Westwood, Jill. 2008. 'Keynote Address:Tales of Art Therapy (Theories & Practices) from the UK & Australia'. In: International Expressive Arts Therapies Conference. Dam Kang University, Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China 20-21 March 2008. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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The central aspects of art therapy are the creative image making process and the facilitating environment which is provided by the relationship with the art therapist. This presentation will elucidate this process through examples and stories of Jill's clinical experience as an art therapist in adult psychiatry in the UK and as an art therapy educator at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. It will cover theories that under pin art therapy practice and discuss the challenges and approaches of this work. It will also include reflections on the way context effects the development of practice. In particular consideration about how art therapy is evolving in Australia and how it may be relevant to the context in Taiwan.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Keynote)
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Social, Therapeutic & Community Engagement (STaCS) > Unit for Psychotherapeutic Studies
Dates:	Date Event 20 March 2008 ["eprint_fieldopt_dates_date_type_shown" not defined]
Event Location:	Dam Kang University, Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Date range:	20-21 March 2008
Item ID:	11318
Date Deposited:	23 Feb 2015 08:34
Last Modified:	11 Jul 2017 10:12
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/11318

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