Essentials of Art Therapy Training and Practice

Bruce L. Moon

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Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd

The Dynamics of Art As Therapy With Adolescents

This new text is an in-depth exploration of the role of art therapy in the treatment of emotionally-disturbed adolescents. The book has grown out of the author¹s twenty-four years of clinical art therapy experience, much of which has been devoted to caring for severely hurting young people. There are three primary topics that are explored within the book¹s fifteen chapters. First, there is attention given to understanding the developmental issues facing adolescents and how these affect psychotherapeutic treatment. The author provides an outline of the phases of adolescent art therapy, including: the Resistance Phase, the Imaging Phase, the Immersion Phase, and the Letting Go Phase. In the second section, the author describes the ³art as therapy approach to art psychotherapy with adolescents.² Several chapters are devoted to examining components of this model. Particular attention is given to advancing an understanding of studio-based art therapy that is deeply anchored in clinical psychotherapeutic practice. The final main topic presents Moon¹s therapeutic approach to working with adolescents through ³responsive art making.² This approach is described in a multitude of case stories and vignettes that are deeply moving, inspiring, and informative. A positive by-product of the book is that the reader will find many practical suggestions regarding materials, artistic tasks, and therapeutic techniques. This outstanding book shares the author¹s essential philosophical, technical, pragmatic, and ethical aspects of practicing art therapy that have made him a standard-bearer for all those who believe in the therapeutic power of art.

Medical Books

Medicine

This new text is an in-depth exploration of the role of art therapy in the treatment of emotionally-disturbed adolescents. The book has grown out of the author¹s twenty-four years of clinical art therapy experience, much of which has been devoted to caring for severely hurting young people. There are three primary topics that are explored within the book¹s fifteen chapters. First, there is attention given to understanding the developmental issues facing adolescents and how these affect psychotherapeutic treatment. The author provides an outline of the phases of adolescent art therapy, including: the Resistance Phase, the Imaging Phase, the Immersion Phase, and the Letting Go Phase. In the second section, the author describes the ³art as therapy approach to art psychotherapy with adolescents.² Several chapters are devoted to examining components of this model. Particular attention is given to advancing an understanding of studio-based art therapy that is deeply anchored in clinical psychotherapeutic practice. The final main topic presents Moon¹s therapeutic approach to working with adolescents through ³responsive art making.² This approach is described in a multitude of case stories and vignettes that are deeply moving, inspiring, and informative. A positive by-product of the book is that the reader will find many practical suggestions regarding materials, artistic tasks, and therapeutic techniques. This outstanding book shares the author¹s essential philosophical, technical, pragmatic, and ethical aspects of practicing art therapy that have made him a standard-bearer for all those who believe in the therapeutic power of art.

Essentials of Art Therapy Education and Practice

This expanded new edition reflects the author's efforts to explore the crucial components of the education of the creative arts therapist. The text reflects significant developments in the profession of art therapy, important modifications in the educational standards of the American Art Therapy Association, and profound changes in health care. The book is an expression of the author's belief that the most essential element of art therapy is art as the core of the profession. It is art making that undergirds the profession and is also the key element that art therapists bring to the client-therapist and educator-student relationships. Central, too, to the author's approach is the manner in which mentor and beginning art therapist come together in their efforts to learn and grow. The concern for authentic engagement in the training relationship enhances the beginner’s ability to use the self to help clients learn to use art and artistic expression to identify and integrate new insights in their lives. Topics presented include The Image, Making Art, Beginner's Chaos, Journey Metaphor in Education, Mentor/Supervisor, The Art Experience, Core Curriculum, Practical Experience, Science and Soul in the Clinical Setting, The Work of Art Therapy, The Young Student, Gifts of the Male and Female Student, Role of Philosophy, Therapy and Holidays, Metaverbal Therapy, Role of Metaphor, Role of Love, Role of Assessment, and Role of Work. The book is ultimately concerned with the use of art and the artistic relationship to promote human growth. The author’s deep understanding of both art and existentialism makes this book a high point in the ever-evolving fields of existential psychotherapy and art therapy.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Art And Soul: Reflections On An Artistic Psychology

This new edition can best be described as an art therapist's journal of witness to the artistic struggle by clients engaged in the act of healing through art. Its goal is to provide ideas about soul restoration through art. The artistic psychology presented in the text addresses the hungers people feel and the symptoms that torment them and shows that in making art it is possible to fill emptiness, rediscover wonders, ease depression, revive joy, create meaning, and practice a form of spiritual discipline. The book is about imagination, reclamation, and soul restoration as well as making soul and reinvigorating life. The author does not advocate the elimination of scientific psychology but rather suggests ways to embrace emotional turmoil that may be beyond the scope of cognitive behaviorism and psychopharmacology. He paints the soul through art, imagery, and story, often digressing into deep pools or turbulent rivers of his experience that serve to build a steady vision dedicated to core values and beliefs. The book is intended for artists and therapists who are willing to enter into the mysteries of lost souls. It is also intended for lay persons who may be suffering the symptoms of soul loss. In addition, it will be of interest to pastoral counselors, social workers, and others in the fields of art and mental health. The text is greatly enhanced by powerful illustrations that highlight the chapters and case vignettes.

