Studio Art Therapy: Cultivating the Artist Identity in the Art Therapist
Catherine Hyland Moon
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Paperback. This book presents a model of art therapy where the processes of art constitute the core of the model. It addresses how an arts-based approach can inform the therapist in all aspects of practice, from the conception of the work and the attempt to understand client needs to interacting with clients and communicating with others about art therapy. Series: Arts Therapies. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Arguing that the profession of art therapy has its roots in the studio environment, Catherine Moon proposes that it is now time to reclaim these roots, and make art once again central to art therapy. She suggests that there has been a tendency for art therapy not merely to interact with and be enriched by other perspectives - psychological, social, anthropological and transpersonal - but to be subsumed by them. For this reason she makes a clear distinction between using art in one's practice of therapy, and working from an art-based model. This book presents a model of art therapy ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Arts Therapies
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853028144
SKU
V9781853028144
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About Catherine Hyland Moon
Catherine Hyland Moon, MA, ATR, is an art therapist with over twenty years' experience in the mental health field. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her recent artwork has focused on performance art and the incorporation of found objects in painting.
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The main concerns of this book are that art therapy has been subsumed in other healing practices and that it is time for art therapy to be reclaimed once more for what it should be, a practice based on the products and processes of art. The author argues that the original spirit of studio art therapy must have a place ... Read more