Part I The Context

Roots: personal and professional

A framework for freedom

Understanding development in art

A picture of the therapeutic process

Some ways to facilitate expression; Part II The Individual

An individual art evaluation

Decoding symbolic messages

Some case studies

Case illustration: understanding and helping; Part III The family and the group

A family art evaluation

Family art therapy

Art therapy with parents

Group art therapy

Multimodality group therapy

Part IV Art therapy for disabled children

Art as therapy for children with disabilities

Art therapy with disabled children and their parents

Part V Art as therapy for everyone

Helping the normal child through art

Helping parents through art and play

Part VI General Issues

What child art therapy is and who can do it

Why and how the art therapist helps

How the art therapist learns through research

A cautionary note.