Ethical Issues in Art Therapy

As a text or supplemental text for students, or as a focus for discussion in supervision groups, this book may generate more questions than it answers about common ethical dilemmas encountered by art therapists or therapists from other disciplines who engage clients in metaverbal treatment modalities. The author first introduces readers to deontological (legalistic), antinomian (unprincipled) and teleological (situational) approaches to ethical reasoning. He then proceeds to explain why, in virtually every instance, none of these approaches alone fully addresses every ethical issue. Instead of providing answers, however, the author challenges his readers to consider their options completely when determining their professional behaviors. This well-respected art practitioner and educator refers often to the standards and procedures established within the art therapy profession. He suggests, however, that therapists should frequently view even these standards only as guidelines as when engaging in their chosen professional arena. This work is filled with clinical vignettes and case illustrations that present ethical dilemmas, followed by thought-provoking discussion questions. Additionally, readers are given ongoing opportunities to engage with these issues through metacognitive, kinetic, and sensory activities. Topics that the author presents include therapists’ responsibilities to their clients and the work place; rights of artworks; the art therapist as an artist, therapist, and human being; professional supervision; maintaining professional boundaries; responsibilities to research and to the profession; dealing with ethical violations; advertising; private practice; and potential multicultural and diversity issues.

The Role of Metaphor in Art Therapy: Theory, Method, and Experience

Pragmatic and poetic, this book is a tribute to the complexities and mysteries of working with people who are suffering and striving to tell their stories through expressive artistic processes. Its roots lay deep in encounters with children, adolescents, and adults who have come to the author for help over the last three decades. It is grounded in interactions with graduate art therapy students and encounters with important themes in life. This book makes no effort to affix particular meanings to the metaphors discussed in the clinical vignettes, but rather, suggests ways to listen and respond to metaphoric communications. In the methodology described in this book, ways to respond to clients' metaphors are demonstrated by creating stories, poems, and visual artworks. Art therapy sessions are described, engaging in dialogues with clients and their artworks in an effort to invite both to share stories. The studio-based approach, where artists and art therapists work side-by-side making art, exploring issues of transition, and listening metaphorically, is examined. In addition, the relevance of esthetics and empathy in looking at client artwork without judgment and responding to the client through art making is discussed. This excellent resource describes how to look at, listen to, and respond to the metaphors that artworks divulge.

Pragmatic and poetic, this book is a tribute to the complexities and mysteries of working with people who are suffering and striving to tell their stories through expressive artistic processes. Its roots lay deep in encounters with children, adolescents, and adults who have come to the author for help over the last three decades. It is grounded in interactions with graduate art therapy students and encounters with important themes in life. This book makes no effort to affix particular meanings to the metaphors discussed in the clinical vignettes, but rather, suggests ways to listen and respond to metaphoric communications. In the methodology described in this book, ways to respond to clients' metaphors are demonstrated by creating stories, poems, and visual artworks. Art therapy sessions are described, engaging in dialogues with clients and their artworks in an effort to invite both to share stories. The studio-based approach, where artists and art therapists work side-by-side making art, exploring issues of transition, and listening metaphorically, is examined. In addition, the relevance of esthetics and empathy in looking at client artwork without judgment and responding to the client through art making is discussed. This excellent resource describes how to look at, listen to, and respond to the metaphors that artworks divulge.

Introduction To Art Therapy: Faith in the Product

The goal of art therapy is to get beneath the surface of things, and once there, to use a gentle nudge to brush away the emotional debris of life and make room for more living. The revisions in this new edition of Introduction to Art Therapy further amplifies the impact of the original book, touching the major themes and issues of the profession. Art therapy is effective with individuals, families, and groups and it works well with the intellectually gifted and the learning impaired. It can also be used with the chronically mentally ill, the terminally ill, the vision impaired and the deaf. Art therapy is particularly effective with posttraumatic stress disorder- from the aftereffects of war, including physical, sexual or emotional abuse. This book describes the essential elements of the process of facilitating therapeutic change in forming a foundation from which art therapists construct treatment plans and philosophies. Enhancements in this text include: an overview of the spectrum of theoretical orientations within art therapy; a brief history of practice in the United States; descriptions of applications that were not widely understood in 1994; and the most current and seasoned interpretation of how the author perceives the art therapy experience. In addition, the author presents exceptional case examples including client-prepared artwork that highlights the text. This book will inspire serious artists to become involved in art therapy, and encourage veteran art therapists to renew their vocations by living the process of art therapy. This book will be a valuable resource to medical and mental health professionals, occupational therapists, and other rehabilitation professionals that aspire to become more effective in reaching others.

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Essentials of Art Therapy Training and Practice

The Dynamics of Art As Therapy With Adolescents

The Dynamics of Art As Therapy With Adolescents

Essentials of Art Therapy Education and Practice

Art And Soul: Reflections On An Artistic Psychology

Ethical Issues in Art Therapy

Ethical Issues in Art Therapy

The Role of Metaphor in Art Therapy: Theory, Method, and Experience

The Role of Metaphor in Art Therapy: Theory, Method, and Experience

Introduction To Art Therapy: Faith in the Product