Reauthoring the Dominant Narrative of Our Profession

Autor/in	Riley, Shirley
Titel	Reauthoring the Dominant Narrative of Our Profession
Quelle	In: Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 26 (2009) 3, S.135-138 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-1656
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Art Therapy; Professional Recognition; Mental Health; Psychotherapy; Therapeutic Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kunsttherapie; Psychohygiene; Psychotherapie
Abstract	This is the appropriate time in the evolution of the profession of art therapy to re-create its image and explore a new model of the profession responsive to the postmodern mental health climate. To that end, the author would like to take the reader on a fantasy trip and hypothesize what it would be like to move the birth of this profession forward in time, from the 1950s to the present. After looking at art therapy from this visionary viewpoint, the author offers the reader a sobering look at today's mental health concerns and how they seem to be influencing the clinical practice of art therapists. The conclusion incorporates both vision and reality, suggesting how art therapists can move beyond their current concepts of art therapy to re-create a psychotherapeutic service that is both aesthetic and pragmatic. They can enter the postmodern society of mental health providers. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10