1st Edition

Images of Art Therapy New Developments in Theory and Practice

244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

Working through the process of image-making in a therapeutic relationship, the art therapist is able to explore feelings, fantasies, and myths in different setting with diverse client groups. Originally published in 1987 Images of Art Therapy is a collection of essays by experienced art therapists which discuss and develop both theoretical and practical issues central to art therapy. The... Read more

Foreword  Contributors  1 Tessa Dalley Art as therapy: some new perspectives  2 Caroline Case A search for meaning: loss and transition in art therapy with children  3 Joy Schaverien The scapegoat and the talisman: transference in art therapy  4 Felicity Weir The role of symbolic expression in its relation to art therapy: a Kleinian approach  5 Diana Halliday Peak experiences: the individuation of children  6 Patricia Nowell Hall Art therapy: a way of healing the split  7 Diane Waller Art therapy in adolescence: a metaphorical view of a profession in progress  Name index  Index of case studies  Subject index

Biography

Dalley, Tessa; Case, Caroline; Schaverien, Joy; Weir, Felicity; Halliday, Diana; Hall, Patsy Nowell; Waller, Diane