This is the appropriate time in the evolution of the profession of art therapy to re-create its image and explore a new model of the profession responsive to the postmodern mental health climate. To that end, the author would like to take the reader on a fantasy trip and hypothesize what it would be like to move the birth of this profession…

This article relates recent findings in neuropsychology to the practice of art therapy. Based on published literature and the author?s experiences as a therapist, it illustrates how knowledge of neurological functioning can be used to therapeutic advantage with art therapy clients. Case examples reveal that providing clients with a basic…

Article states that brief, effective therapy with adolescents can occur by integrating the structure of solution-focused approaches with expressive qualities of art therapy within the framework of adolescent development. The three fundamentals of successful adolescent therapy are addressed. (Author/JDM)

Focuses on area of crisis-art expressions. Offers selection of drawings done by children and adults after the Los Angeles riots that followed the court decision concerning the police handling of the Rodney King case. Brief commentaries on the drawings are included by the therapists who worked with the clients. (NB)

Describes concepts and definitions of social constructionism and the narrative approach to treatment. Article is intended for art therapists interested in incorporating these concepts into their practices. Examines the unique and dynamic role of the therapist and the client in this type of therapy, which is driven by the client's discussion. (MKA)

An art therapist working with disturbed adolescents discusses approaches toward dealing with their resistance to treatment. She explains that the method which seems most successful is one that accepts resistance as developmentally appropriate and she suggests that the resistance should be joined rather than interpreted as such. Other suggestions…

Focuses on the dissonance that exists between most therapies offered to women seeking help and their need to be heard. Presents numerous examples of how art therapy allows women clients to tailor the therapy to fit their own view of the problems and discover solutions that keep them in relationships. (RJM)

The reflecting team has been a respected mode of therapeutic intervention since psychiatrist Tom Anderson first proposed the concept in 1985 (Anderson, 1991). The notion of a team observing the therapist conducting a session, the reflecting team reflecting on the session in the presence of the client (either behind a one-way mirror or in person),…