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: 25th Anniversary Edition. Background. Changes in Art Therapy and Mental Health. Changes in Organization and Content of the Book. PART I: The Context. 1. Roots: Personal and Professional. 2. A Framework for Freedom. 3. Understanding Development in Art. 4. A Picture of the Therapeutic Process. 5. Some Ways to Facilitate Expression. PART II: The Individual. 6. An Individual Art Evaluation. 7. Decoding Symbolic Messages. 8. Some Case Studies. 9. Case Illustration: Understanding and Helping. PART III: The Family and the Group. 10. A Family Art Evaluation. 11. Family Art Therapy. 12. Art Therapy with Parents. 13. Group Art Therapy. 14. Multimodality Group Therapy. PART IV: Art Therapy for Disabled Children. 15. Art as Therapy for Children with Disabilities. 16. Art Therapy with Disabled Children and Their Parents. PART V: Art as Therapy for Everyone. 17. Helping the Normal Child through Art. 18. Helping Parents through Art and Play. PART VI: General Issues. 19. What Child Art Therapy Is and Who Can Do It. 20. Why and How the Art Therapist Helps. 21. How the Art Therapist Learns through Research. A Cautionary Note. References. Index. About the DVD.