Full Description
This second volume expands and develops the discussion on arts therapies begun in volume one on the field's relationship with children and young people's mental health, demonstrating further contemporary research within international contexts.
The book responds to a resounding call to address children and young people's mental health. It explores a unique mix of diverse arts modalities including art, music, dance, expressive arts, and drama, creating opportunities for discourse and discussion of how the different arts therapies cohere and relate to each other. Chapters are truly global in approach, ranging from schools in India to children's hospices in the United Kingdom, refugee transit camps in Greece, and residential care programmes for LGBTQ+ youth in the United States. Discussions from Greece and Taiwan, and innovative research from Israel, Norway, and Scotland are also featured with reference to diverse social, political, and cultural contexts. Ultimately, chapters prioritise the links between research, theory, and practice, providing accessible and implication-led dialogue on contemporary issues.
This book provides new insights into the expanding field of the arts therapies and will be of great interest to arts therapists as well as academics and students in the fields of arts therapies, social work, psychotherapy, health psychology, and education.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Very early art therapy intervention: Why work with infants and their caregivers?
Chapter 2. Community music therapy with refugee children in transit camps on the Greek island of Chios: 'Like one family, together'
Chapter 3. Music therapy and dramatherapy in children's hospices: 'Playing in time'
Chapter 4. Exploring the influence of multigenerational relationships on Taiwanese children through art therapy and object relations theory
Chapter 5. Music therapy as trauma-preventive social-ecological engagement in paediatric medical settings: A sounding of resources
Chapter 6. A DMT case study on child sexual abuse, trauma, and psychosis: Seeds of hope
Chapter 7. Arts therapies and psychoeducation for adolescents in India: Project reflect
Chapter 8. A safe portal of exploration for children and young people: The comic panel
Chapter 9. 'The sun keeps on shining': An experience of dramatherapy with ASD pre-adolescents
Chapter 10. Working with LGBTQIA+ youth in residential settings
Chapter 11. The Leelah Play
