Art Therapy and the Neuroscience of Trauma: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

Art Therapy and the Neuroscience of Trauma, 2nd edition, lays out a unified framework of neural plasticity and resilience and places it within a broader social context. Using a lens grounded in multicultural humility, renowned figures in art therapy have updated chapters with content that takes a systematic yet inclusive approach. New chapters and new authors offer stimulating insights into individual and community factors that drive comprehensive care.

This revitalized second edition offers an accessible and comprehensive text intended for novice and sage art therapists and students. The book also fosters a vision and a translational pathway for research that explores the protective factors of resilience and the universal impacts of psychological trauma with the systematic integration of art therapy and neuroscience.

Juliet L. King, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, LMHC, is an associate professor in the Department of Art Therapy at the George Washington University and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Neurology at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Christianne E. Strang, PhD, ATR-BC, CEDCAT-S, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in neurobiology, behavioural neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, and creative arts therapies.