Product Details
Handbook of Art Therapy

Handbook of Art Therapy
By Cathy Malchiodi

List Price: $60.00
Price: $48.00 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com

33 new or used available from $39.99

Average customer review:

Product Description

This essential handbook provides a complete and practical overview of art therapy: how it works, how it can be used, and with whom. Demonstrated are interventions for children, adolescents, and adults facing a variety of clinical problems and life challenges. Case-based chapters from leading practitioners illuminate major theoretical perspectives, including psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, developmental, and other approaches. Also examined is what current research in psychology and neuroscience can tell us about the scientific basis for art therapy. Discussing applications in individual psychotherapy, couple and family treatment, and group work, the Handbook includes over 100 samples of drawings and other artwork. The process of art therapy is illustrated in helping clients manage and cope with such problems as trauma, sexual abuse, developmental and learning disabilities, drug and alcohol misuse, serious mental illness, and medical illness. Appendices include descriptions of empirically supported approaches to art-based assessment, some of which are written by the instrument developers themselves.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #88398 in Books
  • Published on: 2002-11-21
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 461 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review
"...an accessible and useful resource for any clinician who wants to know more about art therapy or who wants to better understand clients' artwork in treatment or therapy....The handbook covers the gamut of art therapy applications in a variety of settings. Readers are likely to find several chapters that correspond with their own interests....Handbook of Art Therapy is a welcome addition to the art therapy literature. It is a useful reference and a readable, intersting book to browse."--Psychiatric Services
-- Review

Review

"Finally, a comprehensive and user-friendly art therapy book for clinicians working in the trenches with challenging treatment populations! Cathy Malchiodi and her talented contributors have done an admirable job of providing therapists of all professional disciplines with highly creative art therapy techniques and strategies that can empower clients to liberate themselves from the clutches of their oppressive problems. Best of all, the book invites therapists to step out of the mental trap of 'therapy is serious business,' and think and play 'out of the box' with their clients. This is an outstanding book that will be useful to seasoned professionals as well as graduate students in all of the helping professions."--Matthew D. Selekman, MSW, Evanston, Illinois

"This cutting-edge book is clear, comprehensive, and readable. For both seasoned therapists and beginners, it is a 'must' for personal reference. It is also an ideal text for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in a variety of specialties--not just art therapy but also clinical and counseling psychology, nursing, pre-med, and medicine. Malchiodi has produced the quintessential book on 'everything you always wanted to know about art therapy and were unable to find in one complete volume.'"--Linda Whitney Peterson, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine; author of Children in Distress

"This comprehensive text encompasses everything the student and practitioner need or want to know about using art as a form of communication in clinical practice. An essential reference that should be in the offices of all clinicians, the rich applications make this an important resource for play therapists, psychologists, social workers, school counselors, and art therapists who utilize art in a variety of settings with children, adolescents, and adults."--Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, BCD, RPT-S, School of Social Work, Fordham University


"Having read The Handbook of Art Therapy....I was amazed at some of the results I obtained analyzing some of the artwork of the children....The book is a compilation of clearly presented chapters dealing with various forms of art therapy, best used as an adjunctive tool for teams of mental health professsionals. Malchiodi, clearly an expert in this field, has skillfully edited this compendium of work, beginning with a historical view of art therapy and continuing with chapters showing clinical applications for both children and adults, further delineated for groups, families, and couples. The book is filled with clinical case examples and shows actual drawings by the presenters' clients. What I especially appreciated was the clarity of the writing, which made it understandable to both students and experienced clinicians. I highly recomment The Handbook of Art Therapy, not only for skeptics but also for all who ply their skills in this complicated field of mental health."--The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families

"...an accessible and useful resource for any clinician who wants to know more about art therapy or who wants to better understand clients' artwork in treatment or therapy....The handbook covers the gamut of art therapy applications in a variety of settings. Readers are likely to find several chapters that correspond with their own interests....Handbook of Art Therapy is a welcome addition to the art therapy literature. It is a useful reference and a readable, intersting book to browse."--Psychiatric Services

About the Author
Cathy A. Malchiodi, ATR, LPAT, LPCC, an art therapist, expressive art therapist, and clinical mental health counselor, is an internationally recognized authority on art therapy with children, adults, and families. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) and past editor of [i]Art Therapy: Journal of the AATA.[/i] She has received numerous honors for her work, including recognition from the AATA, the Kennedy Center for the Arts, Very Special Arts, and the China Association for the Handicapped. The author of [i]Understanding Children's Drawings[/i], Ms. Malchiodi has also published several other authored or edited books as well as over 60 articles and chapters, and has given more than 160 presentations on art therapy. She currently serves as editor of [i]Trauma and Loss: Research and Interventions[/i] and is on the faculty of the National Institute for Trauma and Loss and the Graduate Program in Expressive Therapies at the University of Louisville.

Customer Reviews

finally, a readable and up-to-date book for professionals5
As a recent counseling graduate (PhD), I was always put off by the art therapy books on the market. They were all so poorly written and talked about antiquated theories of counseling and therapy. Now, finally there is a wonderfully readable text and I am glad to have found it as I begin work with clients. This book is for anyone who is interested in using art in their work with adults, children, adolescents, and groups-- there are helpful chapters on trauma, medical issues, autism, ADHD, etc. There are also sections on art therapy assessments that are very well written and concise.

This is the state-of-the-art art therapy book for your counseling, psychology, or art therapy library. Also, if you are a beginner, see Malchiodi's Art Therapy Sourcebook, another readable volume.

Very informative5
The chapters are short and to the point. The book will not make a person fall asleep. Very informative and interesting. Includes case studies of different techniques used with different populations.

handbook of Art Therapy5
Malchiodi's book has a wide range of topics regarding the practice of Art Therapy. It has information ranging from art based evaluations to the practice with various populations to ethical issues in our field.