Assessment in Art Therapy

Andrea Gilroy is Head of the Department of Professional and Community Education at Goldsmiths, University of London, UKRobin Tipple is Associate Tutor in Art Psychotherapy at Goldsmiths, University of London, UKChristopher Brown is an Art Therapist with Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Associate Tutor in Art Psychotherapy at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

• Gilroy, Tipple, Brown, Introduction. Part I: Sitting Beside. Gilroy, What’s Best for Whom? Exploring the Evidence Base for Art Therapy Assessment. Brown, Assessment: What Does it Mean? Henley, Knowing the Unknowable: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Postmodern Assessment in Child Art Therapy. Case, Image and Process: Twin Exploration in Art Therapy Assessment. McNiff, Art-based Methods for Art Therapy Assessment. Tipple, The Subjects of Assessment. Part II: Snapshots from the Field. Etherington, Assessing a Young Autistic Boy in Art Therapy Private Practice. Arnold, An Art-based Assessment of a Young, Psychotic Male. McCulloch, The Assessment of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Complex Health Needs. Cronin, The Assessment of Adults in an In-patient Forensic Setting. Saotome, Art Therapy Assessment in an Adolescents Day Service. Liebmann, Assessing the Suitability of Adult Clients in Community Mental Health. Loumeau-May, The Challenge of Art Therapy Assessment in Bereavement Work with Children and Teens. Part III: A More Distant Calculation. Marshall-Tierney, Nightsea Crossing: Assessment for Art Therapy. Thomas, Cody, Three Starting Points: An Art-based Assessment Method. Levick, The Levick Emotional and Cognitive Art Therapy Assessment (LECATA). Gantt, Tending to the ‘Art’ in Art Therapy Assessment. Betts, Positive Art Therapy Assessment. Looking Towards Positive Psychology for New Directions in the Art Therapy Assessment Process. Gilroy, Tipple, Brown, Concluding Remarks.

"Using theoretical approaches, formal testing procedures and illustrated clinical examples, the chapters offer a variety of consideration to the different ways of thinking which contribute to understanding the complex activity between art therapist and patient."- Tessa Dalley, Association of Child Psychotherapists, UK