Art Therapy for Psychosis: Theory and Practice

Contents

• Introduction: Places for the Mind to Heal
• 1. The Matrix of the Mind, the Networks of the Brain, and the Principle of Transformation in Art Therapy for Psychosis
• 2. Psychodynamic art therapy for psychoses: progressive mirror drawing and other sensorial integration techniques
• 3. Shaping Consciousness: Phenomenological Art Therapy with Psychotic Adults
• 4. The Structured Studio Setting: an Ontological Dimension in Art Therapy with Psychosis using the concept of Body Image as Structuring Function
• 5. A Lacanian Perspective on Art Therapy with Psychotic Patients
• 6. The Side-by-Side Approach in art therapy for psychosis: deflation and empowerment within the therapeutic relationship
• 7. The Three Headed Girl: The Experience of Dialogical Art Therapy Viewed from Different Perspectives
• 8. An Exploration of Art Therapy Process with a Detainee diagnosed with Schizophrenia in a Correctional Facility with reference to the use of the Comic Strip