This book provides a practical and research-based exploration of virtual art psychotherapy, and how its innovations are breaking new ground in the mental health field.
With seventeen chapters authored by leaders documenting their research on creative arts therapies online, along with findings from the Virtual Art Therapy Clinic, this volume presents examples, strategies, and experiences delivering arts-based therapeutic services and online education. Clinical practice examples support and provide evidence for the transition from in-person to virtual sessions.
By combining the collected expertise of all the contributing authors, this book encourages art therapists to support further growth in the field of virtual art therapy.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword
Iva Fattorini
Chapter 1: Our Changing Role: Expanding the Reach of Art Therapy
Michelle Winkel
Section 1: How Did We Get Here?
Chapter 2: The Early Days of Online Art Therapy
Kate Collie
Chapter 3: Online Art Therapy: Experiences of Art Therapists During the COVID-19
Pandemic
Jessica A. Walters
Section 2: Clinical Perspectives
Chapter 4: Borders and Boundaries in Virtual Art Therapy
Michelle Winkel, interview with Girija Kaimal
Chapter 5: Virtual Art Therapy with Children, Teens, and Families: A Framework for Clinical Practice
Kathryn Snyder
Chapter 6: Reaching City Youth with an Online Summer Arts Workshop in Los Angeles
Jessica Bianchi, Amber Cromwell
Chapter 7: The Screen as a Stage: Artistic Methods for Group Arts-Based Therapy via Zoom
Ronen Berger
Chapter 8: Keeping Up With the Times: Art Therapy Moves from Studio to Chat Room
to Zoom
Sara Prins Hankinson, Kate Collie
Chapter 9: Reaching Older Adults through Virtual Art Therapy
Margaret Carlock-Russo
Section 3: Innovations in Training and Supervision
Chapter 10: Squaring the Schaverien Triangle
Lucille Proulx
Chapter 11: Evolution of a Virtual Art Therapy Open Studio
Carolyn Treadon, Sheila Lorenzo de la Peña
Chapter 12: Cameras Off, Coffee On: Online Teaching and Learning in COVID Times
Michele D. Rattigan
Chapter 13: Integrating Art Therapy with Nature-Based Practices
Pamela Whitaker, Nicola Shaw, Michelle Winkel
Chapter 14: Online Art Therapy Classroom in Thailand
Jo Patcharin Sughondhabirom
Chapter 15: Reducing Anxiety Levels during a Pandemic with Virtual Art Therapy: A
Quasi-Experimental Pilot Study
Hedaya AlDaleel, Haley Toll, Michelle Winkel, Christel Bodenbender
Section 4: Virtual Vistas
Chapter 16: Art Therapy with Virtual Reality
Christel Bodenbender, interviews with Irit Hacmun and Girija Kaimal
Chapter 17: Art Therapists and Digital Community
Gretchen M. Miller