Introduction

The European Consortium for Arts Therapies Education has been developing arts-therapy education and research since 1991. This chapter utilizes the concepts of culture – intercultural, multicultural, and cross-cultural. It focuses on the research methodologies used to study intercultural arts-therapy practice. Creative arts therapists are human service professionals who use arts modalities and creative processes for the purpose of ameliorating disability and illness and optimizing health and wellness. Treatment outcomes include, for example, improving communication and expression, and increasing physical, emotional, cognitive and/or social functioning. Music therapy is seen as a systematic process of intervention whereby the therapist helps the client achieve health using musical experiences, and the relationships that develop through them, as dynamic forces of change. The British Association of Art Therapy website defines art therapy as a form of psychotherapy, which uses art media as its primary mode of expression and communication. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.