Contemporary Art Therapy with Adolescents offers practical and
imaginative solutions to the multifaceted challenges that
clinicians face when treating young people. The author fuses the
contemporary theories of clinical treatment with the creative
processes of art therapy to arrive at a synthesis which yields
successful outcomes when working with adolescents. Clinicians of
allied disciplines, particularly art therapists, will find
practical suggestions for using imagery to enrich their
relationships with teenaged clients. The process of using
art-making therapeutically, and the challenges of applying
creativity in the current mental health world, are explored.
Shirley Riley reviews current theories on adolescent development
and therapy, and emphasizes the primary importance of relying on
the youths' own narrative in the context of their social and
economic backgrounds. She has found this approach preferential to
following pre-designed assessment directives as a primary function
of art therapy. Family, group and individual treatment are
examined, as is the adolescent's response to short- and long-term
treatment in residential and therapeutic school settings. The book
is firmly rooted in Riley's clinical experience of working with
this age group, and her proven ability to combine contemporary
theories of adolescent treatment with inventive and effective art
expressions.
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