Full Description
Presents new ideas in the theory and practice of art therapy, incorporating them into more established art therapy and pointing to future developments. The book concludes with an examination of the training of art therapists and a look at the future direction of research in the field.
Contents
• A theoretical perspective;
• New problems, new solutions;
• The organizational context;
• Using art therapy with "chronic" long-term psychiatric patients;
• With elderly people in statutory care;
• With people who have severe learning difficulties;
• With families;
• With children and adolescents;
• In the treatment of women with eating disorders;
• In the treatment of alcohol and substance abuse;
• In acute states;
• The training of art therapists;
• Research in art therapy
