Parent-Child Art Psychotherapy

Parent-Child Art Psychotherapy presents a working model of ways to incorporate parents into a child's art therapy sessions, drawing on the relational-psychoanalytic notion of mentalization in the treatment of difficulties within childhood relationships. The model is introduced by clearly explaining the theory, the setting, the role of the therapist, and the work with the parents. In addition, the book offers a full section dedicated to practical applications of the model, replete with illustrative case studies and detailed therapeutic art-based interventions covering leadership, movement, collaborative and solitary work, and parent-child exercises. Intended for art therapists, students, parent-child psychotherapists, and other therapists interested in expanding their knowledge in the field, Regev and Snir provide a definition and conceptualization of a short-term treatment model with the potential to have comprehensive effects leading to positive change.

Dafna Regev is a qualified art therapist, researcher, and senior lecturer at the School of Creative Art Therapies and a faculty member of the Emili Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center at the University of Haifa, Israel. She specializes in parent-child art psychotherapy and works in a private clinic. Her articles have been published in leading journals in the field of art therapy. Sharon Snir is an art therapist and researcher. She is senior lecturer and head of the Art Therapy M.A. Program in Tel Hai College, Israel. One of her main research interests is joint drawings. Over the last few years, she has specialized in research and in teaching research in art therapy. Her articles have been published in leading journals in the field of art therapy.

List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Fundamental Elements and Principles Chapter 1: Introduction to Parent-Child Art Psychotherapy Chapter 2: Presentation of the Study: Parent-Child Art Psychotherapy in Israel Chapter 3: The Objectives of Parent-Child Art Psychotherapy Chapter 4: The Parent-Child Art Psychotherapy Setting Chapter 5: The Role of the Parent-Child Art Therapist Chapter 6: Working with Parents in the Parent-Child Art Psychotherapy Framework Chapter 7: Unique Challenges in Parent-Child Art Psychotherapy Model Chapter 8: The Observation of Joint Paintings Part II Intervention Techniques Chapter 9: Leadership Exercises Chapter 10: Movement Exercises that Promote the Creation of Images Chapter 11: Together and Alone Chapter 12: Family Exercises Chapter 13: An Encounter in the Interpersonal Space