Art and Expressive Therapies within the Medical Model: Clinical Applications

Art and Expressive Therapies Within the Medical Model explores how to best collaborate across disciplines as art and expressive therapists continue to become increasingly prevalent within the medical community. This collection of diverse chapters from seasoned practitioners in the field introduces readers to art therapy interventions across a variety of artistic approaches, patient demographics, and medical contexts, while paying special attention to new approaches and innovative techniques. This is a cutting-edge resource that illustrates the current work of practitioners on a national and global level while providing a better understating of the integration of biopsychosocial approaches within art and expressive therapies practice.

Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff, PhD, LCAT, ATR-BC, ATCS is director and associate professor in the creative arts therapy counseling program at Hofstra University and an assistant investigator in the Center of Neuroscience at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.

Morgan Gaydos, MA, LCAT, ATR-BC is an art therapist for Nassau University Medical Center and an adjunct instructor at Hofstra University.