Assessment in Art Therapy

<p><em>Assessment in Art Therapy</em> gives a unique insight into the diverse contemporary practices that constitute assessment in art therapy, providing an overview of the different approaches employed in Britain and the USA today. </p><p>This professional handbook comprises three parts. <em>'Sitting Beside'</em> explores the discursive and the relational in art therapy assessments with adults and children in different settings. <em>'Snapshots from the Field'</em> presents a series of short, practice-based reports which describe art therapists working in private practice, secure settings and community mental health centres. <em>'A More Distant Calculation'</em> consists of chapters that describe the development and use of different kinds of art-based assessment procedures developed on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as different kinds of research about art therapy assessment.</p><p>Both students and practitioners alike will benefit from the wealth of experience presented in this book, which demonstrates how art therapists think about assessment; the difficulties that arise in art therapy assessment; and the importance of developing the theory and practice of art therapy assessment, whilst taking into account the changing demands of systems and institutions. </p> <p><em>Gilroy, Tipple, Brown,</em> Introduction. <strong>Part I: Sitting Beside.</strong> <em>Gilroy</em>, What’s Best for Whom? Exploring the Evidence Base for Art Therapy Assessment. <em>Brown</em>, Assessment: What Does it Mean? <em>Henley</em>, Knowing the Unknowable: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Postmodern Assessment in Child Art Therapy. <em>Case</em>, Image and Process: Twin Exploration in Art Therapy Assessment. <em>McNiff</em>, Art-based Methods for Art Therapy Assessment. <em>Tipple</em>, The Subjects of Assessment. <strong>Part II: Snapshots from the Field.</strong> <em>Etherington,</em> Assessing a Young Autistic Boy in Art Therapy Private Practice. <em>Arnold</em>, An Art-based Assessment of a Young, Psychotic Male. <em>McCulloch</em>, The Assessment of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Complex Health Needs. <em>Cronin</em>, The Assessment of Adults in an In-patient Forensic Setting. <em>Saotome,</em> Art Therapy Assessment in an Adolescents Day Service. <em>Liebmann</em>, Assessing the Suitability of Adult Clients in Community Mental Health. <em>Loumeau-May</em>, The Challenge of Art Therapy Assessment in Bereavement Work with Children and Teens. <strong>Part III: A More Distant Calculation.</strong> <em>Marshall-Tierney,</em> Nightsea Crossing: Assessment for Art Therapy. <em>Thomas, Cody,</em> Three Starting Points: An Art-based Assessment Method. <em>Levick</em>, The Levick Emotional and Cognitive Art Therapy Assessment (LECATA). <em>Gantt</em>, Tending to the ‘Art’ in Art Therapy Assessment. <em>Betts,</em> Positive Art Therapy Assessment. Looking Towards Positive Psychology for New Directions in the Art Therapy Assessment Process. <em>Gilroy, Tipple, Brown,</em> Concluding Remarks. </p>