ABSTRACT
Exploring Ethical Dilemmas in Art Therapy: 50 Clinicians From 20 Countries Share Their Stories presents a global collection of first-person accounts detailing the ethical issues that arise during art therapists’ work. Grouped according to themes such as discrimination and inclusion, confidentiality, and scope of practice, chapters by experienced art therapists from 20 different countries explore difficult situations across a variety of practitioner roles, client diagnoses, and cultural contexts. In reflecting upon their own courses of action when faced with these issues, the authors acknowledge missteps as well as successes, allowing readers to learn from their mistakes. Offering a unique presentation centered on diverse vignettes with important lessons and ethical takeaways highlighted throughout, this exciting new volume will be an invaluable resource to all future and current art therapists, as well as to other mental health professionals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
Looking Beneath the Surface
chapter 2|11 pages
Informed Consent and More
Positioning the Private Practice Contract at the Crossroads of the Art Therapist’s Ethical, Clinical, Financial, and Legal Responsibilities
part II|2 pages
The Ethical Dilemmas
part |2 pages
Assumptions, Discrimination, Exclusion
chapter 4|7 pages
Art Therapist? Yes. Minister? That, Too!
Ethical Issues That May Arise When One Has Dual Roles
chapter 5|7 pages
Can Biases Ever be Right?
The Ethics of Working Internationally as an Art Therapist, a Trainer, and a Professor
chapter 7|7 pages
Do No More Harm
The Ethical Practice of Art Therapy with Hospitalized Adults Who Have Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
chapter 8|6 pages
Not Just Another Old Person
Art Therapy with Those Who Strive for Autonomy and Respect within a Culture of Invisibility
chapter 9|8 pages
Redressing Social Injustice
Transcending and Transforming the Borders of Art Therapy Training in South Africa
chapter 10|7 pages
Translation of the Therapeutic Language
Can One Teach or Practice Art Therapy Ethically Without Considering Culture?
part |2 pages
Confidentiality
chapter 12|6 pages
A Part of, Yet Separate
Ethical Issues Arising in Art Therapy with Combat Service Members and Their Families
chapter 13|7 pages
‘But I Am Understanding That You Mean To Say . . .’
The Use of Language Interpreters in Art Therapy
chapter 15|7 pages
No Man, or Woman, Is an Island— Especially on an Island
Practicing Art Therapy in the West Indies
chapter 16|6 pages
When “Client” is Plural
Confidentiality in Art Therapy with Groups, Families, and Couples
chapter 17|7 pages
Youth Behind Bars
Ethical Issues That Confront Art Therapists Who Work in Juvenile Detention Centers
part |2 pages
Conflicting Interests
chapter 18|7 pages
An American Art Therapist in France
30 Years of Teaching and Supervising European Art Therapists and Practicing Art Therapy
chapter 20|7 pages
Art Therapy in Chile
The Ethical Challenges and Dilemmas of an Emerging Professional Practice
chapter 21|7 pages
‘I Am Not Disordered, I Am Special’
Ethical Issues Faced by Art Therapists in the Evolving World of Children with Special Needs
chapter 22|6 pages
If Not for the Grace of God, There Go I
The Ethical Challenges of Providing Art Therapy and Other Services to Those Who Are Homeless
chapter 23|6 pages
‘It’s Not Even My Fault’
Ethical Issues Encountered in Providing Art Therapy for Those Who Have Been Injured on the Job
chapter 24|8 pages
My Top Ten Ethical Pet Peeves
An Art Therapist Reflects Upon a Career Working in Psychiatric Settings
chapter 25|8 pages
Separation of Church and State
Parochial Politics, Third-Party Payers, and Art Therapy for an Individual with Complex Trauma, Eating Disorder, and Dissociative Identity Disorder
part |2 pages
Multiple Roles
chapter 26|7 pages
Actually, Hong Kong Is a Small Town
Art Therapy and Multiple Relationships within a Community
chapter 28|6 pages
Hovering Between Art Education and “Art Therapy”
The Ethical Perspective of a Ghanaian Art Educator
chapter 29|9 pages
It’s Not All Academic
Addressing Non-academic Ethical Issues That Arise in Art Therapy Education
chapter 30|6 pages
Testifying on the Termination of Parental Rights
Art Therapy and Case Management in an Early Intervention Program
chapter 31|8 pages
The Art Therapist/Art Teacher
Practicing Ethically in Treatment Settings and School Settings
part |2 pages
Scope of Practice
chapter 32|7 pages
Adapting the Instinctual Trauma Response Model to Meet the Needs of Clients in Ukraine
Ethical Considerations
chapter 33|11 pages
Apps, Telehealth, and Art Therapy
Online Treatment and Ethical Issues for the Digital Age
chapter 34|6 pages
A Safe Space, Standards, and “Gut Feelings”
Ethics and Cultural Diversity in Art Therapy Training Groups
chapter 35|7 pages
But Who Really Is On First?
Art Therapy as Collaborative Treatment for Trauma Disorders
chapter 36|7 pages
Ethical Concerns when Applying Drawing to Promote Memory
Research Conducted in Iceland
chapter 37|6 pages
My First Year as an Art Therapist in India
Ethical, Cultural, Logistical, and Supervisory Issues
chapter 39|7 pages
Traveling without My GPS
Creating the First 100% Online Art Therapy Master’s Degree Program
chapter 40|7 pages
Widening the Lens of Ethical Practice in Art Therapy
Visual Free Speech and the Inclusive Studio Environment
part |2 pages
Transference and Counter-transference
chapter 41|7 pages
An Open Book
How Does a Bereaved Art Therapist Maintain Boundaries with Bereaved Clients?
chapter 43|6 pages
Coloring Inside the Rooms
Art Therapy in Residential Substance and Gambling Addiction Treatment
chapter 44|10 pages
Gaza Was Different
Ethical Issues That Arose on an Art Therapy Journey in the Middle East
chapter 45|7 pages
Is All Art Making Ethical?
Dilemmas Posed in the Making of Response Art by Australian Art Therapy Trainees
chapter 46|13 pages
Multiple Roles in Art Therapy Supervision
Using El Duende One-Canvas Process Painting
part |2 pages
The Abuse of Power
chapter 48|10 pages
If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything
Finding Courage When Asked to Do Wrong
part III|2 pages
Drawing to a Close
chapter 49|6 pages
Finishing Art Therapy without the Work Unraveling
Ethical Issues in Terminating Long-term Therapy with Children
chapter 50|10 pages
When the Art Therapist Is Ready to Leave Before the Client Is
The Ethical Challenges of Closing a Clinical Practice
