Little Windows Into Art Therapy: Small Openings for Beginning Therapists

a resource for grad school

This outstanding book is the perfect text for beginning level art therapy training. It is obviously based on Schroder's extensive clinical experience and is chock full of recommendations and wisdom. Her caring, respectful, sensitive and empathic practices as well as the numerous hands-on experientials guide both beginner and experienced art therapists into ever-deeper levels of understanding of the client-therapist interaction. The short chapters are just the right length for busy students to read, digest, and relate to their own field-based work. I have used this book in graduate-level teaching and find it delightful, highly informative, and a role-model for effective and thoughtful practice.

I am a Master's level social work student and I plan on implementing art therapy into my practice. This book opened me up to the poignant stories of how art therapy can truly change lives. I love the natural flow the author used to work with adults and children. I enjoyed reading this book, and it's also an easy to understand read that I can refer back to. Very inspiring.

I appreciate how the author weaves together the process of doing art therapy with her own experiences. I am able to relate to her inner dialogue and gain insight into my own processes and anxiety in facilitating art therapy or facing colleagues skeptical of the process and modality. Her examples of therapeutic activities show her own creativity as a therapist and an artist. I am a better art therapist for having read this work.

a gentle and reassuring honest book that guides the new art therapist into the world of creating a connection to the client

issues addressed are quite heavy, but overall, the examples featured were very insightful.

Schroder writes in a professional and artistic way. She describes the art process in a very informative, educating as well as caring way both for the client as well as the therapist!As I was reading the book I wished it would not end and was eager for more and greater windows. Yet,in the end these windows become large and adequate to look ouside. Thank you.

This book is a great resource for anyone in Art Therapy. Thank you

I just love this book! The title says it all. Deborah gives us small glimpses into the field of art therapy with an ease that encourages one to just do it! The simplicity of this book is very helpful for my beginning art therapists. It eases them into doing the work which helps to build their experience and their confidence. I look forward to seeing through Deborah's "big windows" and maybe even "sliding glass doors" in her future work. An outstanding resource. - Duanita G. Eleniak, PhD, Director, MCP: Art Therapy program, Adler University, Vancouver BC, Canada

I found this book compelling and easy to read. The case studies provide wonderful insight about the clients as well as the therapist. This account of one therapist's journey through helping others has filled me with confidence in my own ability to do the same. I will be thoroughly grateful for this read for many years to come.

Easy to interpret and follow exercises for therapeutic art. Recommend this for wide range of client groups beginners or more experienced therapists