| Contemporary Art Therapy with Adolescents Contributor(s): Riley, Shirley (Author), Oster, Gerald D. (Foreword by), Malchiodi, Cathy A. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1853026379 ISBN-13: 9781853026379 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: Art therapy provides a particularly helpful method for treating adolescents. A notoriously difficult age group to work with, teenagers often respond better to making artworks than they do to talking to adults. It is the gift of the well-trained art therapist to channel this creative impulse into therapy. Shirley Riley explores the possibilities of using art therapeutically with adolescents. She reviews current theories on adolescent development and therapy, and emphasizes the primary importance of relying on the patients' own words. their social, cultural and economic background, rather than following pre-designed assessment directives too rigidly. She examines family treatment, looking at how the adolescent functions in relation to parents and siblings. The book is firmly rooted in Riley's own experience of working with this age-group, and includes detailed case studies. She also reflects on the effect upon the therapist created by close contact with this difficult but ultimately rewarding group of clients. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Psychology | Developmental - Adolescent - Psychology | Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 98-45881 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.46" W x 8.06" (0.96 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Riley, Shirley: - Shirley Riley (1931-2004) was a registered art therapist and a licensed marriage and family counsellor in private practice. She was a highly regarded educator and taught in university programmes in the United States, Europe and Asia. She received awards for her clinical skills and wrote many articles and books, for art therapy and allied professions. |