Overview

This fully updated second edition of Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age invites readers to consider how cutting-edge approaches in phototherapy and therapeutic photography could be integrated into their own practice. Contributing authors provide guidance on different techniques for using photography in work with clients, including theory and context behind when each approach should be used. Readers will benefit from updates to the current edition, including: • Updates to the preface and introduction, exploring the importance of self-representation and expression against the backdrop of the ever-growing popularity of mobile phones and social media. • A new chapter on the integration of AI into phototherapy and therapeutic photography, including future-oriented practice and considering the use of AI for facial emotional recognition and creation of augmented realities. • A new chapter on PhotoVoice’s methodologies and approaches to community engagement in delivering ethical photography projects for social change. • A new chapter on how phototherapy can provide safety, security and structure for exploration of self-identity, relationships and narratives. • An updated conclusion, drawing together developments in phototherapy and therapeutic photography, and renewing ideas about how practitioners look to the future of photography in therapeutic practice. This book will be of vital importance to counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists and photographers looking to learn more about the intersection of photography and therapeutic practice. It will also be essential reading for art therapists using photography within their work with clients.

Full Product Details

Author:   Del Loewenthal (University of Roehampton, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9781041063087

ISBN 10:   1041063083
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   08 May 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Preface to Second Edition Acknowledgments (from 1st Edition) Prologue Part I: Introduction Chapter 1 - Introducing phototherapy and therapeutic photography in a digital age, Del Loewenthal Chapter 2 - A photograph as a therapeutic experience - Ulla Halkola Chapter 3 - Jo Spence's camera therapy, Personal therapeutic photography as a response to adversity, Terry Dennett Chapter 4 - Fotos, fones & fantasies, Mark Wheeler Chapter 5 - A creative photographic approach: Interpretation and healing through creative practice, Mike Simmons Part II The use of photographs in various practices Chapter 6 - Inhabiting the image: Photography, therapy and re-enactment phototherapy, Rosy Martin Chapter 7 - Talking pictures therapy: The therapeutic use of photographs in counselling and psychotherapy, Del Loewenthal Chapter 8 - Structuring therapeutic photography techniques to guide exploration, Neil Gibson Chapter 9 - PhotoVoice, Participatory Photography, and Photographic Storytelling, Tom Elkins Chapter 10 - The self-portrait as self-therapy, Cristina Nuñez Chapter 11 - Community phototherapy, Carmine Parrella, Del Loewenthal Chapter 12 - The photographic genogram and family therapy, Rodolfo De Bernart Chapter 13- ‘The time we were not born': Experimental archaeology — working within and beyond the photographic archive with photography students, Julia Winckler Chapter 14 - Photography and art therapy, Alexander Kopytin Chapter 15 - Phototherapy, Therapeutic Photography and AI, Lucian Milasan Part III Research and the future Chapter 16 - Phototherapy and neuroscience: Marriage, cohabitation or divorce?, Hasse Karlsson Chapter 17 - Research, new approaches and the future of phototherapy and therapeutic photography, Del Loewenthal Epilogue: Hands up — surrender to subjectivity, Brigitte Anor

Reviews

'Rooted in both the optimistic ethos of humanistic psychology and the sceptical vision of psychoanalysis, (…) this book offers insights that numerous therapeutic approaches can learn from.' Andrew Samuels, author of Reflecting Critically on the Political Psyche Therapy, Testament and Trouble in Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis. 'This welcome second edition brings together leading clinicians and practitioners to share their extensive knowledge and experience.' Dr Michael Pritchard FRPS, Member of Royal Photographic Society and Consultant. 'This new edition opens our minds to the range of challenges, ethical and creative, facing this most potent form of therapy and most democratic of therapeutic, community-building practices.' Dr Robert Snell, Author of Cézanne and the post-Bionian Field: An Exploration and a Meditation. 'An invaluable resource for psychotherapists, counsellors and other mental health professionals who wish to enrich their clinical work and to promote mental wellbeing.' Evrinomy Avdi, Professor in Clinical Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and Anna Freud Centre, London.

Author Information

Del Loewenthal is an existential-analytic psychotherapist, photographer and chartered psychologist. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, the British Psychological Society, and United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, Chair of the Southern Association of Psychotherapy and Counselling and Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapy and Counselling at the University of Roehampton.

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