An innovative guide to the practice of art therapy Since 1978, Judith Aron Rubin's Child Art Therapy has become the classic text for conducting art therapy with children. Twenty-five years later, the book still stands as the reference for mental health professionals who incorporate art into their practice. Now, with the publication of this fully updated and revised Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition, which includes a DVD that illustrates art therapy techniques in actual therapy settings, this pioneering guide is available to train, inform, and inspire a new generation of art therapists and those seeking to introduce art therapy into their clinical practice.
The text illustrates how to:
Set the conditions for creative growth, assess progress, and set goals for therapy
Use art in individual, group, and family situations, including parent-child pairings, mothers' groups, and adolescent groups
Work with healthy children and those with disabilities
Guide parents through art and play
Talk about art work and encourage art production
Decode nonverbal messages contained in art and the art-making process
Use scribbles, drawings, stories, poems, masks, and other methods to facilitate expression
Understand why and how art therapy works
Along with the useful techniques and activities described, numerous case studies taken from Rubin's years of practice add a vital dimension to the text, exploring how art therapy works in the real world of children's experience. Original artwork from clients and the author illuminate the material throughout. Written by an internationally recognized art therapist, Child Art Therapy, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition is a comprehensive guide for learning about, practicing, and refining child art therapy.
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
JUDITH ARON RUBIN, PHD, ATR-BC, is a licensed psychologist and faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She is a former president of the American Art Therapy Association, the author of five books, and the creator of five teaching films. She consults, lectures, and gives workshops across the country as well as abroad, and is preparing a series of art therapy teaching tapes for students and professionals.
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University of Pittsburgh, PA (ret.), Sanibel Island, FL
Illustrations xi
DVD Contents xv
Acknowledgments xxxiii
Preface: 25th Anniversary Edition xxxix
Background xxxix
Changes in Art Therapy and Mental Health xl
Changes in Organization and Content of the Book xli
PART I The Context
1 Roots: Personal and Professional 3
Personal 3
Professional 6
Personal/Professional Passage 8
A Personal Experience of the Creative Process 9
Making Pictures Helps My Mourning Process 13
About This Book 14
2 A Framework for Freedom 19
Conditions for Creative Growth 29
3 Understanding Development in Art 34
Progression in Normal Artistic Development 34
Where a Child Is 46
General Issues in Development 48
4 A Picture of the Therapeutic Process 57
Testing 58
Trusting 61
Risking 62
Communicating 63
Facing 64
Understanding 66
Accepting 68
Coping 69
Separating 70
5 Some Ways to Facilitate Expression 73
A Starter (A Scribble) 73
A Theme 74
A Medium 77
A Dream 78
A Mask 81
A Target 83
A Tape Recorder 85
A Poem 88
A Story 89
A Picture-Taking Machine 90
Flashlights and Candles 90
Extending the Range 92
Conclusion 92
PART II The Individual
6 An Individual Art Evaluation 97
Background 97
Initiating the Interview 99
Getting Started 103
The Art Materials 106
The Space 110
Talking about the Artwork 113
Abstract Artwork 115
Some Things Are Easier to Say and to See in Art 117
Productivity 118
Recommendations 119
7 Decoding Symbolic Messages 121
To Write or Not to Write? 121
Verbal Communications 122
To Talk or Not to Talk? 122
Nonverbal Communications 123
Interaction with the Therapist 123
Response to the Task 124
Response to the Materials 124
The Working Process 125
Products: Form 126
Form and Process as Content 128
Products: Content 129
Common Themes 129
Self-Representations 131
Degree of Disguise 131
Attitude toward the Product 132
