A Leap of Faith: The Call to Art

by Horovitz, Ellen G.

• ISBN13: 9780398070014
• ISBN10: 0398070016
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: THOMAS CHARLES C PUBLISHER

Author Biography

Ellen G. Horovitz, Ph.D., A.T.R., B.C. is Director of Graduate Art Therapy at Nazareth College, in Rochester, New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vi
Doctor Valerie Appleton
Introduction: Priming the Pump	3	(1)
Mourning Loss, Soulution, and the Studio	3	(1)
Living with One's Art	4	(3)
Beginnings	7	(3)
Possibilities	10	(4)
The Mystery of the Brain	14	(2)
Content Descriptions	16	(2)
Pathways	18	(3)
In Search of Self: Informing the Creative Process	21	(28)
The Road Ahead	21	(1)
A Little History	21	(3)
The Work	24	(25)
The Dissociated Self or True Individuation	49	(32)
In Search of Self: Informing the Process	50	(2)
On Creativity, Self, and Psychosis	52	(6)
Where to Draw the Line	58	(1)
Elemental Play and Creativity	59	(3)
Case One: You Gotta Have Art	62	(1)
Referring Symptoms: Psychosocial and Medical History (Hx)	62	(1)
The Sessions	63	(4)
Time for Art	67	(5)
The Artist Within	72	(9)
When Art is Enough	81	(24)
Brian	81	(4)
The Art Therapy Diagnostic Assessment	85	(3)
Significant Sessions	88	(7)
Twelve Years Later	95	(4)
Afterthoughts from Brian	99	(3)
Conclusion	102	(3)
Primary Process: Gains for the Artist/Therapist	105	(28)
Art, Dreams, and Messages Down Under	105	(1)
Psychosocial History	106	(1)
Educational History	106	(1)
Psychological Testing	107	(1)
Art Therapy Diagnostic Assessment	108	(1)
Reasons for Referral	108	(1)
Behavioral Observations	108	(2)
Cognitive Art Therapy Assessment (CATA)	110	(2)
Kinetic Family Drawing (KED)	112	(1)
Art Therapy Dream Assessment (ATDA)	112	(1)
Conclusion and Recommendation	113	(1)
Significant Sessions	113	(7)
Blurring the Boundaries and the Family Work	120	(2)
The Heart of the Matter	122	(3)
Intervention	125	(3)
Research on Bipolar Disorder and Medication	128	(1)
Results of Medication Changes	129	(4)
Dragon Lore: A Tale of Countertransference	133	(14)
Ellen's Story	133	(2)
Performance, Power and Integrity	135	(1)
Scout's Story	135	(1)
Abbreviated Art Therapy Diagnostic Assessment	135	(1)
Reasons for Referral	135	(1)
Scout's Timeline and Genogram	136	(1)
Behavioral Observations	136	(1)
Cognitive Art Therapy Assessment (CATA)	137	(2)
Kinetic Family Drawing Test (KFD)	139	(1)
Recommendations and Conclusions	140	(1)
The Countertransference Reign	140	(3)
A Turning Point	143	(4)
Cognition, Thought Processes, and Language Systems: Interviews with Other Artists	147	(24)
The Interviews	150	(1)
Interview with Parker J. Palmer	151	(4)
Interview with Ai Gvdhi Waya	155	(2)
Interview with Shaun McNiff	157	(3)
Interview with Bruce Moon	160	(1)
Interview with Valerie Appleton	161	(3)
Interview with Gail Bellamy	164	(3)
Interview with David Henley	167	(4)
Conclusions	171	(14)
A Promising Future	175	(1)
Forensic Implications	176	(2)
On Finishing Touches and Living with the Art	178	(7)
Biblography	185	(4)
Author Index	189	(2)
Subject Index	191