Technique(s) • 159Approaches to art therapy that use meditation, relaxation, or imagery are closely related,
such as the Guided Imagery in Music (GIM) technique developed by music therapist Helen
Bonny (Bonny & Summer, 2002) and art therapist Joan Kellogg (2002). On the DVD Natalie
Rogers is shown beginning a session with a new patient by asking her to close her eyes and
relax before creating (B).
Phototherapy, Videotherapy, and Computers
Using modern technology, the visual worlds of Phototherapy and Videotherapy are exten-
sions of the artist’s eye, with the camera as the medium. As photographer Alfred Eisenstadt
said in a televised interview, “I’d have liked to paint, but I can’t paint. I have to paint with
my camera!”
Many clinicians have asked patients to bring in family photographs (Akeret, 1973).
Among them are practitioners such as psychologist and art therapist Judy Weiser (1993)
who uses personal snapshots and family albums. On the DV D (7. 6), an AIDS patient is
seen sharing a photograph of his cats with his art therapist, Ellen Hiltebrand (A).
Robert Wolf^5 (B) incorporated Polaroid photography in his art therapy with adolescents,
who were invited to make cartoon drawings using photographs of themselves and the thera-
pist (C). Two other art therapists introduced what they called Photo-Art Therapy (Fryrear
& Corbit, 1992a, 1992b), in which they use instant photographs in collage creations. On the
DVD you can see such a group (D).
From the brief existence of the International Phototherapy Association and its newsletter
during the 1970s, one might conclude that this visual treatment modality is a form of art
therapy, since many of its practitioners ended up settling in AATA. Most prominent is Judy
Weiser (1993), director of the PhotoTherapy Centre (F i g u r e 7. 8), who has facilitated train-
ing and communication (E) (www.phototherapy-centre.com). Ellen Horovitz uses photog-
raphy as well, and has produced a DVD about some of the techniques she uses in her work
(www.arttxfilms.com).
Figure 7.8 Judy Weiser, PhotoTherapy Centre. © Judy Weiser. Reprinted with permission.