
Advances in Art Therapy
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. May 1989
Book
Hardback
461 pages
978-0-471-62894-1 (ISBN)
Description
Presents new ways in which art therapy is being used. Describes a wealth of cases where art therapy has been used with bereaved children, refugees, psychotics, psychosomatic patients, and many others. Discusses a variety of methods employed by art therapists, including the creative use of photography, video, computers, and psychodrama. Describes ways of introducing art therapy to children, and a new method of working with depressed patients. Also covers training issues, such as countertransference through art-making, using art in supervision, and training in termination.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
862 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-62894-1 (9780471628941)
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HARRIET WADESON, PhD, is the Director of the Art Therapy Graduate Program at the University of Illinois. She has over thirty-five years of experience in the field of art therapy and is the author of numerous books, including Advances in Art Therapy and A Guide to Conducting Art Therapy Research.
Content
NEW POPULATIONS.
Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Art Psychotherapy: Cambodian Survivorsof War Trauma.
West Indian Children and Their Families: Art Therapy with NewImmigrants.
Art Therapy for Bereaved Children.
A Mother's Art Therapy Group in a Short-Term PsychiatricSetting.
Art Therapy for Battered Women.
The Arts in Therapy with Survivors of Incest.
Making Art in a Jail Setting.
Fighting Cancer with Images.
Engaging the Somatic Patient in Healing Through Art.
Severe Head Injury and Its Stages of Recovery Explored Through ArtTherapy.
Art Therapy for Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and RelatedDisorders.
Art Therapy with the Unidentified Patient.
Artistic Giftedness in the Multiply Handicapped.
NEW METHODS.
Visual Transitions: Metaphor for Change.
Art Therapy and Computers.
The Marriage of Art Therapy and Psychodrama.
Six Starting Points in Art Therapy with Children.
``Barrier'' Drawings for Depressed Patients.
ART THERAPY TRAINING.
Addressing Countertransference Through Image Making.
A Model for Art Therapy Supervision Enhanced Through Art Making andJournal Writing.
The Art Therapy Termination Process Group.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Art Psychotherapy: Cambodian Survivorsof War Trauma.
West Indian Children and Their Families: Art Therapy with NewImmigrants.
Art Therapy for Bereaved Children.
A Mother's Art Therapy Group in a Short-Term PsychiatricSetting.
Art Therapy for Battered Women.
The Arts in Therapy with Survivors of Incest.
Making Art in a Jail Setting.
Fighting Cancer with Images.
Engaging the Somatic Patient in Healing Through Art.
Severe Head Injury and Its Stages of Recovery Explored Through ArtTherapy.
Art Therapy for Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and RelatedDisorders.
Art Therapy with the Unidentified Patient.
Artistic Giftedness in the Multiply Handicapped.
NEW METHODS.
Visual Transitions: Metaphor for Change.
Art Therapy and Computers.
The Marriage of Art Therapy and Psychodrama.
Six Starting Points in Art Therapy with Children.
``Barrier'' Drawings for Depressed Patients.
ART THERAPY TRAINING.
Addressing Countertransference Through Image Making.
A Model for Art Therapy Supervision Enhanced Through Art Making andJournal Writing.
The Art Therapy Termination Process Group.
Author Index.
Subject Index.