Glory
Your greatest reward will be when you:
Help a non-verbal person with autism communicate his thoughts and feelings through art for the very first time.
Allow a child who has witnessed trauma start to heal through art therapy.
Show a terminal cancer patient the way to expressing herself through art.
The American Art Therapy Association also gives out scholarships and awards for research in the area of art therapy. If you become the lucky recipient, you could actually win yourself some fame.