This book explores Asian art therapist experiences in a predominantly white professional field, challenging readers with visceral, racial, and personalized stories that may push them far beyond their comfort zone. Drawing from the expertise and practices of Asian art therapists from around the world, this unique text navigates how minority status can affect training and clinical practice in relation to clients, co-workers, and peers.
Key Features
- Describes how Asian pioneers have broken therapeutic and racial rules to accommodate patient needs.
- Illustrates how readers can examine and disseminate their own biases.
- Offers insights for art therapy students and professionals into personal and clinical experiences in a White-dominant profession.
- Details how Asian art therapists can lead race-based discussions with empathy.
- Aims to enhance competency for therapists and educators in an increasingly diversifying world.
Additional Information
Authors share how they make their own path—by becoming aware of the connection between their lives and circumstances—and how they liberate themselves and those who seek their services.
