Interactive art therapy.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Work with your clientusing 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:

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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Foreword (p. xi)
• Preface (p. xiii)
• Acknowledgments (p. xv)
• Introduction (p. xvii)
• Chapter 1 Theoretical Foundation for Interactive Art Therapy (p. 1)
• Dual-Coding Theory (p. 1)
• Contiguity Effect (p. 2)
• Applications for Interactive Art Therapy (p. 3)
• Chapter 2 Cage of Fears (p. 5)
• Objective (p. 5)
• Rationale (p. 5)
• Cage of Fears Exercise Instructions (p. 7)
• Vignette (p. 10)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 13)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 13)
• Chapter 3 Teeter-Totter of Decision Making (p. 15)
• Objective (p. 15)
• Rationale (p. 15)
• Teeter-Totter of Decision Making Exercise Instructions (p. 17)
• Vignette (p. 20)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 23)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 23)
• Chapter 4 The Coping Arch (p. 25)
• Objective (p. 25)
• Rationale (p. 25)
• The Coping Arch Exercise Instructions (p. 29)
• Vignette (p. 33)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 38)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 39)
• Chapter 5 Boundary Castle (p. 41)
• Objective (p. 41)
• Rationale (p. 41)
• Boundary Castle Exercise Instructions (p. 43)
• Vignette (p. 45)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 49)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 50)
• Chapter 6 Well of Needs (p. 51)
• Objective (p. 51)
• Rationale (p. 51)
• Well of Needs Exercise Instructions (p. 53)
• Vignette (p. 55)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 59)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 60)
• Chapter 7 Weight of the World (p. 63)
• Objective (p. 63)
• Rationale (p. 63)
• Weight of the World Exercise Instructions (p. 64)
• Vignette (p. 65)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 70)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 70)
• Chapter 8 Swamp of Sympathy (p. 71)
• Objective (p. 71)
• Rationale (p. 71)
• Swamp of Sympathy Exercise Instructions (p. 73)
• Vignette (p. 76)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 80)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 80)
• Chapter 9 Brick Wall of Barriers (p. 83)
• Objective (p. 83)
• Rationale (p. 83)
• Brick Wall of Barriers Exercise Instructions (p. 85)
• Vignette (p. 86)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 89)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 90)
• Chapter 10 Bloom Where You're Planted (p. 91)
• Objective (p. 91)
• Rationale (p. 91)
• Bloom Where You're Planted Exercise Instructions (p. 93)
• Vignette (p. 93)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 98)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 98)
• Chapter 11 The Pressure Box (p. 101)
• Objective (p. 101)
• Rationale (p. 101)
• The Pressure Box Exercise Instructions (p. 103)
• Vignette (p. 105)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 108)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 109)
• Chapter 12 Fisherman's Wharf (p. 111)
• Objective (p. 111)
• Rationale (p. 111)
• Fisherman's Wharf Exercise Instructions (p. 113)
• Vignette (p. 114)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 118)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 119)
• Chapter 13 Pole Vault for Goals (p. 121)
• Objective (p. 121)
• Rationale (p. 121)
• Pole Vault for Goals Exercise Instructions (p. 122)
• Vignette (p. 124)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 127)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 127)
• Chapter 14 The Spider Web (p. 129)
• Objective (p. 129)
• Rationale (p. 129)
• The Spider Web Exercise Instructions (p. 131)
• Vignette (p. 133)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 137)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 138)
• Chapter 15 The Cracked Vase (p. 139)
• Objective (p. 139)
• Rationale (p. 139)
• The Cracked Vase Exercise Instructions (p. 141)
• Vignette (p. 142)
• Suggestions for Follow-Up (p. 147)
• Contraindications for Use (p. 147)
• Epilogue (p. 149)
• References (p. 151)
• Index (p. 153)

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