Art Therapy - Teaching Psychology

212 • Introduction to Art Therapy the courage to put into words. This therapist recommended that I consider art therapy as a way ...

Problems We Address • 213 during the art therapy groups there. Most of them were terrified, felt incompetent, and afraid of show ...

214 • Introduction to Art Therapy A few months later, after some frightening experiences with compulsive self-injury (cut- ting) ...

Problems We Address • 215 creator to be in charge, instead of being at the mercy of internal pain, which requires too much of th ...

216 • Introduction to Art Therapy Nevertheless, if an art therapist is imaginative and knows a broad repertoire of possibili- ti ...

217 CHAPTER 10 Places We Practice Art is man’s most passionate rebellion against his fate. André Malraux A slogan to live by ... ...

218 • Introduction to Art Therapy Some of this widening scope will be described in this chapter, although it is far from encyclo ...

Places We Practice • 219 Art can also sensitize medical professionals to a patient’s feeling about his illness and treatment. A ...

220 • Introduction to Art Therapy drawings showed how anxious each child was, allowing parents and professionals to bet- ter pre ...

Places We Practice • 221 The sensorimotor aspects of working in art are indeed relaxing, as is the focus on cre- ating—one of ma ...

222 • Introduction to Art Therapy At the end of the session, Jerry said that the little guy in the story was wishing for some- t ...

Places We Practice • 223 Sometimes making art is self-initiated, as in the work of Frida Kahlo, whose pain was transmuted by the ...

224 • Introduction to Art Therapy an accident. On the DVD (C), you can see her helping Eddie as he learns how to paint hold- ing ...

Places We Practice • 225 study conducted demonstrated that art therapy reduced pain and anxiety in cancer patients, as well as f ...

226 • Introduction to Art Therapy participates in a uniquely shared journey, and bears witness as the patient comes to terms wit ...

Places We Practice • 227 so strong and vibrant—while it probably can’t win—may well slow down the progress of even a terminal il ...

228 • Introduction to Art Therapy only provides art activities for bereaved children and other family members, but also helps th ...

Places We Practice • 229 One year later, Christopher asked to come in again. This time he symbolically repre- sented his mother’ ...

230 • Introduction to Art Therapy the world without excessive shame. In 2001, an artist donated her skills to families who had l ...

Places We Practice • 231 Natural Disaster and Violence Art therapy is often part of public and private efforts to provide crisis ...