Art Therapy with Children

Author: Caroline Case
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415386302
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 266

Book Description
Art Therapy with Children: From Infancy to Adolescence takes the reader through the child's development by describing the specialist work of the art therapist in each developmental stage. This passionate and exciting book demonstrates the wide theoretical base of art therapy presenting new areas of clinical practice. New to the literature is innovative work with mothers and babies, a study of the sibling bond in looked after children, trans-generational work in kinship fostering, gender disorder and multi-family work with anorexic young people. The detail of clinical process brings alive the significance of the relationship between the art therapist, child and the art forms made. More general topics include: the value of art for the pre-verbal child the preventative role of art therapy in schools. the development of imagination in 'hard to reach' and dyspraxic children the importance of working with the family and professional network in the different settings of health, social services, education and voluntary sector. Art Therapy with Children: From Infancy to Adolescence will inspire the student, encourage the clinician and interest an international readership of all professionals working with children and young people.

Medical Art Therapy with Children

Author: Cathy A. Malchiodi
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 9781853026768
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
Drawing on case material from a variety of situations, the book describes medical research on medical art therapy with children, and practical approaches to using art activities with them. The text looks at children with burns, HIV, asthma and cancer.

Breaking the Silence

Author: Cathy Malchiodi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317772008
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
Children of violence need to be heard. Unable or unwilling to verbalize their suffering, abused children are often immobilized by fear, rage, guilt, and pain. In the second edition of Breaking the Silence: Art Therapy with Children from Violent Homes , Cathy Malchiodi demonstrates the unique power of art therapy as a tool for intervening with children from violent backgrounds. In this new edition, she describes the intervention process from intake to termination, noting the complex issues involved at various levels of evaluation and interpretation. Bringing her years of experience in working at battered women's shelters to bear on the subject, Ms. Malchiodi brings the language of art therapy to life--a language of art that gives children a voice and those who work with them, a way of listening. The emphasis here is on the short-term setting where time is at a premium and circumstances are unpredictable. It is within this setting that mental health practitioners often experience frustration and a sense of helplessness in their work with the youngest victims of abusive families. Since the first edition of this book was published, research has led to some new ideas related to sexual abuse. The author analyzes several issues concerning the treatment of sexually abused children and art expressions of sexually abused children. In addition, Ms. Malchiodi launches a discussion about the ethical issues in the use of children's art as a whole. Featured throughout the book are 95 drawings by abused children. These drawings are at once poignant and hopeful, clearly representing the extraordinary suffering that abused children experience at, at the same time, showing that they can be reached. Because the practice of art therapy methods has been integrated into many disciplines, the final chapter covers development of art therapy programs for children. The author shares information on art supplied, space, and storage ideas. For art therapists, social workers, and other practitioners who work with children in crisis, this book presents a practical methodology for intervention that fosters the compassion and insight necessary to reveal what words cannot.

Art Therapy in the Early Years

Author: Julia Meyerowitz-Katz
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317587049
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Art therapy with infants, toddlers and their families is an exciting and developing area of practice. With contributions from Australia, the United Kingdom and Spain, Art Therapy in the Early Years has an international flavour. The authors describe clinical art psychotherapy practice with children under five and their families in settings that include children in care, mental health clinics, paediatric wards, pre-schools, and early intervention programs. Divided into three sections, Art Therapy in the Early Years presents different clinical environments in which art psychotherapy with this client group is found: • individual art therapy; • group art therapy; • parent-child dyad and family art therapy. The book proposes that within these different contexts, the adaptive possibilities inherent in art psychotherapy provide opportunities for therapeutic growth for young children and their families. Art Therapy in the Early Years will be of interest to art therapists working with children; students and practitioners from creative arts therapies; psychologists and psychotherapists; social workers; pre-school teachers; child psychiatrists, clinical supervisors, and other professionals working in the early years settings.

