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The Wiley Handbook of Art Therapy

by David E. Gussak, Marcia L. Rosal

2nd Edition

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Book Details

Print ISBN9781394214990
eText ISBN9781394215003
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Publishing Year2025
Edition2nd Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages1024

The Wiley Handbook of Art Therapy, 2nd Edition presents a contemporary overview of clinical concepts, historical development, and practical therapeutic applications. Co-edited by David E. Gussak and Marcia L. Rosal, this volume structures core theoretical knowledge and creative modalities into clear thematic sections. It supports academic research and direct clinical practice.

Theoretical frameworks examined in the volume include expressive, psychoanalytic, Jungian, archetypal, and Adlerian traditions alongside cognitive behavioral, mindfulness-based, and transpersonal approaches. The text addresses specific media applications. It details the clinical use of printmaking, photography, digital media, collage, and three-dimensional forms across different interventions.

Featuring chapters written by 116 authors across its sections, the reference provides broad disciplinary depth. It details diverse creative modalities and theoretical perspectives. This volume supports practicing art therapists and students in the therapeutic professions as they refine their theoretical understanding and practical approaches.

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1: Implementing Cultural Humility in Art Therapy

  2. Chapter 2: History of Art Therapy

  3. Chapter 3: Rethinking and Reframing Group Art Therapy: An Amalgamation of British and US Models

  4. Chapter 4: Identity of the Art Therapist

  5. Chapter 5: Making Queer Worlds: Affirming LGBTQIA+ Clients in Art Therapy

  6. Chapter 6: Art Therapy, Homelessness, and Poverty

  7. Chapter 7: “Special Needs” Federal Mandates and Opportunities for Art Therapy

  8. Chapter 8: Art Therapy is a Brain-Based Profession: Update 2024

  9. Chapter 9: Expressive Therapies Continuum

  10. Chapter 10: Psychoanalytic Art Therapy

  11. Chapter 11: Psychoanalytic Study of Artists and Their Art: Its Relevance for Art Therapists

  12. Chapter 12: Jungian Art Therapy: Theory Through Lived Experiences

  13. Chapter 13: Archetypal Art Therapy

  14. Chapter 14: Adlerian Art Therapy

  15. Chapter 15: Cognitive Behavioral Art Therapy Revisited

  16. Chapter 16: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Art Therapy

  17. Chapter 17: Gestalt Art Therapy: A Path to Consciousness Expansion

  18. Chapter 18: Positive Art Therapy: Integrating Positive Psychology with Art Therapy

  19. Chapter 19: Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy

  20. Chapter 20: Embracing the Transpersonal: Developing a Spiritualized Art Therapy

  21. Chapter 21: Existentialism, Logotherapy and Art Therapy

  22. Chapter 22: Social Action Art Therapy

  23. Chapter 23: Aggression and Art Therapy: A Social Interactionist Perspective

  24. Chapter 24: Open Studio Approach to Art Therapy

  25. Chapter 25: An Eclectic Approach to Art Therapy—Revisited

  26. Chapter 26: Media Considerations in Art Therapy: Directions for Future Research

  27. Chapter 27: 2D Expression is Intrinsic: Materials are Not

  28. Chapter 28: Printmaking: Reflective and Receptive Impressions in the Therapeutic Process

  29. Chapter 29: Photography as Therapy: Academic and Clinical Explorations

  30. Chapter 30: The Paradox of Digital Media for Art Therapy

  31. Chapter 31: Collage as an Expressive Medium in Art Therapy

  32. Chapter 32: Collage as Post-structural Epistemology: Construction–Deconstruction–Reconstruction

  33. Chapter 33: Constructing the Self: Three-Dimensional Form

  34. Chapter 34: Art is the Common Thread in Group Therapy

  35. Chapter 35: Art Therapy with Children

  36. Chapter 36: Relating and Creating in Art Therapy with Adolescents

  37. Chapter 37: Adult Art Therapy: Four Decades, Ages 20–60 Years

  38. Chapter 38: Art Therapy with Older Adults

  39. Chapter 39: Art Therapy and Thanatology: A Unified Approach

  40. Chapter 40: A Treatment Model for Marital Art Therapy: Combining Gottman’s Sound Relationship House Theory with Art Therapy Techniques

  41. Chapter 41: Getting the Picture: Family Art Therapy

  42. Chapter 42: Art Therapy and Developmental, Intellectual/Learning Disabilities

  43. Chapter 43: Art, Art Therapy, and Autism

  44. Chapter 44: School Art Therapy

  45. Chapter 45: Reflections on 44 Years of Art Therapy in Psychiatric Hospitals

  46. Chapter 46: Art Therapy in the Management of Generalized Low-Level Depression

  47. Chapter 47: Art Therapy and Substance Abuse

  48. Chapter 48: Addiction and Art Therapy: Interdisciplinary Considerations

  49. Chapter 49: Art Therapy in the Treatment of Long-term PTSD

  50. Chapter 50: Young Children Can’t Wait: Treating Early Childhood Trauma Using Art Therapy and Child Parent Psychotherapy

