ABSTRACT
The pioneering artists, teachers, and activists of the early 1960s were driven by a guiding principle of creative and political action. The first specialist art therapy certificate course was launched by John Evans and Edward Adamson at the St Albans School of Art, later Hertfordshire College of Art and Design in 1971, with the first Diploma in Art Therapy being validated by the Council for National Academic Awards in 1975. Within the arts therapy literature in Britain, the work by Searle and Streng uses an overarching psychoanalytic theoretical frame to present a coherent paradigm for integration. This perspective grounds the work within a familiar conceptual framework that has developed within each of the creative arts therapies professions in Britain. The facilitation of creativity through a connection with various arts media provides the foundation of integrative arts psychotherapy. The chapter presents an overview on the key concepts discussed in this book.
