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Abstract
Susan Makin has written a unique resource for art therapists working with patients or clients who find the concept of spontaneous artmaking daunting, and feel more comfortable with a structured framework. Therapeutic Art Directives and Resources: Activities and Initiatives for Individuals and Groups consists of a series of directives or suggestions for group and individual activities, with guidance on the suitability of each directive for clients with specific needs and ideas for further development. Her directives protect clients' creative freedom while providing a safe environment for exploring difficult issues.
Commentaries by Cathy Malchiodi alongside the directives highlight particular uses of the directives and possible adaptations. Included at the front of the book are useful sample forms and hand-outs to give clients at the beginning of therapy as well as forms for the therapist's own record-keeping. These forms, like all the directives, have been used many times in clinical practice.
Susan R. Makin is currently pursuing her career as a professional artist, writer, and advisor, in Boston and Toronto. She was previously Psychotherapeutic Services Coordinator and Expressive Arts Therapist at The Welcare Center, Toronto, while a lecturer in Psychosomatics at the University of Toronto, Department of Medicine and field faculty advisor at Vermont College of Norwich University. She has also led and created arts therapy programmes at the Toronto Hospital for seven years. Dr. Makin presents workshops internationally, and is the author of three books on arts therapies. Cathy A. Malchiodi is Director of the Institute for the Arts and Health in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Editor of Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association. She is on the National Board of the Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children. She is a licensed art therapist and clinical counsellor, and has written five books and over forty articles on the use of art therapy with trauma victims, victims of physical and sexual abuse, and art and medicine.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVER | Cover | ||
| Therapeutic Art Directives\rand Resources:\rActivities and Initiatives for\rIndividuals and Groups | 3 | ||
| Contents | 5 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\r | 8 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 11 | ||
| PART I:\rORGANIZATION | 15 | ||
| 1\rConsiderations\rfor Therapists | 17 | ||
| Art-Making Supplies | 17 | ||
| 'Therapist’s Sessional Report' Form\r | 20 | ||
| 'Arts Therapies Release'\rForm | 21 | ||
| 'Starting Arts Therapies' Form\r | 23 | ||
| 'Ending Arts Therapies' Form\r | 25 | ||
| 2\rConsiderations\rfor Clients | 29 | ||
| 'Associations Form' Handout\r | 31 | ||
| 'Options for Association-Making' Handout\r | 32 | ||
| 'Patient's Sessional Report' Form\r | 34 | ||
| 'Welcome to the Arts Therapies' Handout\r | 36 | ||
| PART II:\rINITIATIVES | 41 | ||
| 3\rFor Warm-Ups\rand Closings | 43 | ||
| Letter Selection | 43 | ||
| Puppets | 44 | ||
| Choosing a Colour | 45 | ||
| Conducting Music (with Percussion Instruments) | 46 | ||
| Bag of Balls | 47 | ||
| Heart Balls | 48 | ||
| Forming Sentences from Word Blocks | 49 | ||
| Drawing Cards | 50 | ||
| Passing a Ball | 51 | ||
| Movement Mirroring | 51 | ||
| 4\rAllowing for\rSpontaneity | 53 | ||
| A Crafts Basket | 54 | ||
| Finger and/or Sponge Painting | 54 | ||
| Scribbling | 54 | ||
| Clay | 55 | ||
| 5\rFor Individuals | 57 | ||
| Inside Me, Outside Me | 57 | ||
| Hats: What’s in your Head? | 58 | ||
| Mother’s/Someone’s Significant Day Tribute\r | 58 | ||
| Animal Puppet: Giving It a Personality and Safe Place to Live | 59 | ||
| Jigsaws | 59 | ||
| ‘I Hope, I Dream, I Wish, I Want’ Collage | 60 | ||
| Plasticine Food Tray | 61 | ||
| Door Sign: Rules for Entering Your Space | 62 | ||
| Self-Care/Feelings/Happy Collages | 62 | ||
| Watercolour: Wet on Wet and Dry on Dry | 63 | ||
| Body Image Tracing* | 64 | ||
| Postcard to Someone (Outside the Hospital, if Hospitalized) | 64 | ||
| A ‘Get Well’ Card to Receive | 65 | ||
| A ‘New Year’s’ Card to Receive | 66 | ||
| Your Own Desert Island or Other Special Place | 66 | ||
| Luggage Labels: What Baggage Do You Carry? | 66 | ||
| An Object You Have Abused* | 67 | ||
| ‘Brown-Bagging It’: A Bag You WouldLike\rtoReceive or Be Held In | 67 | ||
| Pictorial Stickers | 67 | ||
| 6\rFor Groups | 69 | ||
| A Graffiti Wall | 69 | ||
| A House | 70 | ||
| A Street | 71 | ||
| An Island | 71 | ||
| A Wish Box | 72 | ||
| 7\rIntermodality | 75 | ||
| Clay and Mantra | 75 | ||
| Collage and Poem | 76 | ||
| A Safe Place for a Stone | 77 | ||
| Shapes and Poems | 78 | ||
| Scribble: With Name and Three Questions | 79 | ||
| Model Magic™: What Are You, How Do You Feel,\rWhat Can You Do? | 79 | ||
| 8\rWith Poetry-Writing | 81 | ||
| ‘Acrostic Starters’ | 82 | ||
| ‘List-Making Themes’ | 83 | ||
| ‘Colour Selections’ | 84 | ||
| ‘Something/Someone Significant Ideas’ | 85 | ||
| ‘The Cinquaine-Like Way’ | 86 | ||
| 9\rAbout Journalling\rand Creative Journalling | 89 | ||
| Journalling | 89 | ||
| Creative Journalling | 90 | ||
| 10\rStarting a\rCreative Journal | 93 | ||
| 'Starting a Creative Journal: Techniques for Journalling with Art and Writing' Handout\r | 94 | ||
| 'Starting a Creative Journal: Elaborations on Suggestions from Techniques for Journalling with Art and Writing' Handout\r | 96 | ||
| A Creative Journalling Kit | 97 | ||
| PART III: PRACTICE\r | 101 | ||
| 11\rRealities for Today’s\rArt Therapists | 103 | ||
| 12\rCreating Your Own\rArt Therapy Directives | 107 | ||
| Going From Existing Directives | 107 | ||
| Directives Specific to the Population with Which\rYou Are Working | 109 | ||
| Incorporating Your Special Interests and Personal\rTalents in Your Directives | 110 | ||
| Conclusion | 113 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY\r | 115 |