Art Therapy: A Universal Language for Healing
by Judith Aron Rubin
This video demonstrates the power of art as a universal language for healing in all cultures. From its beginnings in Europe to its development in the US and the UK, art therapy has spread rapidly to all parts of Europe, as well as to Central and South America, Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
This is a collage of art therapy pioneers, educators and practitioners from around the world. Comprised of interviews, photos, news broadcasts, and archival footage selected from 200 hours contributed by over 100 professional colleagues. We hope that this film will serve not only as a documentary of the development of global art therapy, but that it will also facilitate the development of additional training programs by our colleagues worldwide, so that more people in more places can benefit from the healing power of art.
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This is a collage of art therapy pioneers, educators and practitioners from around the world. Comprised of interviews, photos, news broadcasts, and archival footage selected from 200 hours contributed by over 100 professional colleagues. We hope that this film will serve not only as a documentary of the development of global art therapy, but that it will also facilitate the development of additional training programs by our colleagues worldwide, so that more people in more places can benefit from the healing power of art.

This video was formerly included in the Expressive Media Arts Therapies Films Collection distributed by Expressive Media Inc.  

Length of video: 00:45:00

English subtitles available

Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-633-1

Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-633-2

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.

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