Spiritual Art Therapy: An Alternate Path

by Horovitz, Ellen G.

• ISBN13: 9780398073145
• ISBN10: 0398073147
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: THOMAS CHARLES C PUBLISHER

Author Biography

Ellen G. Horovitz is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Art Therapy at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. ix
Prologue from a Client	p. xiii
List of Figures	p. xxiii
Evolution of a Spiritual Approach to Counseling	p. 3
Early Stages	p. 4
Initial Impressions	p. 5
Art Therapy, Spirituality, and Mental Health: Where the Twains Meet	p. 9
Some Definitions	p. 9
Starting Points	p. 11
Language Systems, Mourning, and Loss	p. 13
The Search for Meaning	p. 14
Spiritual and Mental Health Connections	p. 17
Religious Applications	p. 18
The Nature of Spirituality	p. 21
Religiomagical Healing and Shamanism	p. 23
The Belief Art Therapy Assessment: Interview and Evaluation	p. 26
Initial Stages	p. 26
The Design	p. 27
Suggested Art Materials to Have on Hand	p. 29
The Belief Art Therapy Assessment (History Taking)	p. 30
First Directive	p. 30
Post-Assessment Interrogation	p. 31
Second Directive	p. 31
Considerations and Guidelines for Evaluation	p. 32
Spiritual Development, Belief Systems, and Stages of Faith: Impact on Assessment and Treatment	p. 35
Toward a Belief System Theory	p. 35
Testing the Clergy	p. 40
The Interviews	p. 40
Father Joe	p. 41
Father Paul	p. 44
Faith in the Product	p. 48
Sister Miriam	p. 50
Rabbi Mark	p. 56
The Belief Art Therapy Assessment Conducted on Adult Artists	p. 64
Interview with Robert, Atheist	p. 67
Interview with Caitlin, Agnostic	p. 71
The Light	p. 74
Interview with Karen, Buddhist	p. 76
Interview with Renfred, Latter Day Saint Mormon	p. 80
Spiritual Art Therapy: A Working Alternative for Emotionally Disturbed Children and Youth	p. 86
Environmental Considerations	p. 89
Residential Treatment: The Warp and the Woof	p. 90
A New Diagnosis	p. 92
Melissa: A Case for V62.61	p. 94
The Results of the CATA	p. 94
The BATA Results	p. 96
Gary: Spiritual Considerations	p. 99
The BATA: Gary	p. 102
Conclusions about the Cases	p. 106
Melissa's Genogram	p. 107
Melissa's Timeline	p. 108
Gary's Genogram	p. 109
Gary's Timeline	p. 110
The Spiritual Treatment of a Suicidal, Bulimic Anorectic	p. 111
Presenting Symptoms and Psychosocial History	p. 112
Parameters of the Personality	p. 115
Significant Sessions	p. 115
A Note on Supervision and Record Keeping	p. 116
Direction in Treatment	p. 117
Three Years Later	p. 121
The Spiritual Work	p. 127
Linda's Genogram	p. 145
Linda's Timeline	p. 146
Spiritual Reframe: A Pathway for Life	p. 147
The Ultimate Taboo	p. 148
Phototherapy Applications: Exploring Mourning and Loss Issues	p. 151
Mourning and Loss Issues: Finding One's Belief Through Images	p. 151
Academic Applications	p. 152
The Mahogany Drawer	p. 152
Student Samples	p. 154
Clinical Applications	p. 157
Intervention 1	p. 158
Intervention 2	p. 161
Intervention 3	p. 162
Conclusion	p. 163
A Search for Meaning: Inner and Outer Existence	p. 165
The effects of 9-11	p. 165
Mistakes that Ground Me	p. 168
Appendix
Table of Comparative Norms	p. 176
Belief Art Therapy Assessment Interview	p. 178
Bibliography	p. 181
Name Index	p. 187
Subject Index	p. 190
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