Art Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction and Trauma, Paperback

This book examines the benefits and uses of art therapy in the treatment of addiction and trauma, highlighting its effectiveness at revealing underlying causes and relapse triggers, as well as treating co-occurring conditions that impair learning and recovery.

This book also focuses on art therapy for trauma within specific populations, including incarcerated individuals, military personnel and survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. Quinn discusses how art therapy is often carried out alongside combined approaches, such as CBT and DBT, and how it can help those with cognitive issues to learn through treatment. Furthermore, this book explores the benefits art therapy has for people with co-morbid conditions, such as dementia, emotional disorders and traumatic and acquired brain injuries.

With co-authored chapters from leading researchers in art therapy, the book demonstrates how art therapy can help to uncover triggers, process trauma and find a means of self-expression whilst working towards a sustained recovery.

About author(s):Patricia Quinn is a Licensed Creative Arts, and Certified Trauma Therapist who worked for two decades as an addiction therapist. She has served as an adjunct professor of art therapy at the College of New Rochelle and SUNY Westchester, as Governmental Affairs Chair of the NY Art Therapy Association and as President of the Mental Health Association of Orange County. She has presented widely on the uses of art therapy for addiction and trauma.