoughts about the future of this field? There is a future, but unless we start thinking about how we are going to shape it now, the future will soon become the present, and our ideas and discussion about the future will not have the opportunity to happen; they will simply have to take place and hope everything goes as we imagined it would. However, if we talk about it now, couldn’t we make our imagine a little more concrete?
PLEASE – say something, and let us (the Ambassadors) know you are there. We want to hear from you, we HAVE to hear from you – YOU, the future and present life of this field!!! So speak up and share your voice…trust me, I’m sure my voice will start to get on some of your nerves, eventually. I would prefer to avoid this. 
What do you want to be the next discussion topic?
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as an art therapist I completely understand the importance of the arts in healthcare. I also think it is important for the state of Michigan to bring back the art therapy license so that we can get reimbursed by insurance companies. More art therapy research is also needed. I’m very interested in this topic and hope you post more.
Hi Kelly – thank you for your response.
I am interested in the comment you made about bringing back the art therapy license in the state of Michigan – can you clarify?
As for more research in the art therapy realm, I would like to invite you to take at look at the research database that is already developed, and continues to grow. The database can be found at http://thesah.org/resources/research.cfm. However, if you feel there is research lacking in specific areas that you are interested in, please do not hesitate to start a discussion about HOW these areas can be addressed.
Thanks for your input – I hope to see more thoughts and discussion by you in the future!
Alie