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Interactive Art Therapy: No Talent Required Projects (Haworth Practical Practice in Mental Health) [Paperback]

Linda L. Simmons (Author)
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Haworth Practical Practice in Mental Health May 7, 2005
Work with your client—using an effective multi-sensory technique

Most people are visual learners. Seeing our ideas in pictures gives them greater impact and more meaning. Interactive Art Therapy: “No Talent Required” Projects presents a cutting-edge therapeutic technique founded on sound clinical principles, providing another practical tool any therapist or counselor can effectively use without anyone having to be a da Vinci. The book clearly discusses the clinical rationale behind using standard drawings in therapy and demonstrates how the interactive nature of the approach helps clients to quickly and easily gain deeper insight.

Interactive Art Therapy: “No Talent Required” Projects helps counselors and therapists empower the client to become an active participant in the therapeutic process, allowing the flexibility of the drawings to be adaptive to the client’s cognitive and developmental abilities. The book examines ways for practitioners to discern whether Interactive Art Therapy is a suitable clinical intervention for the client, then explores the ways each drawing can be used to help clients move toward breakthroughs in their therapy. The text uses case examples to clearly illustrate techniques and reveal the ways that clients’ drawings reflect their thought processes.

Interactive Art Therapy: “No Talent Required” Projects discusses how to use simple, client-friendly drawings such as:
  • “Cage of Fears”
  • “Teeter-Totter of Decision-Making”
  • “The Coping Arch”
  • “Boundary Castle”
  • “Well of Needs”
  • “Weight of the World”
  • “Swamp of Sympathy”
  • “Brick Wall of Barriers”
  • “The Pressure Box”
  • “Pole Vault for Goals”

Interactive Art Therapy: “No Talent Required” Projects provides a valuable tool for therapists, school psychologists, guidance counselors, psychiatrists, marriage and family counselors, drug and alcohol counselors, pastoral counselors, educators, and students.

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"Therapists of all types should not be discouraged by the term 'art therapy' in the title of this wonderful book." -- Kathy DeOrnellas, PhD, Assistant Professor, Texas Woman's University

"WRITTEN BY A NON-ART THERAPIST FOR NON-ART THERAPISTS." -- David Gussak, PhD, ATR-BC, Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator, Florida State University-Graduate Art Therapy Program --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 180 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (May 7, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789026546
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789026545
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #810,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars This is NOT Art Therapy, May 18, 2009
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This review is from: Interactive Art Therapy: No Talent Required Projects (Haworth Practical Practice in Mental Health) (Paperback)
The title is very misleading. When I saw Interactive Art Therapy, I thought I was getting a book that was just that: "interactive" "art" "therapy". I liked that it had a subtitle - "No talent required" because most of my therapy clients do not consider themselves to be artists. I was hoping for useful ideas that would help people to express in art what they find difficult to express in words.

But this book is all about the therapist; what the therapist does to structure the client. This is NOT art therapy in any sense of those words.
While there are useful suggestions in here that might work in some settings it is appallingly misleading to call this an "Art Therapy" Book.
How unfortunate.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not for teens, March 19, 2009
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This book gives some useful suggestion for clients that are 'process' oriented. It is not helpful for most at risk teens who only attend 10 group counseling sessions.
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