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Handbook of Art Therapy. Second Edition
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Malchiodi, Cathy A., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Providing a complete overview of art therapy, from theory and research to practical applications, this is the definitive handbook in the field. Leading practitioners demonstrate the nuts and bolts of arts-based intervention with children, adults, families, couples, and groups dealing with a wide range of clinical issues. Rich with illustrative…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cultural Pluralism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Military Personnel
Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children
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Malchiodi, Cathy A., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2008
Rich with case material and artwork samples, this volume demonstrates a range of creative approaches for facilitating children's emotional reparation and recovery from trauma. Contributors include experienced practitioners of play, art, music, movement and drama therapies, bibliotherapy, and integrative therapies, who describe step-by-step…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Grief, Play Therapy, Crisis Intervention
Contemporary Play Therapy: Theory, Research, and Practice
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Schaefer, Charles E., Ed.; Gerard Kaduson, Heidi, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2006
This highly practical book presents current developments in play therapy, including innovative applications for particular problems and populations. Contributors first discuss the latest ideas and techniques emerging from object-relations, experiential, dynamic, and narrative perspectives. Next, research evaluating the effectiveness of play…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Sexual Abuse, Natural Disasters, Mexican Americans
Helping Abused and Traumatized Children: Integrating Directive and Nondirective Approaches
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Gil, Eliana – Guilford Publications, 2006
Presenting an integrative model for treating traumatized children, this book combines play, art, and other expressive therapies with ideas and strategies drawn from cognitive-behavioral and family therapy. Eliana Gil demonstrates how to tailor treatment to the needs of each child by using both directive and nondirective approaches. Throughout,…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Decision Making, Play Therapy, Family Counseling
Detecting Child Abuse: Recognizing Children at Risk through Drawings.
Cantlay, Lynne – 1996
This guidebook is designed to help parents, teachers, day care professionals, nannies, and others in the childcare arena recognize signs of distress in children's drawings. The handbook is intended for those with little or no knowledge of art therapy. Information the book provides is a compilation of indicators that commonly appear in the drawings…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art Products, Art Therapy, At Risk Persons
From Victims to Survivors: Reclaimed Voices of Women Sexually Abused in Childhood by Females.
Mitchell, Juliann; Morse, Jill – 1998
This book is a research-based resource for professionals treating women who are sexually abused by female perpetrators, mainly mothers and grandmothers. The book first focuses on the female perpetrator, defines the treatments that have proven successful, and provides an overview of the available literature. Also addressed are the myths and…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Case Studies, Child Abuse, Counselors
Understanding Children's Drawings.
Malchiodi, Cathy A. – 1998
Children's art not only provides a window to children's problems, it also gives them another language with which to share feelings and ideas. This book provides an overview of the multidimensional aspects of children's drawings, and is intended to assist therapists in working with children and their drawings. Chapter 1 discusses projective tests…
Descriptors: Art Products, Art Therapy, Child Abuse, Child Development