Frances Kaplan, an eminent art therapist working in the US, gained her doctorate in Art Therapy at New York University. She has a background in both art and science and, before becoming an art therapist, worked in chemistry for several years. She has extensive experience in teaching, practising and lecturing on art therapy, including serving as Supervisor of Creative Arts Therapies at Carrier Foundation, a private psychiatric hospital in New Jersey, and as Coordinator of the Art Therapy Graduate Program at Hofstra University, New York. At present she teaches graduate art therapy courses at Marylhurst College, Oregon, and a course in art and conflict resolution at Portland State University, Oregon. She is Publications Chair for the American Art Therapy Association and a member of the editorial board of Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association.
Introduction. 1. Art and science. 2. The role of research. 3. Illuminating
basic issues through recent findings. 4. Traditional psychotherapy
theories: Their limitations and failures. 5. Benefits of artmaking: The
scientific evidence. 6. Interpretation of art work: A reassessment. 7.
Towards a scientific art-based theory. Afterword: A call for dialogue.
Appendix. References. Index.
