Life can be difficult through traumatic events or daily stress. To protect our wellbeing it’s important to learn skills that will develop resilience.

Creating art can provide a physical and metaphorical understanding of problems that a client may be struggling with in their life.

Art Therapy with Children on the Autistic Spectrum presents a new model of practice, which primarily focuses on communication difficulties.

Art activates our brain to interpret what we see. This reaction shows us that art can play an important part in affecting our brain function.

Where there is a need to identify and explain mental health concepts, there is a need to provide helpful and accessible educational content.

The book validates that trauma is a personal experience and should be viewed within the context of the individual’s experience.

For an established private practice, the client load will be fully established. Plans for growth can be reduced or another therapist could be hired.

The tasks for a growing private practice will need to balance between the needs of a growing client base, as well as finding new clients.

For a new private practice, the client load will be small and therefore most of the tasks will focus on marketing and finding new clients.

This book addresses how the principles and practice of the arts therapies can … inspire social action and bring about social change across the globe.