Supervision of Art Psychotherapy: A Theoretical and Practical Handbook

by Schaverien; Joy

• ISBN13: 9780415409605
• ISBN10: 0415409608
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Supervision of Art Psychotherapy will be an inspiration for advanced practitioners and students in training. It is the first book to formulate a unique theoretical base to current practice in art psychotherapy supervision. A central theme is the nature of the image in supervision, defining its difference from other forms of supervision in the mental health professions. Clinical practice is brought to life through vivid vignettes from diverse settings with a variety of client groups. part I establishes a theoretical base, introducing innovations in practice and addressing complex clinical issues in child and adult work. Topics include the narrative of imagery in supervision, enchantment, ambivalence, a topographical approach, engagement in supervision, and working with the network in art psychotherapy with children part II focuses on supervision in groups addressing training, difference and peer group image consultation, as well as supervision of experiencedpractitioners part III explores theory related to purposes and challenges in supervision and research. A vital contribution to the literature in the context of Continuing Professional Development, this volume establishes the image as central in the supervision of art psychotherapists. It brings the experience of the artist in the psychotherapist into the frame, provoking questions about the meaning of images and image making in supervision.

Table of Contents

Schaverien, Introduction

Case , Review of the Literature on Art Therapy Supervision

Theoretical Innovations in Individual Supervision

Damarell , The Supervisor's Eyes

Schaverien , Framing Enchantment: Countertransference in Analytical Art Psychotherapy Supervision

Dalley , Piecing Together the Jigsaw Puzzle: Thinking about the Clinical Supervision of Art Therapists Working with Children and Young People

Henley , Supervisory Responses to Child Art Therapy: Assessment, Intervention and Outcome

Case , Imagery in Supervision: The Non-verbal Narrative of Knowing

Theoretical Innovations in Group Supervision

Laine , Image Consultation: Supporting the Work of Art Therapists

Skaife , Working in Black and White: An Art Therapy Supervision Group

Robbins , The Art of Supervision

Brown, Meyerowitz-Katz & Ryde , Thinking with Image Making: Supervising Student Art Therapists

Purposes and Challenges in Supervision and Research

Wood , Agency and Attention: Purposes of Supervision

Killick , Working with Ambivalence in the Clinical Supervision of Art Therapists

Gilroy , In Pursuit of an Object: The Supervision of Art Therapy Research

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