  51. Chapter 51: Using Art Therapy for Vets with Moral Injuries

  52. Chapter 52: Dissociation and Dissociative Identities in Art Therapy Treatment: Who Else is in the Room?

  53. Chapter 53: Art Therapy and Eating Disorders

  54. Chapter 54: Grief and Aggression in Art Therapy: The Intersection of Violence and Grief

  55. Chapter 55: The Art of Forensic Art Therapy

  56. Chapter 56: Art Therapy in the Prison Milieu

  57. Chapter 57: In Transit: Art Therapy as a Bridge to Reintegration in Sex Offender Treatment Programs

  58. Chapter 58: Dimensions of Art Therapy in Medical Illness

  59. Chapter 59: Art Therapy in Medical Settings

  60. Chapter 60: Community-Based Disability Studios: Being and Becoming

  61. Chapter 61: Bringing Art Therapy into Museums

  62. Chapter 62: Museum-Based Art Therapy with Autistic Adolescents and Young Adults

  63. Chapter 63: Assessment in Art Therapy

  64. Chapter 64: Assessing Attachment Security through the Bird’s Nest Drawing (BND) and Accompanying Stories

  65. Chapter 65: The Face Stimulus Assessment (FSA)

  66. Chapter 66: Family Art Assessment

  67. Chapter 67: The Levick Emotional and Cognitive Art Therapy Assessment (lecata)

  68. Chapter 68: Silver Drawing Test/The Draw A Story Assessment Procedures (SDT and DAS)

  69. Chapter 69: The Diagnostic Drawing Series at Forty-Five: Art Therapy Assessment and Research

  70. Chapter 70: The Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (FEATS)

  71. Chapter 71: Assessments and Computer Technology

  72. Chapter 72: The Need for Norms in Formal Art Therapy Assessment

  73. Chapter 73: Historical Review and Current Trends in Art Therapy Research

  74. Chapter 74: A Case for Case Studies: More than Telling a Story

  75. Chapter 75: Social Action Research Methods and Art Therapy

  76. Chapter 76: Quantitative Investigations: Alternative Choices

  77. Chapter 77: Experimental and Control Group Research Designs

  78. Chapter 78: Conducting Mixed Methods Research in Art Therapy

  79. Chapter 79: Arts-Based Research and Art Therapy

  80. Chapter 80: International Art Therapy

  81. Chapter 81: Art Therapy in Great Britain

  82. Chapter 82: Art Therapy in Canada: A Place-based Métissage

  83. Chapter 83: Art Therapy in Europe

  84. Chapter 84: Art Therapy in Russia and Ukraine

  85. Chapter 85: Art Therapy “Down Under”: Perspectives on the Profession from Australia, New Zealand

  86. Chapter 86: Art Therapy in Asia

  87. Chapter 86a: Current Status of Korean Art Therapy

  88. Chapter 86b: Unus mundus: Eastern-spirited and Western-embodied Art Therapy Practice in Taiwan

  89. Chapter 86c: Ankur—Nurturing the Seedling: The Growth of Art Therapy in India

  90. Chapter 87: Mexico: Where Art Thou? Finding the Current State of Mexican Art Therapy Education and Practice

  91. Chapter 88: Latin American Art Therapy: Collective Dreams and Horizons of Hope

  92. Chapter 89: Art Therapy in the Caribbean

  93. Chapter 90: Family Art Therapy in the Caribbean: Healing through Creativity

  94. Chapter 91: Art Therapy in Israel: Current Status and Future Directions for the Profession

  95. Chapter 92: Art Therapy within Traditional Arab Culture

  96. Chapter 93: Art Therapy in Africa: Voices of Art Therapists in Africa

  97. Chapter 94: Art Therapy Education: A Creative Dialectic Intersubjective Approach

  98. Chapter 95: Sustaining a Successful: Art Therapy Supervisory Relationship

  99. Chapter 96: Ethics in Art Therapy

  100. Chapter 97: Art Therapy and Career Development: Linking Purposes and Processes

  101. Chapter 98: Who Ate My Pie? Issues in Credentialing and Licensing for Art Therapy

  102. Chapter 99: Social Media and Art Therapy

  103. Chapter 100: Telehealth Art Therapy

  104. Chapter 101: The Art and Science of Leadership for the Art Therapist

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