ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses art expression by the therapist as part of the therapy encounter may indeed be not only appropriate but, perhaps at times, the preferred mode. Judith Rubin observing and being open to whatever happens has always felt like the most comfortable and respectful place to be. But she knows that there are times she have used her own art, whether to reduce self-consciousness, to demonstrate a process, or to convey a message. Perhaps she was inhibited by her psychoanalytic training not to intrude herself and to maintain "evenly hovering attention". In any case, art therapists are both artists and therapists, and current trends suggest that many now engage in their own art expression during therapy, including people with a wide variety of theoretical positions. Art therapists have used their own art making to understand therapeutic work since the early days of the field.
