Consuming Art & Creating Art
This blog post was written by JKP author of ACT Art Therapy and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Art Therapy Amy Backos, PhD, ATR-BC. Throughout humankind…
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Building Better Therapeutic Relationships with Children
This blog post was written by JKP author of Building Better Therapeutic Relationships with Children, Deborah Schroder. The voice on the phone sounded familiar, and…
Bridging the Creative Arts Therapies and Arts in Health: Toward Inspirational Practice
This blog post was written by Co-Editors Donna Betts and Val Huet. Many significant world events have occurred since we first conceived of this book:…
Tired of Overthinking? Try This Exercise from Dr. Amy Backos
In this blog, Dr. Amy Backos, author of ACT Art Therapy and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Art Therapy, provides a simple diffusion exercise that can…
When doing observational drawing, remember these 5 pointers
Observational Drawing for Students with Dyslexia by Qona Rankin and Howard Riley offers practical advice to dyslexics who wish to improve their observational drawing, either…
FREE RESOURCE: Creative Activities to Cope with Depression!
Jennifer Guest’s new activity book uses the principles of CBT as well as illustrated worksheets to help people understand and manage their symptoms of depression.…
A Look Inside the Illustrations of The Mermaid Who Couldn’t
To celebrate the launch of Ali Redford’s The Mermaid Who Couldn’t, artist Kara Simpson talks us through how she created and compiled the beautifully rich…
Creating Universal and Diverse Characters
Richy K. Chandler author of You Make Your Parents Super Happy! and When Are You Going to Get a Proper Job? talks through the challenges that come with creating…
Download free sample pages from the Artistic Autistic Colouring Book
Wonderfully detailed and obsessively precise, Artistic Autistic calls out to the perfectionist in all of us. Straight from the pen of Peter Myers, an artist with…
The making of Robin and the White Rabbit
Illustrator Emma Lindström talks us through how Robin and the White Rabbit came to be, and shares her process for creating the striking water colour and…