1st Edition

Art Therapy in In-patient Settings The Legacy of Edward Adamson

Edited By Maggie Batchelar, Andrew Colley Copyright 2026
196 Pages 10 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 10 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

Bringing together the voices of academics, art psychotherapists, and service users, this unique volume explores the contemporary impact of Edward Adamson’s pioneering work on art therapy practices in in-patient settings.   Drawing on both primary and secondary sources, as well as case studies, the book explores the extent to which Adamson’s work has become a conceptual framework for... Read more

Introduction: by Siobhan Lennon, with Andrew Colley

 

Part One: Edward Adamson

Chapter One: Edward Adamson and Netherne Hospital by Dr Chris Wood, with Andrew Colley.

Chapter Two: Adamson in Context by Dr Chris Wood

Chapter Three: The Adamson Collection and its Relevance to Contemporary Art Therapy Practice by Dr Val Huet

 

Part Two: The Enabling Space

Chapter Four: Enabling Spaces by Maggie Batchelar and Kate Lawrence

Chapter Five: Finding a Meeting Place: Art Therapy Practice on Inpatient Wards by Maggie Batchelar and Joanne Noble.

Chapter Six: Arts in Recovery: Narrative Case Studies Exploring Artmaking as a Pathway to Becoming and Belonging by Alan Johnson and Dr Tess Rendoth.

Chapter Seven: Art Psychotherapy with Adults in a High Secure Setting by Emma Allen.

Chapter Eight: Working Collaboratively with Patients and Staff by Fiona Grainger.

Chapter Nine: Art Therapy and Staff Wellbeing by Fiona Williams.

Chapter Ten: The Common Language of Arts Psychotherapies by Jackie Edwards and Estelle Kane.

Chapter Eleven: Evidencing the Impact of Art Therapy using Outcome Measures by Runa Park and Tim Wright.

 

Part Three: The Way Ahead

Chapter Twelve: Improving Equality of Access to Psychological Therapy through Art Therapy: A contemporary pilot project in an NHS service by Poppy Tomkinson and Dr Jed Jerwood.

Chapter Thirteen: Art Therapy and the Changing face of the NHS by Maggie Batchelar and Tim Wright.

Chapter Fourteen: The Wider Context – Growth in Arts & Wellbeing Provision Nationally and Internationally, by Maggie Batchelar and Andrew Colley

Biography

Maggie Batchelar is a Lead Art Psychotherapist in Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, UK. 

Andrew Colley is a former Senior Lecturer in Special Education, University of East London, UK.