Full Description
This accessible book provides an edited and annotated compilation of selections of Robert Ault's previously unpublished work, from presentations at psychiatric conferences to examples of his paintings and drawings.
Ault's manuscripts for presentations, workshop protocols, and art therapy directives that are otherwise unavailable are of great value to current and future art therapists and clinicians in fields like expressive arts therapy, counseling, social work, and psychology. As a mentee and close friend of Ault for the decade before his death, and with access to the full range of his unpublished and self-published material, author Libby Schmanke is ideally qualified to provide biographical and historical context and personal observations.
This reference is beneficial for conceptualizing and applying art therapy, as well as having the historical value of preserving and honoring the work of a pioneer who sought to keep the art in art therapy.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Beginnings: Formulating a New Field
1. Personal Philosophy
2. Art Therapy with Adult Inpatients
3. Untitled presentation
4. Acceptance Speech
5. Are you an Artist or a Therapist?
Part 2: Practice Applications: From Psych Patients to CEOs
6. Case Study
7. Various Uses of Art Therapy in a Hospital Setting
8. Art Therapy in the Business World: Exploratory Studies
9. Draw on New Lines of Communication
Part 3: Consolidation of Concepts: Academia
10. Woven Paintings (undated handout)
11. Elizabeth Layton: The Effect of Her Art on Her Emotions
12. Making Music: The Art of Karl Menninger
13. Reflections on 20 Years of Art Therapy Training
Part 4: Back to the Art: A Unique Community Model
14. Portals and Passages
15. Prescription for the Art Therapist: Make Art!
16. Sometimes Good Medicine Comes in Kits
17. It's About Time
Afterword
Addenda
