Art Therapy, Trauma, and Neuroscience Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

Art Therapy, Trauma, and Neuroscience combines theory, research, and practice with traumatized populations in a neuroscience framework. Recognizing the importance of understanding both art therapy and trauma studies as brain-based interventions, some of the most renowned figures in art therapy and trauma use translational and integrative neuroscience to provide theoretical and applied techniques. Therapists will come away from this book with tools for a refined understanding of brain-based interventions in a dynamic yet accessible format.

List of Contributors Foreword Robert Pascuzzi, MD Preface Acknowledgements Book Cover Description 1. Introduction Juliet King MA, ATR-BC, LPC 2. Neuroscience Concepts in Clinical Practice Lukasz Konopka AM, PhD, ECNS, BCIA-EEG 3.The Expressive Therapies Continuum as a Framework in the Treatment of TrauMA Vija Lusebrink PhD, ATR, HLM and Lisa Hinz PhD, ATR 4. The Image Comes First: Treating Pre-Verbal Trauma with Art TherapY Linda Gantt PhD, ATR-BC and Tally Tripp MA, MSW, LCSW, ATR-BC, CTT 5. Secure Remembrance: Art Therapy Relational Neuroscience Guidelines for Resilient Processing of Traumatic Memories Noah Hass-Cohen Psy-D, ATR-BC 6. Neuroscience and Art Therapy with Severely Traumatized Children: The Art is the Evidence P. Gussie Klorer PhD, ATR-BC, LCPC, LCSW, HLM 7. Practical Applications of Neuroscience in Art Therapy: A Holistic Approach to Treating Trauma in Children Christopher Belkofer PhD, LPC, ATR and Emily Nolan DAT, ATR-BC, LPC 8. A Somatically-Informed Bilateral Art Therapy Protocol for Reprocessing Trauma Tally Tripp MA, MSW, LCSW, ATR-BC, CTT 9.Medical Art Therapy Applied to the Trauma Experienced by those Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff PhD, LCAT, ATR-BC, BCPC and Morgan Gaydos MA, LCAT, ATR-BC 10.Conclusion Juliet King MA, ATR-BC, LPC and Kerry Kruk MS, LPC, CSAC, ATR-BC

Juliet L. King, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, is the director of the graduate art therapy program at Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis, Indiana, and adjunct assistant professor in the department of neurology at the Indiana University School of Medicine.