Arts Therapy Arena

An Introduction to Art Therapy Research

• By Lynn Kapitan.

Published May 2010

Art therapy is a relatively young field that is growing rapidly. There are an estimated 10,000 art therapists in the U.S., with over 40 accredited graduate programs in art therapy. This text speaks to those students, filling in a much-needed gap in a field that requires all students to enroll…
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Materials and Media in Art Therapy

Critical Understandings of Diverse Artistic Vocabularies

• Edited by Catherine Hyland Moon.

Published March 2010

In art making, materials and media are the intermediaries between private ideas, thoughts, and feelings, and their external manifestations in tangible, sensual form. Thus, materials provide the core components of the exchange that occurs between art therapists and clients. This book …
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Drama as Therapy Volume 2

Clinical Work and Research into Practice

• Edited by Phil Jones.

Published March 2010

How is dramatherapy practised? What does research reveal about how dramatherapy offers therapeutic change? This book examines the many ways clients and therapists explore the therapeutic possibilities of drama. Whilst the first volume combined theory, practice and research in the field, this second…
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New Methods in Social Justice Research for the Twenty-First Century

• Edited by Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, and Gabrielle Gwyther.

Published September 2009

This book provides a source of innovative theories and data for researchers grappling with social justice methodology and research methods in an environment constrained by funding agendas. This book foregrounds and promotes creativity and imagination within a critical frame of reference to…
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Introduction to Art Therapy

Sources & Resources

• By Judith A. Rubin.

Published August 2009

Introduction to Art Therapy: Sources and Resources, is the thoroughly updated and revised second edition of Judith Rubin’s landmark 1999 text, the first to describe the history of art in both assessment and therapy, and to clarify the differences between artists or teachers who provide "therapeutic…
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The Art and Science of Dance/Movement Therapy

Life Is Dance

• Edited by Sharon Chaiklin, and Hilda Wengrower.

Published July 2009

The Art and Science of Dance/Movement Therapy offers both a broad understanding and an in-depth view of how and where dance therapy can be used to produce change. The chapters go beyond the basics that characterize much of the literature on dance/movement therapy, and each of the topics…
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Dramatherapy and Social Theatre

Necessary Dialogues

• Edited by Sue Jennings.

Published June 2009

Dramatherapy and Social Theatre: Necessary Dialogues considers the nature of drama, theatre and dramatherapy, examining how dramatherapy has evolved over the past decade and how the relationship between dramatherapy and social theatre has developed as a result. In this book Sue Jennings brings…
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Trauma Texts

• Edited by Gillian Whitlock, and Kate Douglas.

Published April 2009

These chapters gathered from two special issues of the journal Life Writing take up a major theme of recent work in the Humanities: Trauma. Autobiography has had a major role to play in this ‘age of trauma’, and these essays turn to diverse contexts that have received little attention to date:…
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Imagery for Pain Relief

A Scientifically Grounded Guidebook for Clinicians

• By David Pincus, and Anees A. Sheikh.

Published March 2009

Imagery for Pain Relief, the first book of its kind, familiarizes the reader with basic scientific information about pain and mental imagery and shows why imagery is a valuable tool for pain management. Scientifically grounded and easy-to-read, it provides readers with a wealth of practical…
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Expressive Therapies Continuum

A Framework for Using Art in Therapy

• By Lisa D. Hinz.

Published March 2009

Expressive Therapies Continuum is distinctive in its application as a foundational theory in the field of art therapy. First developed by Vija Lusebrink, this theory can be used by persons of any theoretical orientation, and has the ability to unite art therapists of varying backgrounds.…
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