Craft in Art Therapy : Diverse Approaches to the Transformative Power of Craft Materials and Methods.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Color Plates -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Editor's Note -- Preface -- Introduction -- I Craft as a Tool for Transformation and Self-Care -- 1 Crafting the Artist Book as Embodied, Relational Practice -- 2 Healing With Fire: The Use of Hot Glass in Art Therapy -- 3 From Clay to Ceramic: An Alchemical Process of Self-Transformation -- 4 Demystifying the Individualistic Approach to Self-Care: Sewing as a Metaphorical Process for Documenting Relational and Communal Care in Disability Culture -- 5 Emptying the Jar: Crochet to Unpack Toxic Racial Stress -- II Craft as Culturally Resonant and Accessible -- 6 Embroidering Pieces of Place -- 7 Healing Roots of Indigenous Crafts: Adapting Traditions of India for Art Therapy Practice -- 8 Integrating Traditional Crafts Within Clinical Practice: A Cross-Cultural Group Case Study -- 9 Using Crafts in Art Therapy Through an Intersectional Feminist Empowerment Lens: The Case of Bedouin Embroidery in Israel -- III Craft as Empowerment and Activism -- 10 Finding Our Way Together: Exploring the Therapeutic Benefits of Collaborative Craft Activism -- 11 Zines, the DIY Ethic, and Empowering Marginalized Identities -- 12 Alone in the Desert: Making Sense of the Senseless Through Story Cloths -- 13 Empowerment Through Mentorship: Peer-Led Craft Workshops in a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital -- 14 Queer Ethos in Art Therapy -- 15 Quilting Across Prison Walls: Craftwork, Social Practice, and Radical Empathy -- Index.

Craft in Art Therapy is the first book dedicated to illustrating the incorporation of craft materials and methods into art therapy theory and practice.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.