Art Therapy and Anger

Marian Liebmann has worked in art therapy with offenders, women's groups and community groups, and currently works in the Inner City Support and Recovery Team (adult mental health), where she has developed work on anger issues. She teaches and lectures on art therapy at several universities in the UK and Ireland. She also works in restorative justice, mediation and conflict resolution, and has run Art and Conflict workshops in many countries. She has written and edited ten books, including Art Therapy in Practice, Art Therapy with Offenders, Arts Approaches to Conflict, Art Therapy, Race and Culture, Mediation in Context and Restorative Justice: How It Works, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Introduction, Marian Liebmann. Children. 1. The Anger of Abused Children, Maggie Ambridge, Vulnerable Children's Service, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. 2. Anger Management with Children and Young People: Creative Tools to Mend Broken Tempers, Leila Moules, Crewe Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. 3. When Love is Absent, Anger Fills the Void: Children in Foster Care, Elaine Holliday, Principal Therapist, Foster Care Associates. 4. Anger and Danger: Adolescents and Self-Harm, Sheila Knight, Bassetlaw Child and Family Therapy Service, Nottinghamshire. Offenders. 5. Inside-Out/Outside-In: Art Therapy with Young Male Offenders in Prison, Sue Pittam, Young Offender Institution, UK .6. Androcles and the Lion: Prolific Offenders on Probation, Hannah Godfrey, National Probation Service. 7. What Anger? Working with Acting-out Behaviour in a Secure Setting, Kate Rothwell, University of Hertfordshire. 8. Avoided Anger: Art and Music Therapy in a Medium Secure Setting, Simon Hastilow and Terri Coyle, South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. Mental Health. 9. The Role of Anger in Women who Cope by Self-Harming, Camilla Hall, Coventry and Warwickshire Primary Care Trust.10. Art Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Adult Mental Health, Susan Law, Priory Hospital, Hayes, Kent. 11. Working on Anger Issues with a Deaf Client, Marian Liebmann, Bristol Inner City Support and Recovery Team. Other Client Groups. 12. Angry Mothers, Susan Hogan, University of Derby. 13. Art Therapy and Anger after Brain Injury, Sally Weston, Neurological Rehabilitation Unit (NHS) Sheffield. 14. Not Being Calm: Art Therapy and Cancer, Hilary Brosh, Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre. 15. `Came Back - Didn't Come Home': Returning from a War Zone, Annette Coulter, Centre for Art Psychotherapy, Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.

Appendix: Art Therapy with Anger: Short Bibliography. List of Contributors. Index.