Psychodynamic Art Therapy Practice with People on the Autistic Spectrum

Softer: Looking for oxytocin in art therapy

“…Doubt had been expressed as to whether viewing transaction in art therapy with adults may be available for observation in the same way (Patterson, Crawford, Ainsworth, & Waller, 2011). Observational methodology had been criticised by psychodynamic-orientated art therapists who suggested it merely triangulates enactment with the manifest world rather than with the symbolic processes within the session (Dolphin, Byers, Goldsmith, & Jones, 2014). It was unclear how much of that could be generalised to the authors' study of their groups with non-learning disabled adults.…”