The Life and Legacy of Robert Ault, Art Therapy Pioneer [Hardcover]

Foreword

Preface?

Introduction

Part 1: Beginnings: Formulating a New Field

1. Personal Philosophy

2. Art Therapy with Adult Inpatients

3. Untitled presentation

4. Acceptance Speech

5. Are you an Artist or a Therapist?

Part 2: Practice Applications: From Psych Patients to CEOs

6. Case Study

7. Various Uses of Art Therapy in a Hospital Setting

8. Art Therapy in the Business World: Exploratory Studies

9. Draw on New Lines of Communication??????????????

Part 3: Consolidation of Concepts: Academia

10. Woven Paintings (undated handout)

11. Elizabeth Layton: The Effect of Her Art on Her Emotions?????????

12. Making Music: The Art of Karl Menninger

13. Reflections on 20 Years of Art Therapy Training

Part 4: Back to the Art: A Unique Community Model

14. Portals and Passages??????????????

15. Prescription for the Art Therapist: Make Art!

16. Sometimes Good Medicine Comes in Kits??????

17. Its About Time?????????

Afterword

Addenda

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It has?been more than 15 years since the passing of pioneer art therapist Bob Ault, and Libby Schmanke has given us the gift of bringing him back among us. Bob was not only physically looming; he loomed large within our art therapy psyche, helping to jumpstart and carry forward this incredible field. While there are many of us still around who knew him, I would imagine only a very few were privy to the depth and breadth of the numel#Ÿ