The Routledge International Handbook of art therapy practice / edited by Margaret Hills de Zárate, Diane Waller and Claire Louise Vaculik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hills de Zárate, Margaret, editor.

Waller, Diane, editor.

Vaculik, Claire Louise, editor.

Series:

Routledge International Handbooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (687 pages)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

This book offers a snapshot of the international state of the art in art therapy. The range of work included shows the inherent ability of the art therapist to see what is present and to adapt, flexibly and creatively, to meet the unique needs of people and contexts.

Contents:

1 Introduction to the Routledge International Handbook of Art Therapy Practice

Part 1.1 Art therapy through the life stages: Infants, latency, adolescence

2 Therapeutic art in the perinatal period

3 Early relational intervention through dyadic art therapy with infants and caregivers

4 Holding the space for teenagers to be, create, and become themselves

5 Art therapy and giftedness: Art therapy with gifted children and preadolescents

6 Art therapy in museums for young people with autism: A collaboration between a museum teacher, an art therapist and a special education mentor

Part 1.2 Adults, ageing and older people

7 Art therapy as the basis for a university course in personal development

8 The aesthetic moment: Intersubjectivity, intervention and processes of change in art therapy

9 Ruptures, repairs and repetitions: Long-term art psychotherapy with a Forgotten Australian

Part 2 Theoretical frameworks

10 Creativity and art therapy: Concepts and connections

11 Creative process and modalities of experience: From body presentation to body representation

12 Images of art psychotherapy: Towards an ethics of reception

13 Mentalization-based art therapy

14 Framing the picture: A solution-focused approach to art therapy

15 Revisiting the art therapy open studio: A treatment model for trauma

16 Art therapy in the hospital context

17 Outdoor art therapy in Scotland

18 The art of understanding: Exploring the Seven-Step Configuration Analysis Method in Art Therapy Practice

19 Artistic and arts-based research in the arts therapies

20 Ceramics, culture, and art therapy in Spain.

21 Rhythm 0: Vulnerability and resistance: The performative artistic process as agent of change

22 Joint mirror drawing and crossdrawing in art therapy and museums

23 The mirror line: Creating comic characters in art therapy

Part 3 Specific areas of practice and client groups

24 The desert, the image and memory: Art therapy processes with relatives of disappeared Sahrawi people

25 The establishment of art therapy in Ukraine and developments in conditions of war

26 Body-focused art psychotherapy to heal trauma for unaccompanied and trafficked young refugees in Scotland

27 Art therapy in people with personality disorders: The 'powerful experience', emotion regulation and self-image

28 Changes in the formal and iconographic elements of the visual expressions of women who have attempted suicide

29 Eating disorders and art therapy: Between decoys, realities and clinical practices

30 A powerful art therapy technique for work with couples and its use in therapy and training

31 Psychocybernetic art therapy and its application in research

Part 4 Cultural diversity: Development of culturally sensitive art therapy practices, decolonisation of art therapy practice and culturally diverse art forms and practices

32 The intercultural contact zone of art therapy: A U.S. perspective on working across boundaries of difference

33 Decolonizing art therapy practice through community collaboration: An evolving perspective in Trinidad and Tobago

34 Bridging traditions: The role of art therapy in Egypt's mental health landscape

35 Looking at art therapy through a decolonising lens: Community perspectives on building culturally sensitive ethical practices in India

36 Textile arts as a therapeutic and protective intervention

37 Untangling the tangled: Malaysian-Chinese art therapy practices.

38 Journey of art healing in China: Practices, cultural integration, and innovative applications

Part 5 New developments in art therapy practice and education

39 The call of the times: Conceptualising socially oriented art therapy in long-term social crises

40 On the violence of a hole and the virtue of re-framing: Trauma and resilience: Preventing and treating vicarious traumatization through art and creative self-care

41 Video therapy: Filming in the hospital: Opportunities and challenges when used as a tool in the art therapy space

42 The museum as a driver of metaphors for reflection and well-being

43 Research and application of art therapy in the Chilean training context: Weaving dreams and knowledge

44 Dynamic artwork-based experiential course: A transformative teaching mode that hones emotional transformation in the enactment of psychotherapy

45 Studying and practising art therapy in digital space

Part 6 Policies: Government directives and social policy

educational policies in different countries

standards of training and practice

review of some international developments

regulation or voluntary systems

barriers to establishing the discipline and profession and openings to establish it

46 The practice and education of art therapy and art psychotherapy in Finland

47 The story of art therapy in Latvia: A historical approach

48 Art therapy/psychotherapy in Portugal

49 Creating a way to professional recognition

50 Art therapy practice and education in Singapore: Asserting context-specificity

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-050104-4

1-03-262445-0

1-04-070578-2

9781032624457

OCLC:

1559219446