Becoming a Profession: The History of Art Therapy in Britain 1940-82

Contents

• Roland Littlewood
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part I Background to Art Therapy 1 Some views of art therapy 2 Art therapy's roots in art education 3 Psychiatry and art
• Part II The Role of Individual Artists and Psychotherapists in the Development of Art Therapy from the 1940s to the Formation of BAAT
• Introduction 4 The context of the visual arts and health care provision in the 1940s 5 Adrian Hill 6 Edward Adamson and Rita Simon: moving from commercial art to art therapy 7 The Withymead Centre: the role of Gilbert and Irene Champernowne in promoting t
• Part III Beginning of Organised Activity: the First Working Parties in Art Therapy
• Introduction 10 Art therapy in the witness box 11 A struggle for ownership 12 Moves towards organised activity: the idea of forming a professional association 13 The inaugural meeting of BAAT: aims and objects established 14 Some of the main issues influe
• Part IV The Campaign to Establish Art Therapy in the NHS
• Introduction 19 BAAT and ASTMS: joint negotiations for a place on the Whitley Council for art therapists 20 The DHSS Consultative Document on art, music, drama, etc., therapy and the subsequent campaign by BAAT and ASTMS to change its recommendations 21 T
• Part V Training in Art Therapy
• Introduction 22 Some contextual background and early views on training 23 Art therapy training within an educational framework 24 The BAAT Registration and Training Sub-Committee and its contribution to the debate on art therapy training during the 1970s
• Part VI Concluding Thoughts 26 After 1982: fresh challenges for art therapists
• Appendix BAAT Registration Advisory Committee: report and recommendations
• References Name
• index Subject
• index