Making Sense 134
Reporting 135
8 Some Case Studies 137
Ellen: An Elective Mute 138
Dorothy: A Child with Schizophrenia 145
Randy: A Boy with Encopresis 150
Conclusion 152
9 Case Illustration: Understanding and Helping 153
Individual Art Evaluation 156
Group Art Therapy 158
Joint Mother-Child Art Sessions 160
Family Art Evaluation 161
Family Art Therapy 162
Joint Nonverbal Drawing 167
PART III The Family and the Group
10 A Family Art Evaluation 173
Format 174
Scribble Drawing 177
Family Representations 178
Family Mural 180
Free Products 182
Making Sense 182
Characteristics 183
Modifications 185
11 Family Art Therapy 188
Family Member Dyads 188
Conjoint Family Art Therapy 193
Occasional Conjoint Family Art Sessions 196
Multimodal Family Art Sessions 197
12 Art Therapy with Parents 200
Individual Art Therapy 200
Mother-Child Art Therapy Group 202
Short-Term Parent-Child Art Therapy Groups 214
Mothers' Art Therapy Groups 215
Conclusion 217
13 Group Art Therapy 218
History and Development 218
Deciding What to Do 220
Activities in Art Therapy Groups 222
Groups and How They Grow 225
The Use of Structure in Unstructured Groups 228
Group Themes and Concerns 229
Creative Play with Food 230
Role-Taking in Interviews 231
Interviewing Each Other 231
Reviewing in a Group 233
Individual Growth in a Group: Don 233
Group Growth: New Members and Endings 234
Conclusion 236
14 Multimodality Group Therapy 237
Relationships among the Arts 237
The First Art-Drama Therapy Group: Latency-Age Boys 240
The Second Art-Drama Therapy Group: Adolescents 249
Role of the Leader 257
Conclusion 258
PART IV Art Therapy for Disabled Children
15 Art as Therapy for Children with Disabilities 263
The Universality of Creativity 263
Children with Schizophrenia in a Psychiatric Hospital 264
Children with Physical Disabilities in a Residential Institution 266
Deaf Children in a Day School 268
Children with Developmental Delays in a Preschool 271
Blind Children with Multiple Disabilities in a
Residential School 272
Changes over the Years since the First Edition 276
Special Considerations in Art for Children with Disabilities 277
Values of Art for Children with Disabilities 278
16 Art Therapy with Disabled Children and Their Parents 285
Similarities and Differences 285
Coming to Terms with Blindness 300
Outpatient Mothers' Therapy Group: Sustenance and Support 307
PART V Art as Therapy for Everyone
17 Helping the Normal Child through Art 311
Therapeutic Values in Art Education 311
Dealing with Normal Stresses through Art 313
Loss of Parental Figures 326
Conclusion 328
18 Helping Parents through Art and Play 330
Art as Therapy for Normal Adults 330
Education in the Community 331
Family Art Workshop: Elementary School 332
Parent Art Workshop in a School 334
Mothers and Toddlers in a Church 334
Parent Play Groups 338
Sample Activities to Help Parents Understand
Developmental Phases 339
Possible Ways to Proceed 343
PART VI General Issues
19 What Child Art Therapy Is and Who Can Do It 347
Art Therapy and Art Education 348
Art Therapy and Play Therapy 350
Qualities of Good Child Art Therapists 351
20 Why and How the Art Therapist Helps 356
The Need and Capacity to Create 356
The Creative Process as a Learning Experience 357
The Art Therapist as a Real Person and Symbolic Other:
Transference 359
An Artist and a Therapist 363
The Art Therapist as a Change Agent 364
Extending Opportunities: Art Therapy Consultation 365
21 How the Art Therapist Learns through Research 368
Introduction and Issues 368
Objective Observation 369
Subjective Clinical Assessments 370
Grouping and Goal-Setting 370
Assessing Change in Blind Children I 371
Assessing Change in Blind Children II 373
A Phenomenological Investigation 375
Self-Assessments of Art Products 376
Measurement of Media Popularity 376
Group Drawings and Group Dynamics 377
Diagnostic Questions about Child Art 378
Variability in Children's Art 380
Free Association in Art Imagery 381
Relationships between Creativity and Mental Health 382
Comparing Products from Art and Drama Interviews 383
Conclusion 384
A Cautionary Note 387
References 389
Index 407
About the DVD 419
