Description
The text illustrates how to:
-Set the conditions for creative growth, assess progress, and set goals for therapy
-Use art in individual, group, and family situations, including parent-child pairings, mothers’ groups, and adolescent groups
-Work with healthy children and those with disabilities
-Guide parents through art and play
-Talk about art work and encourage art production
-Decode nonverbal messages contained in art and the art-making process
-Use scribbles, drawings, stories, poems, masks, and other methods to facilitate expression
-Understand why and how art therapy works
Along with the useful techniques and activities described, numerous case studies taken from Rubin’s years of practice add a vital dimension to the text, exploring how art therapy works in the real world of children’s experience. Original artwork from clients and the author illuminate the material throughout. Written by an internationally recognized art therapist, Child Art Therapy, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition is a comprehensive guide for learning about, practicing, and refining child art therapy.
