About the Book
This essential Handbook provides a complete and practical overview of art therapy: how it works, how it can be used, and with whom. Demonstrated are interventions for children, adolescents, and adults facing a variety of clinical problems and life challenges. Case-based chapters from leading practitioners illuminate major theoretical perspectives, including psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, developmental, and other approaches. Also examined is what current research in psychology and neuroscience can tell us about the scientific basis for art therapy. Discussing applications in individual psychotherapy, couple and family treatment, and group work, the Handbook includes over 100 samples of drawings and other artwork. The process of art therapy is illustrated in helping clients manage and cope with such problems as trauma, sexual abuse, developmental and learning disabilities, drug and alcohol misuse, serious mental illness, and medical illness. Appendices include descriptions of empirically supported approaches to art-based assessment, some of which are written by the instrument developers themselves.
Table of Contents:
Part I: The Art and Science of Art Therapy.Vick, A Brief History of Art Therapy. Malchiodi, Art Therapy and the Brain. Kaplan, Art-based Assessments. Part II: Clinical Approaches to Art Therapy. Malchiodi, Psychoanalytic, Analytic, and Object Relations Approaches. Malchiodi, Humanistic Approaches. Rozum, Malchiodi, Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches. Riley, Malchiodi, Solution-focused and Narrative Approaches. Malchiodi, Kim, Choi, Developmental Art Therapy. Malchiodi, Expressive Arts Therapy and Multimodal Approaches. Part III: Clinical Applications with Children and Adolescents.Tanaka, Kakuyama, Urhausen, Drawing and Storytelling as Psychotherapy with Children. Steele, Using Drawing in Short-term Trauma Resolution. Gil, Art and Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children. Cohen-Liebman, Drawings in Forensic Investigations of Child Sexual Abuse. Safran, An Art Therapy Approach to Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Gabriels, Art Therapy with Children Who Have Autism and their Families. Councill, Medical Art Therapy with Children. Riley, Using Art Therapy to Address Adolescent Depression. Phillips, Working with Adolescents' Violent Imagery. Part IV: Clinical Applications with Adults. Gladding, Newsome, Art in Counseling. Steinhardt, Sandplay Therapy and Art Therapy with Adults. Spaniol, Art Therapy with Adults with Severe Mental Illness. Wilson, Art Therapy in Addictions Treatment: Creativity and Shame Reduction. Wald, Clinical Art Therapy with Older Adults. Part V: Clinical Applications with Groups, Families, and Couples. Waller, Group Art Therapy: An Interactive Approach. Liebmann, Developing Games, Activities, and Themes for Art Therapy Groups. Klorer, Sexually Abused Children: Group Approaches. Malchiodi, Using Art Therapy with Medical Support Groups. Riley, Malchiodi, Family Art Therapy. Hoshino, Multicultural Art Therapy with Families. Riley, Art Therapy with Couples. Appendix I: Art-based Assessments: Mills, The Diagnostic Drawing Series. Silver, The Silver Drawing Test of Cognition and Emotion. Gantt, Tabone, The Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale and "Draw a Person Picking an Apple from a Tree." Cox, The MARI Assessment. Appendix II: Scope of Practice, Education, Supervision, Standards of Practice, and Ethics.
About the Author :
Cathy A. Malchiodi, ATR, LPAT, LPCC, an art therapist, expressive art therapist, and clinical mental health counselor, is an internationally recognized authority on art therapy with children, adults, and families. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) and past editor of [i]Art Therapy: Journal of the AATA.[/i] She has received numerous honors for her work, including recognition from the AATA, the Kennedy Center for the Arts, Very Special Arts, and the China Association for the Handicapped. The author of [i]Understanding Children's Drawings[/i], Ms. Malchiodi has also published several other authored or edited books as well as over 60 articles and chapters, and has given more than 160 presentations on art therapy. She currently serves as editor of [i]Trauma and Loss: Research and Interventions[/i] and is on the faculty of the National Institute for Trauma and Loss and the Graduate Program in Expressive Therapies at the University of Louisville.
Review :
'Finally, a comprehensive and user-friendly art therapy book for clinicians working in the trenches with challenging treatment populations! Cathy Malchiodi and her talented contributors have done an admirable job of providing therapists of all professional disciplines with highly creative art therapy techniques and strategies that can empower clients to liberate themselves from the clutches of their oppressive problems. Best of all, the book invites therapists to step out of the mental trap of 'therapy is serious business,' and think and play 'out of the box' with their clients. This is an outstanding book that will be useful to seasoned professionals as well as graduate students in all of the helping professions.' - Matthew D. Selekman, Illinois, USA
"This extraordinary volume is packed with state-of-the-art research and wisdom from renowned practitioners. Like the first edition, it will be a 'must read' for years to come for graduate students and practitioners in art therapy and allied fields, and for any therapist who uses art expression in clinical work. It is clinician friendly and eminently useful." - David A. Crenshaw, Rhinebeck Child and Family Center, Rhinebeck, New York, USA
'Finally, a comprehensive and user-friendly art therapy book for clinicians working in the trenches with challenging treatment populations! Cathy Malchiodi and her talented contributors have done an admirable job of providing therapists of all professional disciplines with highly creative art therapy techniques and strategies that can empower clients to liberate themselves from the clutches of their oppressive problems. Best of all, the book invites therapists to step out of the mental trap of 'therapy is serious business,' and think and play 'out of the box' with their clients. This is an outstanding book that will be useful to seasoned professionals as well as graduate students in all of the helping professions.' - Matthew D. Selekman, Illinois, USA
"This extraordinary volume is packed with state-of-the-art research and wisdom from renowned practitioners. Like the first edition, it will be a 'must read' for years to come for graduate students and practitioners in art therapy and allied fields, and for any therapist who uses art expression in clinical work. It is clinician friendly and eminently useful." - David A. Crenshaw, Rhinebeck Child and Family Center, Rhinebeck, New York, USA
"This cutting-edge book is clear, comprehensive, and readable. For both seasoned therapists and beginners, it is a 'must' for personal reference. It is also an ideal text for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in a variety of specialties - not just art therapy but also clinical and counseling psychology, nursing, pre-med, and medicine. Malchiodi has produced the quintessential book on, everything you always wanted to know about art therapy and were unable to find in one complete volume." - Linda Whitney Peterson, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine; author of Children in Distress, USA
"This comprehensive text encompasses everything the student and practitioner need or want to know about using art as a form of communication in clinical practice. An essential reference that should be in the offices of all clinicians, the rich applications make this an important resource for play therapists, psychologists, social workers, school counselors, and art therapists who utilize art in a variety of settings." - Nancy Boyd Webb, School of Social Work, Fordham University, USA
"An essential, integrative tool for introducing new art therapists and other human service professionals to the field of art therapy. Malchiodi and her contributing authors describe 'what art therapy is' in a clear and direct manner and provide meaningful applications of theory into practice. The volume demonstrates how art therapy actually works to provide psychological aid to a wide range of clients, from children in crisis to combat veterans. New coverage of technology and other topics brings the second edition up to date for this decade and beyond. I look forward to using this handbook as a text in my undergraduate and graduate courses." - Julia Byers, Division of Expressive Therapies, Lesley University, Massachusetts, USA
