Main description:

Intersectionality in the Arts Psychotherapies advocates for contextualising of clinical thinking and experience within a social and political framework that acknowledges the importance of intersectionality. Bringing reflections on their own identity and their professional knowledge to the work, creative therapists address both practical work with clients and the theory behind these therapeutic practices. A call to reflexivity allows the reader to consider their own position as a practitioner.
These chapters will challenge and develop thinking on intersectional identities. Beyond the individual, the book demonstrates the need to embed knowledge of intersectionality in the profession at large.
Experienced practitioners write from diverse perspectives across the arts psychotherapies, exploring how structures of power, privilege and prejudice influence practice and outcomes.

Contents:

Foreword
Savneet Talwar

Introduction
Jessica Collier and Corrina Eastwood

Chapter One
Intersectional Reflexivity: Art psychotherapy practice and self
Corrina Eastwood

Chapter Two
Colonialised Attachment: A dramatherapy perspective
Wabriya King

Chapter Three
Knowing and Acting: Intersectionality and countertransference in clinical work
S.J. Langer

Chapter Four
Skin to Paper: The body in art psychotherapy
Georgina Evans

Chapter Five
"Haven't You Done Well": From working class to class-blind
Sarah Furneaux-Blick

Chapter Six
Snaky Crazy Lady and the Air Head Princess: Considering colourblind intersectionality and normative unconscious processes in psychodynamic art psychotherapy
Corrina Eastwood

Chapter Seven
Consent and the-rapist: Positions of power in art psychotherapy with a sex offender
Jessica Collier

Chapter Eight
Therapists Too: Disclosure and solidarity at the crossroads of art therapy, survivorhood and activism
Sejal Chad

Chapter Nine
Intersecting Identities in a War Zone: A music therapist's perspective on group work in West Bank, Palestine.
Eleni Tsolka

Chapter Ten
Culturally Appropriate Art Therapy in the Sikh Community: Theory and practice
Jaspal Kaur Lotay and Corrina Eastwood
Chapter Eleven
A Black Therapist Sees Herself: Exploring sameness and difference in the dramatherapy room
Kairo Maynard

Chapter Twelve
"Men Just Hit You": Sexism and internalised misogyny in art psychotherapy with female offenders
Jessica Collier

Chapter Thirteen
Disabled and LGBTQ+: A music therapy perspective
Naomi Rowe

Chapter Fourteen
On the Outskirts: Founding an intersectional feminist art therapy charity
Corrina Eastwood, Gillian Datien, Charlotte Ellston and Noa Yeheskel

Chapter Fifteen
Approaches to Intersectionality through inclusive group dialogues across identities within the informal and Higher Education sector: Traversing the unknown
Hayley Berman

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