Description
There is increasing interest in the use of the arts generally, with disadvantaged people of all kinds/ New ways of working are being developed all the time, and art therapists are pushing out the boundaries as they do this. This book describe what actually happens in art therapy in a variety of contexts, as practised by particular art therapists. Introduction. 1. Self-Image in the Work of a Client at the Psychotherapy Day Unit, John Ford. 2. Valuing the Middle Ground: Art Therapy and Manic Depression, Roy Thornton. 3. The Revolving Door: The Day Hospital and Beyond, Claire Skailes. 4. A Place to Be: Art Therapy and Community-Based Rehabilitation, Sarah Lewis. 5. Swimming Upstream: Art Therapy with the Psychogeriatric Population in One Health District, Karen Drucker. 6. Art Therapy as Part of the World of Dyslexic Children, Tish Feilden. 7. Art Therapy with People with Learning Difficulties, Edward Kuczaj. 8. `It Just Happened’: Looking at Crime Events, Marian Liebmann. 9. Art Therapy and Homeless People, Claire Swainson. Bibliography. List of Contributors. Index.
