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This book offers a snapshot of the international state of the art in art therapy. The range of work included does not come from one school, theoretical approach, or one type of creative practice, but instead shows the inherent ability of the art therapist to see what is present and to adapt, flexibly and creatively, to meet the unique needs of people and contexts. The chapters are organised under five broad-ranging themes—art therapy across the life cycle, theoretical frameworks, areas of practice, new developments, and policies—and are written by a diverse range of newer voices from countries where art therapy is starting to gain ground as well as a variety of internationally renowned practitioners and academics. The handbook speaks to the breadth and richness in contemporary art therapy practice around the world. The case studies and examples demonstrate the ways in which art therapists are managing the challenges and opportunities in their socio-political context, drawing links to existing art traditions and supportive practices in their culture, and working to address contemporary challenges. This book is essential for students and professionals of art therapy, drama, dance movement, and music therapy.

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Margaret Hills de Zárate is an art therapist and honorary senior research fellow at the Centre for Applied Social Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, the United Kingdom. Her most recent publication is Arts Therapies and the Mental Health of Children and Young People with Uwe Hermann, Heather M. Hunter, and Salvo Pitruzella. She is also the author of various chapters on cultural issues and migration in art and art therapy. Her research has been mainly conducted in Central and South America. Diane Waller, OBE, is an emeritus professor of art psychotherapy at Goldsmiths University of London. She has also served as the honorary president of the British Association of Art Therapists, former council member (Health and Care Professions Council), and group analytic psychotherapist (UK Council for Psychotherapy). She is also the co-editor (with Sarah Scoble) of Routledge’s International Research in the Arts Therapies series. Claire Louise Vaculik (née Leyland) is an art therapist and gestalt psychotherapist. She served as the programme director of the MA in integrative arts psychotherapy at IATE/UEL for over a decade, an external examiner for two UK-based art therapy trainings, and a lead assessor for the UK Council for Psychotherapy. She was an associate editor of the International Journal of Art Therapy and is the current chair of the British Association of Art Therapists.

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