ABSTRACT
The chapter describes art in psychotherapy and art psychotherapy and context - ualizes these approaches within relevant theoretical models of neurobiology. It locates the use of art within a neurosequential framework and illustrates approaches to working with adults, adolescents and children who have experienced emotional distress, trauma or loss. Working with the unconscious, limbic resonance and affect regulation are key overlapping themes that are explored by using case material to highlight how effective art psychotherapy is as an intervention that enables client recovery by working with limbic and cortical systems of the brain. It demonstrates how the practice facilitates therapeutic attunement, affect expression and affect regulation. It is proposed that art in psychotherapy is an effective tool that, by engaging clients in creative activities, builds inner resources, promotes brain plasticity and offers strategies for ongoing self-care.
