Main description:

Art therapists use the creative process to help their clients increase insight and judgment and work through traumatic experiences. In this long-awaited revision of the definitive and best-selling text on art therapy, Harriet Wadeson, a pioneer in the field, addresses the clinical considerations, education, history, and application of art therapy. The new edition includes new chapters on trauma, multicultural considerations, and substance abuse. Art therapists are provided with more than two hundred illustrations appear in the text and an accompanying CD-ROM with full-color illustrations not included in the book.

Contents:

Foreword to the First Edition. Preface. Preface to the First Edition (Revised). Acknowledgments. Acknowledgments to the First Edition. PART I: Principles and Application. 1 Creative Process. 2 Advantages of Art Therapy. 3 Roots and Application of Art Therapy. 4 Institutional Influences. 5 Therapeutic Relationship. 6 Multicultural Issues. PART II: Trauma. 7 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). 8 Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. 9 Crisis. PART III: Mood Disorders. 10 Depression. 11 Bipolar Disorder. 12 Suicide. PART IV: Schizophrenia. 13 General Characteristics and Clinical Considerations in Schizophrenia. 14 Phenomenology of Schizophrenia Expressed in Art. 15 Institutional Impact. 16 Art Expression and Recovery Style in Acute Schizophrenia. 17 Comparison of Art Expression in Schizophrenia, Depression, and Bipolar Psychosis. PART V: Physical Conditions. 18 Medical Conditions. 19 Substance Abuse. PART VI: Structuring Art Therapy. 20 Short-Term Hospitalization and Aftercare. 21 Group Art Therapy. 22 Family Art Therapy. 23 Drawing Dreams. 24 Combining Expressive Therapies. 25 Community Art Therapy. 26 Research. Epilogue. 27 Art For Professional Self-Processing. Concluding Remarks. Appendix. References. Author Index. Subject Index. About the CD-ROM.