DBT-Informed Art Therapy in Practice

Susan Clark is the author of DBT-Informed Art Therapy (JKP, Sept 2016). She is an art therapist and counsellor with over 20 years of experience in the mental health field and has extensive experience leading standard didactic and DBT-informed art therapy skills training groups. She is based in Kent, Ohio.

Introduction. Part 1: DBT-Informed Visual Art Therapy in Practice. 1. The Three M's of DBT-Informed Art Therapy. 2. The Pause: DBT, Borderline Personality Disorder and the Construct of Emptiness. 3. Utilizing DBT, Mindfulness, and Art Therapy in Today's Healthcare Environments. 4. My Journey as an Art Therapist Focusing on DBT and Art Making. 5. Inspiring and Sustaining Hope: Treating Suicidal Behaviour with DBT-Informed Art Therapy. 6. DBT in Action: Art Therapy and DBT Skills Training in the Treatment of Eating Disorders. 7. DBT-Informed Ceramic-Based Art Therapy Groups for Adolescents: Education the Community About the Impacts of Sexual Abuse Through Public Exhibition and Social Activism. 8. From Hatch to Handshake: Combined Art Therapy and DBT Skills Training in a High-Security Learning Disability Treatment Unit. Part 2: Multimodal DBT-Informed Approaches. 9. DBT Case Conceptualization Featuring Art Therapy and Poetry Interventions. 10. Group InCircle: Development and Implementation of a Novel DBT-Informed Creative Arts Therapy Group for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness in a Large Hospital Setting. 11. Creative Mindfulness: DBT-Skills Oriented Intermodal Expressive Arts Therapy for Populations with Severe Emotion Dysregulation. 12. Toward a Distress Tolerance-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy Protocol with Vulnerable Populations Experiencing Multiple, Persistent Barriers. 13. Queering DBT: Critical DBT-Informed Art Therapy with the LGBTQIA+ Community. 14. Integrating DBT-Informed Psychoeducation with Visual Journaling: Practical Considerations. Author biographies