Main description:

* Provides practical guidance for practitioners on the skilful application of ethical decision-making in art therapy using a case-based approach
* Explains the DO ART model, an ethical-decision making model specific to the practice of art therapy as well as how art making can be used to navigate the model
* Supports research suggesting that there is a need for ethics training because of the complexity in ethical decision-making and fills a gap in the existing literature

Contents:

1. Introduction to Ethical Issues in Creative Art Therapies 2. Art Therapy Ethical Decision-Making Models 3. Artist, Therapist, Art Therapist or Something Else: Navigating Multiple Professional Identities 4. The Ethics of Art Materials 5. Navigating Boundaries and Issues of Confidentiality 6. Art-Based Assessment 7. Art as a Record: Storage and Exhibition of Client Artwork 8. Ethical Multicultural Practice: A Racist Comment in Group Art Therapy 9. Technology and Art Therapy: Navigating the Use of Digital Art and/or Telehealth in the Art Therapy Process 10. Working with Vulnerable Populations 11. Supervision and Professional Training 12. Ethics in Research: A Case of Misunderstanding, Fabrication, & Plagiarism 13. Ethical Decision-Making as a Valuable Clinical Tool