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Child art therapy : understanding and helping children grow through art / Judith Aron Rubin.

Rubin, Judith Aron. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0471289515 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 320 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Toronto : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1984.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Framework for freedom -- Conditions for creative growth -- Understanding development through art -- A diagnostic art interview -- Decoding symbolic messages -- A picture of the therapeutic process -- Some case studies -- Ways to facilitate expression -- Art therapy with the handicapped child -- A family art evaluation -- Family art therapy -- Mother-child art therapy group -- Group art therapy -- Multi-modality group therapy -- Case illustration: Understanding and helping -- Helping the "normal" child through art -- Helping the handicapped child through art -- Helping parents through art and play -- Why and how the art therapist helps -- How the art therapist learns through research -- What child art therapy is and who can do it.