Expressive Therapy with Traumatized Children

Author: P. Gussie Klorer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442268573
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Expressive Therapy with Traumatized Children offers students in training and professionals who work with children an array of sensitive and creative ways to help even their most challenging patients. The second edition builds upon cutting-edge research in the neuroscience of trauma and art therapy to examine children’s development alongside their understanding of trauma. Including many new and revised case studies, Klorer illustrates effective treatment strategies to offer patients alternative means of expression. Klorer’s rich and highly accessible teaching voice seamlessly weaves together art therapy theory, research, and cases into an invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike.

Child Art Therapy

Author: Judith Aron Rubin
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
Explores progress in child art therapy, including work with deaf children andmulti-modal therapy.

Art as Therapy with Children

Author: Edith Kramer
Publisher: Rittenhouse Book Distributors
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
A classic in the field & one which may have inspired many to become art therapists, this eminently readable volume is ideal for acquainting students with some of the fundamental ideas in the field. Subjects such as a sense of identity, feelings of emptiness, interpretation of reality, ambivalence, aggression, defenses, & sublimation are discussed as Edith Kramer's eloquent words capture the interplay between child, artwork & therapist, bringing to life the fast-moving events in an artroom peopled by emotionally disturbed children. Kramer has a deep knowledge of psychoanalysis, skill & intuition as an artist & the humane love of a born teacher. In one reviewer's opinion, her book's discussion of sublimination, art & defense, aggression & the role of the art therapist have not been surpassed by later volumes or other authors. Richly documented with case material & abundantly illustrated, this book offers inspiration not only to fledgling clinicians, but to any one working with children who wishes to understand how & why art can have such a profound effect. Edith Kramer is a practicing artist & educator who has worked with disturbed, handicapped & normal children in a variety of settings. She is currently adjunct professor of art therapy at NYU.

Integrating Expressive Arts and Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents

Author: Eric J. Green
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118775619
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 301

Book Description
Interventions and approaches from the expressive arts and play therapy disciplines Integrating Expressive Arts and Play Therapy With Children and Adolescents presents techniques and approaches from the expressive and play therapy disciplines that enable child and adolescent clinicians to augment their therapeutic toolkit within a competent, research-based practice. With contributions representing a "who's who" in the play therapy and expressive arts therapy worlds, Integrating Expressive Arts and Play Therapy With Children and Adolescents is the definitive bridge between expressive arts and play therapy complementarily utilized with children and adolescents in their healing and creative capacities.

Pediatric Medical Art Therapy

Author: Michelle Itczak
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1787751120
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
Art therapists have an essential part to play in supporting children and their families when a child is undergoing medical treatment. The art therapists who contribute to this book offer their experience of working in medical environments and creating hospital art therapy programs for working with children and young people. Readers will find interventions and techniques, along with program development ideas and diverse approaches to work with patients. Chapters also cover different diagnoses and areas of healthcare, such as oncology, chronic illness and burns. The challenges and opportunities for art therapy in working with terminal illness and bereavement are also addressed. Pediatric Medical Art Therapy delineates the essential considerations and lessons for the art therapist who joins the medical journeys of children and their families, and emphasises the importance of this unique role.

Art Therapy Practices for Resilient Youth

Author: Marygrace Berberian
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351858882
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 545

Book Description
Art Therapy Practices for Resilient Youth highlights the paradigm shift to treating children and adolescents as "at-promise" rather than "at-risk." By utilizing a strength-based model that moves in opposition to pathology, this volume presents a client-allied modality wherein youth are given the opportunity to express emotions that can be difficult to convey using words. Working internationally with diverse groups of young people grappling with various forms of trauma, 30 contributing therapists share their processes, informed by current understandings of neurobiology, attachment theory, and developmental psychology. In addition to guiding principles and real-world examples, also included are practical directives, strategies, and applications. Together, this compilation highlights the promise of healing through the creative arts in the face of oppression.