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>