Art Therapy for Groups: A Handbook of Themes and Exercises

249 Pages·1986·3.04 MB·English

by  Marian Liebmann

Art Therapy for Groups

ART THERAPY FOR GROUPS
A HANDBOOK OF THEMES, GAMES AND EXERCISES

MARIAN LIEBMANN
First published 1986 by
Croom Helm Ltd and Brookline Books

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Contents

List of Photographs viii
Acknowledgements x
Preface xii
Introduction 1

Part One: Art Therapy Groups

1. Groupwork, Art Therapy and Games 6
2. Running a Group 15
3. What Can Go Wrong? 37
4. An Example in Detail: The ‘Friday Group’ 41
5. Examples of Groups 59
6. Working with Different Client Groups 84

Part Two: Themes, Games and Exercises

Introduction 94
A. Checklist of Games, Themes and Exercises 96
B. Warm-up Activities 107
C. Media Exploration 113
D. Concentration, Dexterity and Memory 124
E. General Themes 129
F. Self-perceptions 133
G. Family Relationships 151
H. Working in Pairs 158
I. Group Paintings 163
J. Group Games 172
K. Guided Imagery, Dreams and Meditations 181
L. Links with Other Expressive Arts 190
M. Media Cross-reference 198
N. Media Notes 199
O. List of Contributors 204
P. Bibliography and Further Reading 205

Name Index 215
Subject Index 218
Line drawings are by the author.

Photographs
All photographs are printed by David Newton. In the list below, photographers’ names
appear in brackets. The photographs are not all to the same scale.

1. The ‘Friday Group’ at Work (Bristol Art and Psychology Group) (Marian 42

Liebmann)
2. Lifeline: Pippa (David Newton) 47
3. Lifeline: Mary (David Newton) 47
4. Lifeline: Lesley (David Newton) 49
5. Lifeline: Audrey (David Newton) 50
6. Lifeline: Ruth (David Newton) 51
7. Lifeline: Jenny (David Newton) 52
8. Lifeline: Marian (David Newton) 52
9. Group Painting by Four Members of the ‘Friday Group’ (David Newton) 53
10. The ‘Friday Group’ at Work on a Mural (Heather Buddery) 56
11. Group Mural by the ‘Friday Group’ (David Newton) 57
12.Conversation in Crayon—‘Art as Communication’ Day Workshop (David 77

Newton)
13.Metaphorical Portraits—‘Art as Communication’ Day Workshop (David 78

Newton)
14. ‘Round Robin’ Drawing—Women’s Group (David Newton) 80
15. Group Picture—Women’s Group (David Newton) 81
16. Transport Collages—Mixed Group of Adults and Children (Heather Buddery) 82
17. Self-portraits in Boxes, Using Junk Materials—Alcoholics Unit (Paul Curtis) 137
18. Group Painting in Process—Staff Group at Mental Hospital (John Ford) 164