Working with Children in Art Therapy / Edition 1

by Caroline Case, Tessa Dalley

Overview

Working with Children in Art Therapy is a collection of papers by ten art therapists working in the major child care agencies as part of a professional team. Each paper describes a different theoretical perspective and clinical setting with an emphasis on the language of art in art therapy and ways of understanding non-verbal communication. Contributions cover working with children in psychiatric clinics within the National Health Service, in mainstream and special schools, and in the social services.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415017381
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/08/1990
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Tessa Dalley, Caroline Case

Table of Contents

Preface to the 1999 edition, The contributors, Editors’ note, Introduction, 1 Art versus language (separate development during childhood), 2 Art therapy as a container, 3 Unusual drawing development in children: what does it reveal about children’s art?, 4 The cat, the fish, the man, and the bird: or how to be a nothing, Illness behaviour in children; the case study of a 10-year-old girl, 5 Control, uncontrol, order, and chaos: working with children with intestinal motility problems, 6 Working with cases of child sexual abuse, 7 A family centre: a structural family therapy approach, 8 Reflections and shadows: an exploration of the world of the rejected girl, 9 Images and integration: art therapy in a multi-cultural school, 10 ‘I show you’: children in art therapy, Name index, Subject index

Editorial Reviews

‘... very compelling and well illustrated book.' - Changes

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