Table of Contents

Evidence-Based Practice: Principles, Process, Policy and Proof
Anxiety, Empowerment and Strategy
Developing Art Therapy Clinical Guidelines
Art Therapy Audit: Culture and Process
The Methodological Debate
Generating the Evidence through Qualitative Research
Generating the Evidence through Quantitative Research
The Evidence Base for Art Therapy with Adults
The Evidence Base for Art Therapy with Children and Adolescents

About the Author

Andrea Gilroy is Programme Area Director for Arts Psychotherapies at Goldsmiths College, London.

Reviews

`This is an important and topical book coming at a time when there is growing pressure to show evidence of good practice, in order to reassure the prospective client, and to demonstrate financial accountability. It gives valuable guidelines and examples for art therapists. The book is innovative and inspiring, and the author′s enthusiasm shines through. I end with the last line of this topical, readable, relevant book - one that encapsulates its content: ′We need the facts, we need the figures, but we need the stories and the pictures, too′ - Therapy Today `This book brings makes a major contribution to the field of art therapy by reviewing, in an accessible and informed manner, the issues around the development of research-informed practice. The author offers an overview of different traditions of inquiry that will be of value to practitioners as well as those actually involved in carrying out research′ - John McLeod, Tayside Institute for Health Studies, University of Abertay Dundee