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Art Psychotherapy Groups in The Hostile Environment of Neoliberalism: Collusion or Resistance?

Art Psychotherapy Groups in The Hostile Environment of Neoliberalism: Collusion or Resistance?

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General ArtGeneral PsychologyMental Health

ISBN10: 0367619849
ISBN13: 9780367619848
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 24 2022
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book explores how 'the hostile environment' of neoliberalism affects art therapy in Britain. It shows how ambiguity in art and in psychoanalytically understood relationships can enable art psychotherapy groups to engage with class dynamics and aspire to democracy.

The book argues that art therapy needs to become a political practice if it is to resist collusion with a system that marginalises collectivity and holds individuals responsible for both their suffering and their recovery. It provides accounts of the contradictions that are thrown up by neoliberalism in art therapists' workplaces as well as accounts of art therapy groups with those affected by the fire at Grenfell Tower, in an acute ward, a women's prison, a community art studio and in a refugee camp.

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