Art Therapy Theories: A Critical Introduction

Foreword, Waller. Introduction. Cognitive Behavioural Art Therapy. Psychoanalytical Art. Psychotherapy. Analytical (Jungian) Art Therapy. Gestalt Art Therapy. Person-Centred Art Therapy. Mindfulness Art Therapy. Integrative Art Therapy: The Group-Interactive Art Therapy Model. Feminist Art Therapy. Social Art Therapy. Art Therapy as Social Action and Art Therapy as a Research Tool. Critical Glossary of Terms.

Susan Hogan is Professor in Art Therapy and Cultural Studies at the University of Derby. She has written extensively on the relationship between the arts and insanity, and the role of the arts in rehabilitation, particularly in relation to women.

Hogan offers an innovative and accessible contribution to the literature that challenges the way we conceptualize art therapy theory and practice today. The work’s relevance expands well beyond the UK its unique insights will inspire art therapists around the world. Hogan masterfully explores various theories in the complex but unified profession of art therapy, and weaves them together through the overarching framework of social critique. My own approach to teaching is changed because of this book. The concepts Hogan invites us to contemplate make this a must-read for students, educators and practitioners alike. - Donna Betts, PhD, ATR-BC, Board President, the American Art Therapy Association; Research Professor, George Washington University Graduate Art Therapy Program
Art Therapy Theories by Susan Hogan, is the book that I, as the executive director of an art therapy training program and a professor, have been waiting for. It is a contemporary and long-needed update to the profession of art therapy, a foundation text that all students starting off in the profession should read cover to cover. I appreciate the clarity Hogan has provided to distinguish the main theories we integrate in our work as art therapists, such as Psychoanalytic, Jungian, Cognitive Behavioral as well as the inclusion of newer but essential streams including Feminist Art Therapy, Art Therapy as Social Justice and Mindfulness Art Therapy. This book will take its place in our curriculum as a required text along with the other fundamental literature which with we nurture the new generation of art therapists in Canada. - Helene Burt, DA, RCAT, ATR, (Doctorate of Arts in Art Therapy, NYU) Executive Director, Toronto Art Therapy Institute; Editor of Art Therapy and Postmodernism: Creative Healing Through a Prism
I found the book really enlightening and strongly recommend it. - Diane Waller OBE, President of the British Association of Art Therapists, from the foreword
This important book is a welcomed asset to the profession of art therapy with a comprehensive overview of theoretical approaches that underpin contemporary art therapy practice historically, theoretically and clinically. The complexities and intricacies of a wide variety of models are made accessible and contextualised in this thoughtfully concise, easy to read, account of art therapy work, in particular how a chosen approach affects the differing role of the practitioner. Suitable for students, academics, researchers and practitioners, this is an essential read for a new generation of art therapists. A timely contribution to the literature of this rapidly expanding discipline. - Annette M. Coulter, The Centre for Art Psychotherapy, Blue Mountains, Australia