Toward an Understanding of the Fundamental Healing and Therapeutic Qualities of Art
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May 15, 2018
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This paper addresses questions of how and why art is therapeutic. Core principles from the art therapy literature are cited as a way to clarify how art, which includes expressive engagement with processes, materials, and products, can be a complete and primary therapy for people seeking to confront and relieve their
suffering. Special attention is devoted to Edith Kramer’s ideas on art as therapy and sublimation.
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27. Kramer E. Sublimation and art therapy. In: Rubin JA, editor. Approaches to art therapy: theory and technique, 2nd Ed. New York: Brunner-Routledge; 2001. p .28-39.
28. ibid The art therapistûs third hand: Reflections on art, art therapy, and society at large. Am J Art Therap 1986;24:71-86.
29. ibid. (2000d). The art therapistûs third hand: Reflections on art, art therapy, and society at large. In: Gerity LA, editor. Art as therapy: Collected papers. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley; 2000d. p. 47-70.
30. ibid. The unity of process and product. In: Gerity LA, editor. Art as therapy: Collected papers. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley; 2000b. p. 36-8.
31. ibid. Credo, as an artist, and as art therapist. In: Gerity LA, editor. Art as therapy: Collected papers . Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley;2000a. p.15-9.
32. ibid. Art therapy and sublimation. In: Gerity LA, editor. Art as therapy: Collected papers . Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley; 2000c. p. 39-46.
33. ibid. The importance of lines: Kerstin Kupfermann, with a discussion by Edith Kramer. In: Gerity LA, editor, Art as therapy: Collected papers.Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley; 2000e. p.146-65.
2. Kramer E. Childhood and art therapy. New York: Schocken Books;1979.
3. Csikszentmihalyi M. Finding flow: the psychology of engagement with everyday life. New York: Basic Books; 1997.
4. Cooper A. The man who found flow. Shambhala Sun; 1998. p. 25-63.
5. Winner E. The artist. Invented worlds: The psychology of the arts. Cambridge, Ma : Harvard University Press; 1982.
6. Arnheim R. Art as therapy. The Arts in Psychotherapy 1981;7:247-51.
7. Langer S. Problems of art. New York: Charles Scribnerûs Sons; 1957.
8. Rubin JA. The art of art therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel; 1984.
9. Franklin M. Art therapy and self esteem. Art Therap J Am Art Therap Assoc 1991;9(2):78-84.
10. Rubin JA. Approaches to art therapy. New York: Brunner-Routledge;2001.
11. Rhyne J. The Gestalt art experience. Monterey California: Brooks/Cole Pubishing; 1973.
12. Rothenberg A, Hausman C R. The creativity question. Durham, NC: Duke University Press; 1976.
13. Cane F. The artist in each of us. New York: Pantheon Books; 1951.
14. Landgarten H. Clinical art therapy: a comprehensive guide. New York: Brunner/Mazel; 1981.
15. Franklin M. Art practice/psychotherapy practice/meditation practice: sitting on the doveûs tail. Guidance and Counseling 1999;15(3):18-23.
16. Winnicott DW. Playing and reality. New York: Basic Books; 1971.
17. Robbins A. A multi-modal approach creative art therapy. London: Jessica Kingsley; 1994.
18. Langer S. Philosophy in new key: a study in the symbolism of reason, rite, and art. New York: New American Library; 1957.
19. Naumburg M. Dynamically oriented art therapy: Its principals and practice. Chicago: Magnolia Street Publishers; 1987.
20. Dissanayake E. Art for lifesû sake. Art Therap J Am Art Therap Assoc1992;9:169-77.
21. Kramer E. Art as therapy with children. New York:Schocken Books;1971.
22. McNiff S. Art as medicine. Boston: Shambhala; 1992.
23. Rhyne J. (1998). Special feature: Jane Rhyneûs dissertation drawings as personal constructs: A study in visual dynamics. Am J Art Therap 1998;36:115-24.
24. Arnheim R. Towards a psychology of art: collected essays. Berkley and Los Angeles: University of California Press; 1966. p. 51-73.
25. Kris E. Psychoanalytic explorations in art. New York: International Universities Press; 1952.
26. Knafo D. Revisiting Ernst Krisûs concept of regression in the service of the ego in art. Psychoanalytic Psychology 2002;19:24-9.
27. Kramer E. Sublimation and art therapy. In: Rubin JA, editor. Approaches to art therapy: theory and technique, 2nd Ed. New York: Brunner-Routledge; 2001. p .28-39.
28. ibid The art therapistûs third hand: Reflections on art, art therapy, and society at large. Am J Art Therap 1986;24:71-86.
29. ibid. (2000d). The art therapistûs third hand: Reflections on art, art therapy, and society at large. In: Gerity LA, editor. Art as therapy: Collected papers. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley; 2000d. p. 47-70.
30. ibid. The unity of process and product. In: Gerity LA, editor. Art as therapy: Collected papers. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley; 2000b. p. 36-8.
31. ibid. Credo, as an artist, and as art therapist. In: Gerity LA, editor. Art as therapy: Collected papers . Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley;2000a. p.15-9.
32. ibid. Art therapy and sublimation. In: Gerity LA, editor. Art as therapy: Collected papers . Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley; 2000c. p. 39-46.
33. ibid. The importance of lines: Kerstin Kupfermann, with a discussion by Edith Kramer. In: Gerity LA, editor, Art as therapy: Collected papers.Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley; 2000e. p.146-65.