Preliminary Material -- What is Art Therapy? -- Art Therapy and Trauma -- Art Therapy and Dissociation -- Art Therapy and Depression -- Art Therapy and Autism -- Art Therapy and Addiction -- Art Therapy and Grief -- Art Therapy Groups and Honouring the Mother -- Art Therapy Groups and Making Peace with Your Body -- Art Therapy Groups and the Artful Archetypal Journey -- Art Therapy Groups and Claiming Your Ruby Red Slippers -- Art Therapy Groups and Soul Garden -- Art Therapy Groups and Dream Work -- Art Therapy Groups and Mindfulness -- Art Therapy Groups and a Place Like Home -- Art Therapy and Power of Transformation -- Closing -- References.

The mystery of Art Therapy is demystified in this book as the author offers an illuminating glimpse into her therapy practice. The author is deeply immersed in her own creative process and the respect, delicacy, and understanding that she provides her clients shines through. The poems embrace the painful aspects of her clients’ lives and show how by working skillfully and creatively with trauma, abuse and mental illness, her clients move forward into joy, well-being and wholeness. Her poetic reflections move us to appreciate how art can be used as an instrument of transformation by travelling through landscapes where words cannot go.

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