Art therapy and social action

SciTech Book News, June, 2007

Art therapy and social action.

Ed. by Frances F. Kaplan.

Jessica Kingsley Pub.

2007

272 pages

$29.95

Paperback

RC489

Kaplan (art therapy, Marylhurst U.) compiles 14 essays that describe the use of art therapy to address social problems. Contributors--art therapists and artists from the US, UK, Israel, and Canada--describe applications and their experiences with programs using art therapy for homelessness, conflict resolution, anger management and aggression, gun violence, trauma, terrorism, and building community.

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