The Embodied Art Therapist Theory and Practice for a New Paradigm

Introduction  Part 1: Theoretical foundations for embodiment in art therapy  1. The intersection of art therapy, embodiment, and body-based therapies  2. Trauma, attachment, and the body: Implications for art therapy  3. Neuroscience in the service of art therapy: Transcending classic approaches and advancing our understanding through principles of embodiment  4. Haptic perception in art therapy  Part 2: Clinical applications of embodied art therapy  5. Traditional body-based methods in art therapy: Guided imagery, body mapping, and body tracing  6. Embodied methods in art therapy  7. Sensorimotor therapy and sensory modulation applications within art therapy  8. Embodiment, energy therapy, and the transpersonal  9. Embodied methods in online art therapy  Part 3: Diverse bodies, diverse needs: Applications in different clinical settings  10. Social dichotomies, the body, and the transgressive power of creativity in an acute psychiatric setting  11. Eating disorders: Working with the body and its image in art therapy  12. Gender affirming ethos in embodied art therapy  13. Intergenerational trauma and the embodied creative wisdom of Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples  14. Disability Art: Lessons for embodied, anti-oppressive art therapy  15. Grace in the broken parts: Embodied art therapy methods for working with chronic pain and medical trauma  16. Embodying grief, celebrating death: An art therapy approach  Part 4: Embodied materials, methods, and settings  17. At home in one's body: Embodied art therapy spaces  18. The spirit of matter: An embodied approach to art materials  19. Environmental arts therapy: The body in nature  20. Integrative clinical practices: Art therapy, biofeedback, and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing  21. Integrating art therapy and yoga for an intentional, embodied practice  Part 5: Training embodied art therapists  22. Teaching embodied methods to art therapy students  23. Cultivating resonance: The embodied supervision relationship in art therapy

Biography

Mia de Béthune is a somatic art therapist and an adjunct professor at New York University.

Kelley Linhardt is an art therapist and an adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts.

Valeria Koutmina is an art therapist, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction practitioner in private practice.

“The editors of this fascinating volume have provided the profession of art therapy with a long-overdue introduction to and overview of embodied approaches. The many contributors—each with a unique viewpoint—offer creative ways of working that honor the body while remaining true to art therapy." 

Judith A. Rubin, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM, Past President, American Art Therapy Association; Former Faculty Member, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh 

“Finally, an essential resource that focuses on the importance of embodied awareness in art therapy, including the significance of a neurobiologically-informed approach in various clinical and community settings. A must read for anyone in the field of creative arts therapies and those interested in integrating somatic awareness into their therapeutic practice.” 

Mitchell Kossak, PhD, LMHC, REAT, Faculty Member, Lesley University 

“If feeding someone is one of the first acts of care, then The Embodied Art Therapist peppers an in-body experience through theory, clinical practice, diverse needs, settings, and methodology. Proprioception is churned into practice, and the reader exits satiated and content. This is a must-have staple for all mental health therapists.” 

Dr. Ellen G. Horovitz, ATR-BC, LCAT, 500 E-RYT, C-IAYT, Professor Emerita, Nazareth University