Art Therapy in Response to Natural Disasters, Mass Violence, and Crises

By: Cynthia Wilson and Gaelynn P. Bordonaro and Eduardo Torres and Maria Regina Alfonso and Ronald Lay and Raquel Farrell-Kirk and Amanda Sanders and Maria Rollins and Jill Charney and Elia Khalaf and Alicia Ballestas and Devora Weinapple and Jess Linton and Geri Hurlbut and Daniela Gloger and Katrina Bobo and Robin Valicenti and Carla Van Laar and Dr Maricel Ocasio-Figueroa and Anais Lugo Axtmann and Stephanie Wray and Mercedes B. ter Maat and Soraya Obeid and Natacha Pirotte and Laurence De Vandenborre and Dianne Tennyson Vincent and Barbara Naderi and Leigh Ann Lichty and Jessica Asch and Lisa Tricomi and Bree Gordon and Kelvin A. Ramirez and Mitchell Kossak and Joseph Mageary and Maria Johanna Ortiz-Luis

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Synopsis: With contributions from a range of expert voices within the field, this book explores the use of art therapy as a response to traumatic events. Offering rare insight into ways in which art therapists have responded to recent crises, this is a unique resource for art therapists looking to coordinate interventions for large-scale disaster and resulting trauma. Chapters address a range of environmental and manmade disasters around the world, including hurricanes, typhoons, wildfires, mass shootings and forced migration, highlighting the impact of an art therapy approach in dealing with widespread trauma. Covering both community and individual cases, it provides an in-depth view into the challenges of working in these settings, including the effects on the therapist themselves, and offers practical information on how to coordinate, fund and maintain responses in these environments. The first book to focus on disaster response in art therapy, this will be an invaluable contribution to the field in an increasingly vital area.