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Little Windows into Art Therapy

Name: Little Windows into Art Therapy
Brand: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
SKU: 9781843107781
Price: 54.99 AUD
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JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERSISBN: 9781843107781

Small Openings for Beginning Therapists

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By Deborah Schroder
Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Release Date: November 14, 2004
Format: PAPERBACK
Dimensions: 232 x 154 mm
Weight: 180 g
Pages: 112

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Newly qualified art therapists often feel daunted by the challenge of actually being face-to-face with a client and are unsure how to progress after the first image has been created. In this honest and encouraging book, Deborah Schroder explains how art can provide openings into therapeutic relationships and create a safe space for exploring issues and concerns. Drawing on her own development as an art therapist and her extensive experience of supervising new therapists and students, Schroder provides practical advice on encouraging nervous or reluctant clients, or those unfamiliar with art therapy, to benefit from artmaking. She argues for a two-way sharing of art between therapist and client, exploring not only how specific techniques can be put into practice, but also how they benefit the therapeutic relationship. Providing guidance on moving into deeper work, exploring and containing particular emotions, and bringing the therapeutic relationship to a close, this book will be invaluable to new art therapists at all stages of their relationships with clients.

Part I - Getting to Know You. 1. Beginning a Relationship Using Art. 2. The Path to the Issue - Working Towards a Plan. 3. Getting to know the Reluctant Client. 4. Welcome to the Living Room. Part II - Deepening the Relationship. 5. Moving into Deeper Work. 6. Exploring and Containing Sadness. 7. Visualising and Expressing Anger. 8. Embracing All Images. 9. Thoughts on Trauma. 10. Moving Toward Healing. Part III - Moving Toward Goodbye. 11. Termination Issues. 12. Validating the Work that was Done. 13. Anticipating the Future. Epilogue. References. Index.

This is a simply written, humorous and enlightening introduction to art therapy. The author gives the reader insight using real life cases, as well as her own sometimes painful reactions while working alongside the client. Overall the book demonstrates the importance of getting to know the client in a counselling relationship. This enables a person to trust and feel secure, something missing from many young people's everyday relationships. I will keep this book in my tool bag, to dip into when working with young people, as it offers a new way of working that is appropriate, inclusive and manageable in the normal counselling process.

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