The Arts Therapy Arena provides professionals, researchers, instructors and students in Arts Therapy with information on the range of books and journals by Psychology Press, Routledge Mental Health and Guilford Press, as well as links to various online resources, including societies and associations, upcoming conferences, and support groups
Featured news and products from Routledge Arts Therapy…
Textbooks
Child Centered Play Therapy
Bring Garry Landreth into your classroom to demonstrate Child Centered Play Therapy in action!
This DVD is a perfect complement to Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship, giving students, instructors, supervisors, and practitioners visual reinforcement of the material presented in the text. It shows a complete and unrehearsed play therapy session, featuring Garry Landreth working with a young girl in a fully-eqipped play therapy room.
Landreth provides audio commentary throughout to highlight key moments in the session and emphasize the basic principles of the child centered approach. Viewers will find watching this master therapist and pioneer of play therapy to be a unique and valuable teaching and learning opportunity.
New Titles
The Practitioner’s Guide to Child Art Therapy
Even in the face of challenging conditions, art therapy treatment offers meaningful opportunities for growth. It’s not always easy, though, to navigate the complex interplay of art processes, relational states, and developmental theories. For any clinician looking for guidance on the ins and outs of using art therapy with children, there is no better resource than The Practitioner’s Guide to Child Art Therapy.
Creative Activities for Group Therapy
Leading a group is a delicate balancing act of tasks and dynamic group and individual factors, and the group leader’s expertise and skill are fundamental to maintaining this balance. However, no matter how competent and well-prepared the group leader is, there can be situations that present challenges that are not easily addressed, defy conventional interventions, or call for a different approach. The material presented in this book is intended to give group leaders evidence-based creative and inspirational tools, techniques, intervention strategies, and the like to address these dilemmas and difficult situations.
Research & Reference
What We See and What We Say
Image-based research methods, such as arts-based research, can fill the absence of the voice of impoverished, under-privileged populations. In What We See and What We Say, Ephrat Huss argues that images are deep and universally psycho-neurological constructs through which people process their experiences. The theoretical model demonstrated in this book demonstrates that images can be used to enable three different levels of communication: with self, with others similar to oneself, and with others who differ in terms of culture and power.
General Interest
The New Books in Mental Health January-April 2013 online catalog is now available!
This online catalog is filled with the latest mental health books from Routledge, Guilford Press and Psychology Press.
A few publishing highlights can be seen below. For a full list of books, simply click on the subject area you are interested in on the left hand side of your screen.
News
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Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association Seeking Editor-in-Chief for 2015
The American Art Therapy Association, representing approximately 5,200 members, seeks applications for the position of Editor of Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association. The journal's mission is to inform the readership of research, recent innovations, and critical issues related to art therapy. Deadline for nominations or applications is June 1, 2013. View the complete Call for Editors.
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How Open Access will change Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences
In a major contribution to the era-defining debate, this full Special Issue of Psychological Inquiry offers a range of views on how the Open Access Science movement will impact the study and practice of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences.
Click here to read the FREE Special Issue in full.
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Learn more about our diverse book series and collections of our best books
New textbooks in established subject areas for students at all stages of their degree
Course Guides
The courses below offer a listing of the most current textbooks from Routledge Arts Therapy. You can also continue browsing our complete catalog of textbook options. If you'd like to consult with one of our representatives, browse our contact listings.
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Conferences, exhibits and events we will be attending in the near future
July 2013
Arts Therapy Societies
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The UK Society for Play and Creative Arts Therapies
The UK Society for Play and Creative Arts Therapies is a not for profit organisation dedicated to promoting the use of play and creative arts as ways of enabling children to reach their full potential.
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Association for Dance Movement Therapy UK
ADMTUK aims to develop communication amongst dance movement therapists and promote its use throughout the United Kingdom in accordance with the highest professional standards. The Association works with the other art therapy professions in the UK (music, drama, art) and is active in the continuing development of a European Dance Movement Therapy network and supports international sharing.
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The Association of Professional Music Therapists (APMT)
The Association of Professional Music Therapists was formed in 1976 and supports the development of the profession as well as acting as a central point of contact for music therapists providing information regarding music therapy, practice, training and events. The APMT works closely with the charity The British Society for Music Therapy and further information relating to the work of the BSMT will be added to this site soon.
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British Association of Art Therapists
The British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) is the professional organisation for art therapists in the United Kingdom and has its own Code of Ethics of Professional Practice.
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The British Association of Dramatherapists
The British Association of Dramatherapists is the professional organisation for Dramatherapists in the United Kingdom.
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British Society for Music Therapy
The British Society for Music Therapy was founded in 1958 by Juliette Alvin and her colleagues under the name of 'Society for Music Therapy and Remedial Music' with the object of promoting the use and development of music therapy.
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British Association of Play Therapists
The Association of Play Therapists was founded in 1992 by a group of now respected practitioners who introduced and pioneered Play Therapy within Britain. As the first and foremost professional association for Play Therapy in the United Kingdom, ‘British’ was added to its name in 1996 to avoid confusion with its American counterpart.
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The Israeli Association of Creative and Expressive Therapies
The Israeli Creative and Expressive Arts Therapies Association was founded in 1971, and was registered as a non-profit organization. It functions as a voluntary organization with no governmental or public support since its inception.
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Arts Therapy Blogs
- Arts in Health & Care is a collection of art therapy, arts in therapy, creative arts and expressive therapies information site.
- ToolBoxCounselling is a blog by Lynda Howells, an experienced Counsellor and Coach who uses conventional "talking" methods plus Art, Sand and Play Therapy.
- Livedbody-Embodiedlife is a blog by Marina, a Dance Movement Psychotherapist (RDMP PGDip), a Dance Practitioner (BA Hons) and Ballet Teacher (RAD RTS).
- Les Arts Santé is a blog (written in both English and French) by the Arts Therapist at the Douglas Institute, a psychiatric teaching hospital in Quebec, Canada.
- Art Therapy explores the arts as a catalyst for healing and therapy. It is also designed to showcase art, artists, and anything creative – hopefully inspiring others to explore and create for themselves.
If you blog regularly about Arts Therapy then please let us know.
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