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Title: Art Therapy: An Introduction by Judith Aron Rubin ISBN: 0-87630-897-3 Publisher: Brunner-Routledge Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 Format: Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $42.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: too much history, not enough substance
Comment: I was misled by the title of this book. By some stretch of the word, it could be an introduction. But it is more like a rambling exploration of the history of the field of art therapy that jumps from person to person, often with only one sentence about each person. The chapters promise information on many ideas but none is covered in any meaningful way. And I certainly did not get a positive impression of art therapy from this book. In fact, it seems like a field that does not have a clear definition or the author could not come up with one. As a clinical social worker I was hoping for some more practical and less reference-oriented. This book reads like a dictionary, so if you are looking for something like that, it is the book you want.
Rating: 2
Summary: a lot of info but not well-organized
Comment: I guess I disagree with the previous reviewer on this book. I found it very confusing and disorganized in its content. It was not a very clear introduction to art therapy and the examples presented were not very helpful regarding what art therapists really do. The beginning is very historical and that was not really of interest to someone like me who wants to know what art therapy is. Maybe art therapy is a lot of history and it is hard to describe to others. I believe the author was sincere, but there is actually too much information presented in this book. If the author were a little more selective, the average reader might find this book more helpful.
I agree that this book is well-referenced, but for a lay reader it is over referenced. Almost every other sentence is a reference and many of the references are to material that is not published. I am wondering if art therapy is an unpublished field because the author uses a lot of these types of references. I found that very distracting and it did not help the clarity of this book.
This book would probably be best for art therapists who understand the various dimensions of their field. But for those who want to know in a readable manner what art therapy is and what art therapists do, this is not that book.
Rating: 5
Summary: FINALLY, THE BOOK WE NEED AND WANT
Comment: Being an old-timer in the field, I need no "introduction". But this book I find I both NEED and WANT.
I NEED it because it explains art therapy to the general public and students in the field better than any other book I know. I wish it had been around for the last 30 years when I was teaching graduate students in a dozen schools around the country. It brings the field to life!
I know of no other book that documents so much information about art therapy. Nobody I know has such a command of the source material in the field.
I WANT it for an assortment of reasons.
For one thing, it is never dry or ponderous - as its vast scholarship might suggest. She writes conversationally, making even the most complex ideas easily accessible to the lay person, the prospective or beginning student...charming and delighting old-timers like me.
Her format of small subject headings and bold type to emphasize essentials makes it easy to skim and shortcut. This beomes, then, a useful SOURCE BOOK for those trying to get a quick overview of the field.
She attributes ideas and writings widely, to everyone in the field who has made contributions. This is a GENEROUS book.
She is modest, witty and very proactical too. Fo those considering entering the field, here is an HONEST PICTURE of what problems as well as rewards are in store.
Who should read it? First off, people who want to know more about the field as well as students. And for people like me, or practitioners already working as art therapists, this is the book we need to have in our libraries.
Also I think it should be in counselors' offices in every art school, high school and especially college in the country. People don't know a great deal about this field, and school counselors will find no better SOURCE BOOK to help their students.
Interested practitioners in other fields will find useful chapters on Assessment, various Approaches, and the work going on with a variety of people in many different places: medical fields, crisis work, community institutions, and so on. It also discusses multimodality approaches (e.g. music, dance, drama & art).
Here are vivid stories and photos showing us how art therapy ACTUALLY WORKS.
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Title: Approaches to Art Therapy : Theory and Technique by Judith Aron Rubin ISBN: 1583910700 Publisher: Brunner-Routledge Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $41.95 |
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Title: The Art Therapy Sourcebook by Cathy Malchiodi ISBN: 1565658841 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Understanding Children's Drawings by Cathy A. Malchiodi ISBN: 1572303727 Publisher: Guilford Press Pub. Date: 30 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Studio Art Therapy: Cultivating the Artist Identity in the Art Therapist by Catherine Hyland Moon ISBN: 1853028142 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub Pub. Date: 02 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Handbook of Art Therapy by Cathy A. Malchiodi, Cathy Malchiodi ISBN: 1572308095 Publisher: Guilford Press Pub. Date: 21 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $48.00 |
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