Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foundations -- Positive art therapy -- Representational images, projective drawings and the house-tree-person (HTP) task -- Life script : create an alternative script -- Goals : overcome obstacles -- Abstract art and the self picture mind map -- Self-box : become authentic and integrate traumatic memories -- Creative mind ordering (CMO) : change neural pathways -- Advancing art therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) -- Group art therapy.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Robert Gray offers a thorough and well-rounded clinical guide to exploring the depth of the unconscious through art in psychotherapy. He emphasises the clinical relevance of art therapy and critically highlights ideas around evidence-based practice and the link to cognitive behavioural therapy. Gray suggests specific ways of engaging with clients and their images, such as uncovering life scripts, changing neural pathways through Creative Mind Ordering, and addressing traumatic experiences through the Jungian Self- Box. He shows how artists and psychotherapists can make a transformational difference by combining 'art as therapy' and 'art in therapy' with a scientific approach and a spiritual awareness. He argues a clear framework that bridges the unmeasurable and spontaneous part of psychotherapy through art, along with the work with the unconscious and the clarity of a scientific method, can help facilitate long term change. Art Therapy and Psychology is hands-on and rich with supportive study tools and numerous case studies with which the reader can relate. This book is essential reading for art therapists in training and in practice, psychologists and mental health professionals looking to establish or grow their expertise.

College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Science in Psychology

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