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amazing introduction to looking further into childrens art the process and themes which reside within, I also appreciate the exploration of multiple themes, development and stages of art making, and research discussion, Great resource! It's an interesting read on its own, but is also very insightful and helpful, provides clear and concise examples, case studies, and drawings to help with comprehension of the material.
It certainly inspires a lot of thought! Nice, An informative read and reference book for people employed in childcare, Now I don't feel so sheepish about getting an adult coloring
book as a valentine's gift, The fundamentals principles of art therapy apply for adults too, I found this to be a helpful, basic guide to working with kids and their art, It offered many useful suggestions for learning more about a child's world, both interpersonally and intrapsychically,

As with almost anything regarding psychology, the constant "it depends" aspect can get frustrating if only interpretations and meanings were concrete and could read like a dictionary! But such is not the reality, and Malchiodi does a fairly concise job of teaching the viewer to use the art of working with kids and their drawings to learn more about the child.
I have been looking for art therapy books that include psychological examples and the psychologist's perspective on art therapy, I am so glad to find that she added how psychologists used art to analyze and understand a person's problem or issue in Cathy's book.
This practical resource demonstrates how all clinicians can broaden and enhance their work with children by integrating drawing into therapy, The book enables therapists to address the multidimensional aspects of children's art without resorting to simplistic explanations, Approaching drawing as a springboard for communication and change, Malchiodi offers a wealth of guidelines for understanding the intricate messages embedded in children's drawings and in the artmaking process itself.
Topics covered include how to assist children in making art, what questions to ask and when, and how to motivate children who are initially resistant to drawing.
Assimilating extensive research and clinical experience, the book includes overexamples of children's work,
Bu kitap çocuk resimleri ve çocuk resminin gelişimi hakkında oldukça detaylı bilgi veriyor, Yapılan araştırmalardan örnekler alınmış, Akademik alanda çalışanlar için faydalı olacağını düşünüyorum, Pratikte çok fazla bilgi içermiyor, Great book. Although my professor had already taught me a lot of the stuff in the book it will be nice to have on hand when i'm out in a practice.
Be aware it's not a step by step, but more of a book to get you thinking about children's drawings, Great for child therapists A helpful resource for anyone who works with children, Though much of this book is about interpreting children's drawings, I appreciate Malchiodi's warnings against pathologizing, We can't assume we know the source material for a child's drawing, Sometimes children imitate other artwork / visual material in their environment rather than draw from internal inspiration, Also, cultural and personal differences change the meaning of similar imagery from one child to another, Cathy Malchiodi is an art therapist, visual artist, research psychologist, and author in the fields of art therapy, traumainformed practice, and art in healthcare,

Cathy is a leading international expert in the "healing arts" fields of art therapy, art in healthcare, and expressive therapies, and hasyears experience in trauma intervention and traumainformed practice.
She has published numerous books, including, The Art Therapy Sourcebook, Handbook or Art Therapy, Expressive Therapies, Understanding Children's Drawings, and Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children, all of which have become standard texts she has also published more thaninvited book chapters and refereed articles and reviews various mental health journals.
A popular speaker, Cathy has given overinvited keynotes, workshops, and courses throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe, She has been an Adjunct Professor at Lesley University's Expressive Therapies Department for overyears and has been a visiting professor and lecturer at numerous universities throughout the US.


She is a research psychologist, a Board Certified and Licensed Professional Art Therapist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Certified Trauma and Loss Educator with expertise in traumainformed care, interpersonal violence intervention and disaster relief with children, adults, and families.
She is the originator of the practice of "traumainformed art therapy," an approach

based on resilienceenhancement, mindfulness, sensorybased intervention, and body/mind principles,

Cathy has provided consultation, service, and expertise to a wide variety of community, national, and international agencies, including the International Child Art Foundation, Department of Defense, Issues Deliberation America/Australia, American Art Therapy Association, International Medical Corp, and Save the Children Foundation.
Cathy has also served on the boards of American Counseling Association ACA, distinguished as the first Representative from the Association for Creativity in Counseling ACC President of the Counseling Association for Humanistic Education and Development CAHEAD American Art Therapy Association AATA Delegate to/National Future of Counseling Task Force with ACA Research and Ethics Committees of the Society for the Arts in Healthcare International Advisory Board, International Child Art Foundation Advisory Board for Alzheimer's Association of America and on numerous national and international boards in mental health, education, counseling, arts, and public service.
In honor of her clinical and academic contributions, Cathy is the first and only person to have received all three of the American Art Therapy Associations highest honors: Distinguished Service Award, Clinician Award, and Honorary Life Member Award.
She is the recipient of Kennedy Center Honors and a Very Special Arts VSA Award for her art therapy work in Hong Kong and Beijing and is the recipient of the Willam Steele Award for her outstanding contributions to the field of trauma intervention with children.


Cathy's current passion includes bringing together the art therapy community worldwide to this end, she founded the International Art Therapy Organization in May, a network of approximatelyprofessionals and students across the globe.
In April, she cofounded the nonprofit group Art Therapy Without Borders ATWB, an organization dedicated to using art therapy to wake up the world through service, education, research, and global networking.


Cathy currently resides in the decidedly weird city of Louisville, Kentucky with husband David and furry feline supervisors and task masters, Zoolee and Chaplin.
And even though she worked hard for her psychology doctorate and has penned more stuff than she can remember, she often finds humor in her peers' overuse of the prefix "Dr.
" on their websites and memos particularly when they use PhD at the other,