Cognitive Behavioral Art Therapy

This unique book combines two seemingly contradictory directions of psychotherapy: art therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy, which can be compared to a delicate doe and a horse carrying the main load. The goal of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of CBA for art therapists and other mental health professionals who wish to understand and independently assess the possibilities of art therapy in the context of considering it as an integral part of CBT. The book begins with an analysis of the historical roots of both cognitive-behavioral and art therapy, as well as modern practices and models of their implementation. For a deeper understanding of these directions and their prospects for development, thematic blocks of therapy through art are included in the book. Readers will encounter an overview of the history of working with images and imagination in psychotherapy as a whole, and in cognitive-behavioral therapy CBT.