'Assessment and Outcomes in the Arts Therapies is truly a landmark publication lending credence to Arts Therapies in clinical practice; not only does this book set the standard for effective assessment approaches currently employed by experienced practitioners, I imagine it will generate great interest and challenge Arts Therapists and other professionals to recognise our diversity, strength, and untapped potential for further contributions to research within our profession.'
—  Mary Brownlow, AThR, Art Therapist, Clinical Supervisor, and Interactive Drawing Therapy Teacher Trainer

'This truly engaging and accessible volume will be of interest to Arts Therapists, Arts in Health practitioners and everyone interested in the healing properties of the arts.  The contributors represent a wide range of arts therapies and arts based health interventions and demonstrate that providing evidence based practice is entirely compatible with a client centred philosophy. Their passion and commitment reach out from the page and draw us into an inspiring world of artistic enquiry based on their considerable levels of expertise and erudition in their chosen art form.'
— Madeline Andersen-Warren, Director of the Northern Trust for Dramatherapy, dramatherapist, author and researcher, Huddersfield, UK

'This book is clearly a treasure-trove for both practitioners and researchers in the arts therapies. Caroline Miller and her New Zealand colleagues have provided fresh assessment tools and grounded them in detailed case studies and narratives. Session descriptions are often touching - especially where they describe clients on the autism spectrum. The collection invites the reader's profound understanding of informed research design and practice with adults and children: essential reading for arts therapists.'
— Joanna Jaaniste, Dramatherapist, Sydney, Australia

Caroline Miller is a dramatherapist and psychologist in private practice. She completed her training as a dramatherapist in 1991, from the training programme in York, accredited by the University of Leeds, UK. She then relocated to New Zealand where she worked in a number of roles including school counsellor, manager of mental health services for children and adolescents, and dramatherapist in special needs education. In 2001 she was the inaugural co-director of the only training programme for arts therapists in New Zealand.

Introduction. Caroline Miller, Dramatherapist. 1. Overview. Caroline Miller. Part 1: Working with Adults. 2. Nursing the Wounded Heart. Marion Gordon-Flower, Arts Therapist. 3. Choral Singing Therapy for a Client with Parkinson's Disease. Suzanne Purdy, Head of Speech Science Group, School of Psychology and Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, Laura Fogg-Rogers, Communications and Liason Manager, Department of Speech Science and Centre of Brain Research, University of Auckland, Sylvia Leao, Speech Language Therapist, and Alison Talmage, Music Therapist, Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre, Auckland and the Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland. 4. Phototherapy with an Adult with Grief Issues. Robin Barnaby, Arts Therapist. 5. Who Am I? Depression and Identity. Caroline Miller. 6. The Inner Pilgrimage - Through Heart to Soul. Margaret-Mary Mulqueen, Counsellor. 7. Dancing with the Magic of the Archetypes. Marion Gordon-Flower. Part 2: Working with Children. 8. A Child's Creative Journey Through Trauma. Mariana Torkington, Arts Therapist. 9. Individual Art Therapy on the Spectrum: Opening Lines of Communication through Creative Processes. Abigail Raymond, Arts Therapist, and Caroline Miller. 10. Dramatherapy to Support Social Interactions with Peers. Robin Barnaby. 11. Creating an Emotional Safe House in a Time of Chaos: Supporting a Child Living in a Violent and Unstable Home Environment. Abigail Raymond. 12. Individual Music Therapy for an Adolescent with Cerebral Palsy. Alison Talmage and Claire Molyneux, Music Therapist and Head of Clinical Services at the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre, Auckland. 13. Group Art Therapy with Children with Asperger's Syndrome. Abigail Raymond and Caroline Miller. Conclusion. Caroline Miller. The Contributors. Index.