1st Edition

Three Voices of Art Therapy Image, Client, Therapist

196 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

The image, the client and the therapist are three essential aspects of the art therapy relationship; each has a separate ‘voice’. In this book, originally published in 1993, the three voices come alive as the client, Kim, and the therapist, Gabrielle, tell the story of his path from suicidal despair to health and creativity through a series of extraordinary images. The images, chosen to... Read more

List of illustrations  The authors  Foreword  1 Introduction  2 The context of practice: some theoretical considerations  3 Developmental history, assessment interview and therapist’s first impressions  4 Early image  5 Family pictures  6 Relationship with mother  7 In the cocoon  8 Breaking out  9 Search for identity  10 Dreams  11 Relationship with the therapist  12 Leaving the maze  13 Conclusion  References  Name index  Subject index

Biography

Tessa Dalley is a senior art therapist working at Parkside Clinic, London., Gabrielle Rifkind is an art therapist and group analyst working in the NHS and in private practice., Kim Terry is a senior graphic designer with a West London design consultancy.

An exciting account of a therapy relationship... it will be of considerable interest to those wanting to know more about psychotherapy but who have found it rather inaccessible. Three Voices of Art Therapy gives us a unique access to the process of art therapy. It will be useful to students and therapists and those wanting to learn more.’

Susie Orbach