250 Brief, Creative & Practical Art Therapy Techniques: A Guide for Clinicians and Clients

I can't understand why this got some negative reviews!?! If you read the title and the book you get exactly what it says you do. There are brief and easy, group / starter ideas. There is no need for a long explanation. In the actual book there are pictures shown with the consent of those of whom they belong to. It's not an analysing book but an idea book. Plus you get a couple of references to people's backgrounds to support the idea of the work they made. I am actually very pleased with it. There isn't tones of writing and explanation. It's simple to understand and take what you want from it. Well done to the writer who made this. I think this is a wonderful book. 10/10

Bought as a leaving gift for a colleague

The therapy is basic and the art aspect is really uncreative. Seems more like 'woowoo' than anything backed by science.

I returned this as soon as I had a look. Not a single colour picture. What is the use of an Art Therapy book with no images and no colour? Extremely boring and dry.

Practical exercises to sit with the tough, uncomfortable emotions and breeze through with therauptic art medium

Excellent ideas for counselling, Art Therapy and self awareness groups or individuals.

I love this book! It's easy to execute the activities and the prompts included with them are a great jumping off point for discussion. I use this with groups of adults in dual diagnosis treatment and they enjoy it (even though they sometimes pretend they don't lol). Some exercises need slight modification for different environments/populations but for the most part it's all there! I have to do at least 3 groups a day with ~5-12 clients each and sometimes I don't have time between that and the billing to sit down and really plan the next group. This helps a lot as so much of it is ready to go and all I have to do is collect materials and bring my skills as a counselor. My clients (after they're done pretending they don't want to do it) often take over and constructively run this group halfway themselves. I've seen them use these activities as a way to socialize with each other and gain peer support... even the most anxious and shy clients often seem to light up and talk during the exercises. It also is helpful because it doesn't make classist or treatment budget assumptions meaning like many books do meaning it can be used in public mental health services that include no/low-income clients without anyone feeling ailienated which is an issue I sometimes run into with other books on providing therapeutic interventions. I really recommend this book and I intend to use it for years to come.

Packed with ideas ... “it does what it says on the tin” very happy with this purchased

So many great techniques ... absolutely worth it and can be used with other therapies.