ABSTRACT
In Britain, trainee art therapists are usually art graduates. In any case, they have extensive practical experience of using art materials and most people have had art education in their school curriculum. This is by no means the case elsewhere. For many years now I have been conducting art therapy groups in various institutions in eastern and western Europe. These institutions have actively sought to introduce art therapy into their training or treatment programmes and the following observations are offered as a result of the experience gained from this work.
