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All ethical codes were followed, meaning that we could film at a large hospital in London that catered to adults with special needs (at that time referred to as ‘mentally handicapped’). However, for one of the sessions we used role-play, incorporating many of the challenges that an art therapist may find with a ‘reluctant’ client; and an actor read out the words written by an actual patient when describing his pictures which revealed the unconscious anger he had been harbouring for many years.The group session was a real time session with trainee art therapy students demonstrating a ‘theme-centred’ approach which at that time was often used as part of their experiential learning process. The film ends by noting that there is ‘still much work to be done’ and indeed there was, as art therapy was not yet well established as a profession in the UK despite being very valued in those centres where an art therapist was employed.
It is worth noting that it was not until 1997 that an Act of Parliament was passed bringing Art Therapy (along with Drama and Music Therapy) into the family of Statutory Registered professions and protecting the titles of Art Therapist and Art Psychotherapist.
This film was produced and edited by staff members at Goldsmiths, University of London, primarily Diane Waller, Tessa Dalley, and John Beacham.
The group session was a real time session with trainee art therapy students demonstrating a ‘theme-centred’ approach which at that time was often used as part of their experiential learning process. The film ends by noting that there is ‘still much work to be done’ and indeed there was, as art therapy was not yet well established as a profession in the UK despite being very valued in those centres where an art therapist was employed.
It is worth noting that it was not until 1997 that an Act of Parliament was passed bringing Art Therapy (along with Drama and Music Therapy) into the family of Statutory Registered professions and protecting the titles of Art Therapist and Art Psychotherapist.
This film was produced and edited by staff members at Goldsmiths, University of London, primarily Diane Waller, Tessa Dalley, and John Beacham.
This video was formerly included in the Expressive Media Arts Therapies Films Collection distributed by Expressive Media Inc.
Length of video: 00:50:59
English subtitles available
Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-634-X
Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-634-9
Judith Rubin, a pioneer in the field of art therapy, is on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. She is a Registered, Board-Certified Art Therapist and a Licensed Psychologist. Dr. Rubin is the author of five books, including: Child Art Therapy, The Art of Art Therapy, and Art Therapy: An Introduction. She was the "Art Lady" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in the 1960s.
A past President and Honorary Life Member of the American Art Therapy Association, Dr. Rubin is retired from full-time clinical practice, and is devoting her energies to creating and disseminating films on the arts in therapy through a nonprofit organization, Expressive Media, Inc. Her other films include Beyond Words: Art Therapy with Older Adults (2004), We'll Show You What We're Gonna Do! (art with blind children, 1971), Children & the Arts (all of the arts with children, 1973), and The Green Creature Within (group art-drama therapy with adolescents, 1984). More about Judith Rubin's films and the organization can be found at http://www.expressivemedia.org.