Product Description
Parent-child dyad art therapy, in which parent and child share the production of an artwork, is a new branch of art therapy. Its aim is to reinforce or re-establish bonds between children and parents, and it provides a space where parents' early unresolved conflicts and children's developmental abilities can be expressed. This work explores many aspects of dyad art therapy including attachment relationship theories, the roles of parents and art therapists in dyad interventions, the importance of the tactile experience, and ways in which dyad art therapy could be used to treat other age groups.
About the Author
Lucille Proulx, MA, ATR, has a masters degree in art therapy. She is an independent consultant with many years of clinical art therapy experience in the fields of child psychiatry and psychoeducation. She is the past president of the Association des Art-Supervises du Quebec (AATQ). She currently supervises and teaches in several art therapy institutes, and is the author of books and articles about art therapy and preschool children. She is a mother and grandmother.