Art Therapy with Transgender and Gender-Expansive Children and Teenagers

Kelly Darke, Shannon Scott-Miller (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2020
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
9781785928086 (ISBN)

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The first guide to provide effective art therapy interventions for use with transgender and gender-expansive children and teenagers. It provides a base for family therapy, and helps young people express emotions surrounding gender identity and develop self-care. Includes cutting-edge art therapy interventions and case studies.

An educational and inspirational book that offers practical guidance for art therapists working with transgender and gender-expansive youth and their families. It provides art therapy goals, recommended treatments and coping skills to use with this client group.

Each chapter looks at how art therapy can address a different concern or aspect of the experience, such as transitioning, bullying, and recognizing or building a support system. It includes detailed case studies and cutting-edge art therapy interventions, which help young people to express the emotions surrounding the discovery of gender identity, the transition process, and self-care.

Kelly Darke, ATR, M.Ed., BFA is an art therapist based in Michigan, USA. She has experience working with gender-expansive children and young people and is the mother of a 17-year-old transgender son. Shannon Scott-Miller, MA, ATR-BC has over 20 years' experience in medical art therapy, including working with gender-expansive youth. She has a transgender daughter, and is based in Ohio, USA.

1. Addressing the challenges of T/GEY through Art Therapy; 2. Exploring gender, gender identity, and sexuality through art; 3. Treating symptoms not gender; 4. Developmental ages and stages; 5. When it is Gender Dysphoria; 6. My Universe - Who is in Your Support System; 7. Don't read the comments-Self-Care - taking care of yourself through adversity; 8. This is me - Insistent/Persistent/Consistent; 9. Becoming myself - transition; 10. Suicidal ideations; 11. Focusing on Future; 12. Providing support to parents and siblings; 13. Family Therapy; Conclusion: Ways to encourage the use of art for continued coping skills

Erscheinungsdatum	25.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	21 b&w images
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 214 mm
Gewicht	231 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Ergotherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-13	9781785928086 / 9781785928086
Zustand	Neuware