ABSTRACT
This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the practice and results of art therapy in palliative care. It includes first-hand accounts from both therapists and clients in a variety of palliative care settings including:-
* hospices and hospitals
* patients own homes
* prisons (AIDS patients)
* adolescent griefwork groups
These case studies include examples of client art work and illustrate clearly how art therapy can allow patients to regain feelings of control over their lives.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part xiii1
chapter 4|13 pages
Some images of illness
The place of art therapy in the palliative care team – a doctor's perspective
part 512|134 pages
chapter 5|11 pages
Getting started
Introducing the art therapy service and the individual's first experiences
chapter 14|7 pages
From psychiatry to psycho-oncology
Personal reflections on the use of art therapy with cancer patients
chapter 15|9 pages
Sunbeams and icebergs, meteorites and daisies
A cancer patient's experience of art therapy
