Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Art Therapy
$76.38
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
20 January 2021
Summary
Healing Through Art: A Guide to Art Therapy for PTSD
This book focuses on art therapy as a treatment for PTSD in both theory and practice. It includes an in-depth look at what PTSD is, how it develops, and how art therapists should approach and treat it, with a focus on furthering social justice.
The chapters cover a wide variety of contexts, including adults at a rape crisis center, veterans, children in group homes, and patients at substance use facilities. The second sect…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787752047 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787752046 |
| Author: | Amy Backos |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Imprint: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 20 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Amy Backos
Dr. Amy Backos is a licensed psychologist and certified art therapist based in San Francisco, CA. She is the Chair of the Graduate Art Therapy Psychology Program in the San Francisco Bay and has over 20 years of experience working with adults, young people, and children who have experienced substance abuse disorders, intimate partner violence, combat trauma, and sexual assault. Her past work includes Clinical Director and Art Therapist at the Cleveland Rape Crisis Centre as well as Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Cleveland Veterans’ Affairs Medical Hospital.
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