Artful Therapy

Author(s): Judith Aaron Rubin

Art & Creative Therapies

This resourceful guide presents proven techniques of art therapy to mental health professionals and allied workers with little or no background in art. The author, an art therapist with over 40 years of experience in teaching and working with clients, cleverly describes how art and visual imagery can enhance the therapeutic experience of clients of varying ages and abilities and clearly explains how to incorporate art into the therapy process as another tool in the therapist's kit. As an added bonus, Artful Therapy contains a DVD of actual art therapy sessions led by well-known experts that provides visual expression to the concepts described in the book.


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Judith Aron Rubin, PhD, ATR-BC, is a licensed psychologist and faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She is a former president of the American Art Therapy Association, the author of five books, and the creator of five teaching films. She consults, lectures, and gives workshops across the country as well as abroad, and is preparing a series of art therapy teaching tapes for students and professionals.

Illustrations.DVD Contents.Acknowledgments.Preface.Chapter 1: Overview.Chapter 2: Why Add Art?Chapter 3: Inviting Art-Making.Chapter 4: During the Process.Chapter 5: After the Process.Chapter 6: Using Art in Assessment.Chapter 7: Art Therapy Assessments.Chapter 8: Art in Adult Therapy.Chapter 9: Art in Child Therapy.Chapter 10: Art in Family and Group Therapy.Chapter 11: Using Other Art Forms.Chapter 12: Using Mental Imagery.Chapter 13: Assigning the Arts.Chapter 14: Using Art Therapists.Postscript.Appendix A. More about Art Materials.Appendix B. More about Different Approaches.Appendix C. More about Art Activities.References.Index.About the Author.About the DVD-ROM.

General Fields

  • : 9780471677949
  • : John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • : John Wiley & Sons Ltd
  • : Contains DVD
  • : 10 May 2005
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Judith Aaron Rubin
  • : Paperback
  • : 615.85156
  • : 288
  • : Illustrations