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Book SynopsisArt therapy is a developing profession worldwide, and one that is recognised in some countries, but by no means all. Furthering the establishment of art therapy will require the discipline to develop a robust research profile, one that shows it to be an effective intervention with a wide range of client populations within health, social, educational and criminal justice systems.
This edited volume makes a significant contribution to art therapy’s evidence base. It reports on innovative art therapy research and conveys, in an accessible and highly readable way, the lived experience of research by art therapy practitioners. Narratives describe a variety of fascinating projects – from a randomised controlled trial to research-based case studies and clinical research that draws on visual and historical methods – that demonstrate a reflexive loop which moves from practice to research and from research back into practice, showing that research is an exciting, accessible and eminently do-able activity. A collaborative approach between the editor and the contributors informs a series of commentaries about both their research findings in relation to the evidence-base of art therapy with children, adults and people with learning disabilities, and the issues that arise for clinical practices and services at the point of delivery.
Table of ContentsContents: Andrea Gilroy: Introduction: N=1: Practitioner Research in Art Therapy – Frances Prokofiev: ‘I’ve been longing and longing for more and more of this’: Researching Art Therapy in the Treatment of Children with Developmental Deficits – Uwe Herrmann: The Tangible Reflection: A Single Case Study Investigating Body Image Development in Art Psychotherapy with a Congenitally Blind Client – Hilary Hosea: The Brush’s Footmarks: Researching a Small Community Art Therapy Group – Elizabeth Stirling: Collaboration, Education, Frustration: Integrating Art Therapy into the School Setting – Andrea Gilroy: Commentary: Art Therapy with Children – Barrie Damarell: Shaping Thoughts: An Investigation into the Cognitive Significance of Image-Making for People with Learning Disabilities – Robin Tipple: Art Therapy and Diagnostic Assessment – Elizabeth Ashby: Resourceful, Skilful and Flexible: Art Therapy with People who have Severe Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour – Andrea Gilroy: Commentary: Art Therapy with People who have Learning Disabilities – Kevin Jones: Art ‘fer-a-Pee’. An Exploratory Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) of Group Based Art Therapy as an Adjunctive Treatment for People with a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia – Chris Wood: The Evolution of Art Therapy in Relation to Psychosis and Poverty – Jacky Mahony: Artefacts Related to an Art Psychotherapy Group: The Therapist’s Art Practice as Research – Sally Skaife: Maps and Mess: Group Members’ Experience of the Relationship between Art and Talk in an Art Therapy Group – Andrea Gilroy: Commentary: Art Therapy with Adults.
