Considered the therapeutic use of art, the current status of art therapy, and the growing need for art therapists in the future. (Author/RK)

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…

"Artbreak" is an innovative program in outreach and residence life for college students. Based on art therapy concepts, Artbreak promotes relaxation and increased self-awareness through the creative process. (Author/BL)

Describes an art-therapy group for latency age girls which was found to be an excellent diagnostic tool in demonstrating the particular behavior that led to each child's peer-related problems. (Author)

This book is written for therapists and for students who are becoming therapists. It offers insights to artists, teachers, and others interested in exploring the power of expressive arts for growth and healing. It provides theoretical grounding and practical applications from the collective experience of the authors who share their own immersion…

An art-teacher therapist discusses six principles she uses in working with disturbed children (such as consistency of management and clearly defined expectations and limits), and cites two examples of how an art project can help children develop trust and lessen their withdrawal. (CL)

Presents a process combining a drawing experience with exercises learned in psychosynthesis training to help people discover what transpersonal qualities are attempting to manifest themselves through their personalities. (Author/BEF)

Describes the knowledge, skills, and training required of an art therapist and suggests how career education for art therapy may begin in the elementary/ secondary grades, before the formal university program. This article is part of a theme issue on career education in art. (SJL)

Presents the rationale for using cinematic films as therapeutic metaphors. Provides two case studies to illustrate how movies can help clients gain insight into problems. Claims that clients' interpretations of second and third levels of meaning in cinematic films can help them deal with long-buried emotions. (RJM)

Uses Frank L. Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" to illustrate the similarity between Dorothy's adventures and clients seeking answers to their problems. Describes clients' search for help, the meaning of the great wizard and the good witch, and the fallibility of wizardry. Discusses the power of metaphor. (RJM)

Describes the basic characteristics of the "carnivalesque enactment" and its therapeutic potential. Explains a case study of the drama project at the Rabin Children's Medical Centre, how the carnivalesque enactment was developed step by step, and the kind of effect it stimulated among the children. Suggests new theatrical experiments with…

Many children have a limited conception about old age. Asking children to draw a picture of an old person and then to explain or tell a story about the picture is a unique way to unlock the hidden attitudes children may hold. This study concluded that children are abandoning stereotypes related to the attitudes and abilities of older persons. (KW)

Based on five years observations, three items were more likely to appear in drawings of patients who relapsed within three months: (1) presence of psychoactive substances or drug paraphernalia; (2) lack of a figure representing the self or any detailed figure; (3) notable use of abstract or geometric drawing style. (LSR)

Describes the evolution of the art therapy process at a U.S. six-week day camp for Russian children from orphanages. Art therapy helped address anxiety-provoking issues that the children faced. This paper explores cross-cultural issues, and the attachment disorder and PTSD symptoms that emerged, and demonstrates the importance of art as a healing…