Creative therapists: How to be your own boss
In this extract from The Art of Business, author Emery Hurst Mikel takes a step-by-step look at the process of marketing yourself as a self-employed…
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Marian Liebmann awarded an OBE
JKP are thrilled to share the news that in January this year Marian Liebmann was awarded an OBE for services to Social Justice through Art…
Being Seriously Playful: Sandplay Therapy With Adults
By Lenore F. Steinhardt, author of the forthcoming book On Becoming a Jungian Sandplay Therapist: The Healing Spirit of Sandplay in Nature and in Therapy. We…
JKP Attends American Art Therapy Association Conference in Savannah, Georgia
Beautiful Savannah, Georgia was the site of the 43rd annual conference of the American Art Therapy Association (July 9-12, 2012) and though the weather was…
Reflections on Body Image in Art Therapy by Margaret Hunter is featured …
… in an article in the Modesto Bee (Modesto, California), today. Here’s a quote from the article: “It’s hard to find a woman who has…
Art Therapy in Asia – An interview with Debra Kalmanowitz, Jordan Potash and Siu Mei Chan
“We hope that the readers will be able to read this book and reconsider their own work, no matter where they work. Although globalisation is often thought of as damaging to local culture, the spread of information gives us all ways to learn from each other. Considering the benefits of meditation, holistic health and collectivist values as they apply to art therapy provides an angle that is not reflected in other literature. Instead of looking for a new series of techniques or interventions, we hope that readers will discover fundamentally new ways of conceptualising both their work and how they work.”
Using Textile Arts and Handcrafts in Therapy with Women – An Interview with Ann Futterman Collier
“Ironically, as my fibre-making skills developed, my clinical skills also developed. I became better at creating relationships and more and more comfortable with using textile as an entryway to connect with women whom I didn’t know. At some point, it became obvious to me that making textiles and clinical psychology didn’t need to be two separate compartments in my life: I realized that I was already integrating the two.”
Using creative activities to help young people achieve their therapeutic goals and build a positive self-concept
“I think the most common problem I encounter with the students I work with is defiance – not doing what is asked of them in the classroom setting. However, after working with the student and finding out more about him, there are almost always other issues that are impacting the student and influencing his behavior. He may be behind his peers academically and feel embarrassed in the classroom… She may not have a consistent place to live or not know where her next meal is coming from each day. Arts-based activities provide students with a safe outlet to discuss these issues and allow the student and counselor to identify ways to handle them.”
Art Therapy and Postmodernism – An Interview with Dr. Helene Burt
“This book comes at a time when world events indicate our need to see from the perspective of the other or others… Authors from different communities and cultures come together in this book to help us all stretch our ways of seeing and practicing. Art therapists are in a unique position to use our life-giving creative energies to create positive change in the world.”
“Dancing at the crossroads and playing on the battlefields” – An Interview Stephen Levine and Ellen Levine, authors of Art in Action
“To focus on conflict usually means that individuals and groups get stuck in polarizing positions and are unable to see alternatives. Art-making, within an expressive arts framework, ‘decenters’ from the usual perspective and opens up new possibilities. It also makes us aware of resources that we might have otherwise overlooked in our focus on our difficulties.”