Art as Therapy: An Introduction to the Use of Art as a Therapeutic Technique (Hardcover)

Foreword. Introduction. A Consideration of the similarities and differences between art teaching and art therapy. Art, Psychotherapy and symbol systems. Art therapy as a form of psychotherapy. Alternative models for describing the development of children's graphic work: some implications for art therapy. The child and art therapy: a psychodynamic viewpoint. A Jungian approach to art therapy based in a residential setting. The use of art therapy in the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Art therapy for people who are mentally handicapped. Art therapy with the elderly and the terminally ill. Art therapy in prisons. Art games and group structures. Art therapy with long stay residents of psychiatric hospitals. Training in art therapy. Name index. Subject Index.