Art Therapists on the Frontlines of Trauma Struggle for Recognition
Advocates are pushing for legislation that would make the practice more financially feasible for both clients and aspiring providers.
by Isa Farfan 
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Los Angeles-based bilingual art therapist Nadia Paredes, president of the AATA, often employs the “emotional color palette” intervention technique, in which individuals use colored writing utensils to create marks that correspond to their emotions. Paredes demonstrated the practice to Hyperallergic, revealing a set of multi-colored scribbles she produced with various forces and speeds. The simple exercise, she said, allows clients to express emotions before they have too much time to overthink them.
“An image can be so much more than language can emanate,” Paredes said.
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