Art Therapy in Practice

Author: Marian Liebmann
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Category: Pharmacology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Creative Therapy (eg Art, Music, Drama)
Book Format: Paperback

This book describes what happens in art therapy in a variety of contexts, as practised by particular art therapists. The contributors to this volume all work and live in the same geographical region and have evolved their aims as a group. They cover a wide variety of client groups - acute and long-term psychiatric patients, psycho-geriatric patients, mentally handicapped people with psychiatric problems, children with psychological problems, offenders in the community and homeless people. Their employers include the NHS, an education authority, a probation service and voluntary organizations.

Table Of Contents
Introduction. 1. Self-Image in the Work of a Client at the Psychotherapy Day Unit, John Ford. 2. Valuing the Middle Ground: Art Therapy and Manic Depression, Roy Thornton. 3. The Revolving Door: The Day Hospital and Beyond, Claire Skailes. 4. A Place to Be: Art Therapy and Community-Based Rehabilitation, Sarah Lewis. 5. Swimming Upstream: Art Therapy with the Psychogeriatric Population in One Health District, Karen Drucker. 6. Art Therapy as Part of the World of Dyslexic Children, Tish Feilden. 7. Art Therapy with People with Learning Difficulties, Edward Kuczaj. 8. `It Just Happened': Looking at Crime Events, Marian Liebmann. 9. Art Therapy and Homeless People, Claire Swainson. Bibliography. List of Contributors. Index.
About Marian Liebmann
Marian Liebmann (has worked in education, art therapy, victim support and probation, and has been involved in community, victim-offender and schools mediation. For eight years she worked for Mediation UK, the umbrella organisation for mediation, as director and projects adviser. She has written/edited seven books in the fields of art therapy, mediation and conflict resolution, and contributed chapters to many others. She currently divides her time between freelance mediation training, art therapy, supervision and writing.
John Ford is Head Art Therapist at Glenside Hospital where he has worked for the last ten years. Roy Thornton is Senior Art Therapist at Barrow Hospital. Claire Skailes has, for the last fifteen years, worked as Art Therapist at Coney Hill Psychiatric Hospital, Gloucester, where she is now Head of Department. Sarah Lewis is a community-based art therapist in adult psychiatry for the Northern Sector of Southmead Health District in Bristol. Karen Drucker works in a community out-patient unit in Southmead Health Authority. Tish Feilden has a private psychotherapy practice and runs art therapy groups as a separate part of this. Edward Kuczaj is Senior Art Therapist at Hortham Hospital, Southmead Health Authority. Clare Swainson is a worker with Bristol's Inner City Mental Health Project and has developed art therapy with homeless people.

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SKU BK-9781853020582
Barcode # 9781853020582
Brand Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Artist / Author Marian Liebmann
Shipping Weight 0.3000kg
Shipping Width 0.152m
Shipping Height 0.100m
Shipping Length 0.234m
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Assembled Height 23.400m
Assembled Width 100.000m
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