What does IEATA® do?

We’re a nonprofit organization that seeks to amplify the expressive arts around the world. Click any button to learn more or scroll down the page to explore each topic on your own.

We integrate art forms to heal & grow

IEATA is the only international nonprofit organization devoted to intermodal expressive arts in all its therapeutic forms.

The core aspect of our unique approach is intermodality—a means of effecting personal and community transformation by following a creative thread through many different art forms.

Through intermodality, we go deeper into our experiences and promote growth, healing, and positive change.

What is intermodal expressive arts?

We bring people together globally

As an international nonprofit, we are first and foremost a community!

We exist to break down global barriers and build meaningful relationships—both personally and professionally.

While IEATA® originated in the United States, we now have Regional Co-chairs that supervise Regional Coordinators from all around the world.

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We promote professional excellence

Along with our community-building activities, IEATA is a registering body for expressive arts-based healing, including two distinct paths:

Registered Expressive Arts Therapists (REAT®)
Registered Expressive Arts Consultant/Educators (REACE®)

Both REAT® and REACE® practitioners are guided by an established professional code of ethics, an expression of values and goals that help define our work as a professional community.

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We spread creativity & wellness worldwide

Through the Creative Wellness Service Initiative (CWSI), IEATA members offer a free online program that makes emotional wellness globally accessible.

By using the expressive arts and harnessing the skills and heart of IEATA members, our social action committee works toward social justice for underprivileged people.

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We advocate for and raise awareness of expressive arts

We seek to increase recognition of expressive arts as powerful tools for social, psycho-social, physical, and spiritual wellness.

The relationships we cultivate with professional organizations and academic institutions increase global awareness and expansion of the expressive arts. Our online directory also helps people find registered REAT® and REACE® practitioners to support their own healing journeys.

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