Kelly Darke, Shannon Scott-Miller

Art Therapy with Transgender and Gender-Expansive Children and Teenagers (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An educational and inspirational book that offers practical guidance for art therapists working with transgender and gender-expansive youth and their families. It provides art therapy goals, recommended treatments and coping skills to use with this client group.

Each chapter looks at how art therapy can address a different concern or aspect of the experience, such as transitioning, bullying, and recognizing or building a support system. It includes detailed case studies and cutting-edge art therapy interventions, which help young people to express the emotions surrounding the discovery of gender identity, the transition process, and self-care.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784508470
• Artikelnr.: 60026333

Autorenporträt

Kelly Darke, ATR, M.Ed., BFA is an art therapist based in Michigan, USA. She has experience working with gender-expansive children and young people and is the mother of a 17-year-old transgender son.

Shannon Scott-Miller, MA, ATR-BC has over 20 years' experience in medical art therapy, including working with gender-expansive youth. She has a transgender daughter, and is based in Ohio, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Addressing the challenges of T/GEY through Art Therapy
2. Exploring gender, gender identity, and sexuality through art
3. Treating symptoms not gender
4. Developmental ages and stages
5. When it is Gender Dysphoria
6. My Universe - Who is in Your Support System
7. Don't read the comments-Self-Care - taking care of yourself through adversity
8. This is me - Insistent/Persistent/Consistent
9. Becoming myself - transition
10. Suicidal ideations
11. Focusing on Future
12. Providing support to parents and siblings
13. Family Therapy
Conclusion: Ways to encourage the use of art for continued coping skills