| Contents |
Chapter 1 Overview: Strengthening the Arts Therapist Identity in Multidisciplinary Settings / Caroline Miller -- Chapter 2 The Wounded Healer: Professional Identity and the Role of Self-care in Clinical Practice 38 / Mariana Torkington, Arts Therapist -- Chapter 3 Finding My Place in a Multi/Inter-Professional Team / Abigail Raymond, Arts Therapist -- Chapter 4 Dances of Paradox and Role Diffusion / Marion Gordon-Flower, Arts Therapist -- Chapter 5 Music Therapy within a Multidisciplinary Special Education Team / Megan Spragg, Music Therapist -- Chapter 6 Working Collaboratively in a Multi-Professional Team / Robin Barnaby, Arts Therapist and Neetu Sharma, Behaviour Therapist -- Chapter 7 Group Music Therapy in a Mental Health Service with Older Adults: ‘It sure beats watching television’ / Shari Storie, Music Therapist -- Chapter 8 Considerations of Change in Play Therapy with Young Children / Steve Harvey, Consultant Psychologist, Judy Donovan, Social Worker and Tosca Lammerts Van Bueren, Social Worker -- Chapter 9 Shifting Lines: Palliative Art Therapy in the Home / Jennie Halliday, Arts Therapist -- Chapter 10 Working Together, Playing Together: Co-creating a Music Therapy Space for Young Children with Special Needs / Alison Talmage, Music Therapist -- Chapter 11 Establishing the Web of Relationships: Dance Movement Therapist as Teacher Aide / Anaia Treefoot, Dance Movement Therapist and Lucy-Mary Mulholland, Arts Therapist -- Chapter 12 The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts: Music Therapy and Collaboration in an Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service / Heather Fletcher, Music Therapist -- Chapter 13 Dramatherapy in a Multicultural Secondary School / Adrian Lania, Drama Therapist -- Chapter 14 Cloak of Care: Music Therapy in Multidisciplinary Hospice Care / Keryn Squires, Music Therapist -- Chapter 15 Woven Strands: Creating a Community Support Network in Private Practice / Agnès Desombiaux-Sigley, Counsellor, Family Therapist and Arts Psychologist -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract |
In a multidisciplinary setting or team, competing perspectives and principles can be challenging to negotiate, but supportive working relationships and effective collaboration can ultimately lead to an enriched experience and innovative outcomes for both professionals and clients. Drawing on their diverse experiences, art, music, drama, play and dance therapists emphasise the valuable results that their respective disciplines can produce when applied in settings ranging from schools to hospices, in collaboration with behaviour therapists, teachers, occupational therapists, speech therapists and other practitioners. The book provides a unique perspective on the common issues faced by arts therapists when working with other professionals and will assist arts therapists in promoting their profession to co-workers and clients. |
