Art Therapy Handbook (I Manuali dell'Istituto di Arti Terapie e Scienze Creative)

Formation in Music Therapy, Dance Movement Therapy, Plastic-Painting Art Therapy and Drama Theatre Therapy means to acquire a set of knowledge that transforms a tendency, a natural inclination towards the other in a way of life, as well as in a profession. The text, that was born from the shared experience of the Institute of Arts Therapies and Creative Sciences, is divided into two main parts: the clinical part, with all its essential paradigms and assumptions, on the one hand, and the applicative one, with assumptions, models and areas of intervention on the other, as the Arts Therapies operator’s professionalism is a synthesis of theoretical, relational and scientific skills appropriately conjugated with specialized and technical ones. Doctors, psychologists, educators, social workers, speech therapists, rehabilitation, physiotherapists, nurses, artists, volunteers, students, art therapists, just curious... all will benefit from the consultation of this Art Therapy Handbook, born from the clinic, pedagogy and human sciences to provide, in a simple and accessible way, a comprehensive overview of the treated subject.