How does the family art therapist understand the complexities of another’s cultural diversity? What are international family therapist’s perspectives on treatment? These questions and more are explored in Multicultural Family Art Therapy, a text that demonstrates how to practice psychotherapy within an ethnocultural and empathetic context. Each international author presents their clinical perspective and cultural family therapy narrative, thereby giving readers the structural framework they need to work successfully with clients with diverse ethnic backgrounds different from their own.
Key Features
- Insights from a wide range of international contributors.
- Focus on visual symbols and content from various countries including America, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Australia, Israel, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Trinidad, Central America, and Brazil.
- Diverse theoretical orientations covered, including attachment, solution-focused, narrative, parent-child, and brief art therapy.
- Addresses important issues such as indigenous populations, immigration, acculturation, identity formation, and cultural isolation.
Additional Information
At the core of this new text is the realization that family art therapy should address not only the diversity of theory, but also the diversity of international practice.
