Ethical considerations in the global teaching and promotion of art therapy to non-art therapists

Social Action in Practice: Shifting the Ethnocentric Lens in Cross-Cultural Art Therapy Encounters

“…Local communities both at home and abroad possess healing tools and methods embedded in the cultural strata that order members' lives, whether or not they are suffering from the effects of trauma, poverty, and other oppressions. Their own practices are more likely to be sustainable and culturally appropriate than methods conceived by outside "experts" (Kalmanowitz & Potash, 2010;Kapitan et al, 2011;Moon, 2013).…”

Art-Based Supervision Techniques

“…Ziff and Beamish (2004) recommended that professionals who have experience in at least one art modality provide this training. Recognizing their specific skills, art therapists are increasingly being asked to design workshops to enhance knowledge of art-based techniques of non-art therapists (Kalmanowitz & Potash, 2010). Only when supervisors are both knowledgeable and comfortable with the arts can they ease the trepidation of their supervisees and promote the effectiveness of art-based techniques.…”

Multiple intelligences training for counsellors: reflections on a pilot programme

“…In mental health treatment, therapy that incorporates art and therapy in which art is the main modality have become popular and more widely accepted (Kalmanowitz & Potash, 2010). The expressive arts training model of Kalmanowitz and Potash (2010) specifically addresses the ethical and practical challenges of introducing complex skills in short periods.…”

“…The expressive arts training model of Kalmanowitz and Potash (2010) specifically addresses the ethical and practical challenges of introducing complex skills in short periods. These authors describe the aim of teaching the use of art in a therapeutic setting as a set of skills for participants to use within their own professional boundaries.…”