Arts Therapies and The Mental Health of Children and Young People presents innovative research and practice in the arts therapies. It draws on different cultural contexts and developmental age groups and illustrates how art, music, drama, dance movement or play therapists have worked therapeutically in response to children's and young people's needs. The book represents an acknowledgement of the high rates of mental disorders in children and young people and addresses this topical subject. Presenting an array of responses from arts therapists working with children and young people in nine different contexts and countries, the book highlights the importance of each specific art form in its therapeutic context. Chapters show how the expressive potential and appeal of the arts when facilitated within the therapeutic relationship is crucial in fostering hope in the future and the capacity for trust in self and others. This book will be of great interest to arts therapists as well as academics and post graduate students in the fields of arts therapies, social work, psychotherapy, health psychology and education.

Book Information
ISBN 9780367456672
Author Uwe Herrmann
Format Hardback
Page Count 248
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 156g