Based on seventeen years of clinical work in both the United States and the United Kingdom, this book presents a comprehensive discussion on the use of art in counselling sexually abused children, their families, and both adult and adolescent sex offenders. Using concepts of the "trauma model" and other current theoretical models that have been shown to be effective, and drawing on case examples from her own clinical experience, Maralynn Hagood demonstrates how art therapy, counselling and psychotherapy can be blended, and tailored to the needs of the individual. She emphasises the dangers of interpreting artwork in diagnosis, arguing that it is the process of art-making which has therapeutic value.
Foreword, By Marian Liebmann. Introduction. 1. Theoretical issues in the use of art in counselling adult and child survivors of sexual abuse. 2. Developmental issues in the use of art in counselling sexually abused children. 3. Therapeutic issues and special problems in the use of art in counselling sexually abused children. 4. Case examples in the use of art in counselling sexually abused children. 5. The use of art in counselling mothers of sexually abused children. 6. The use of art in counselling adult survivors of sexual abuse. 7. The use of art with counselling adolescent sex offenders. 8. The use of art with counselling adult sex offenders. 9. Diagnosis or dilemma: Artwork of sexually abused children. References. Index
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