Ecological and environmental approaches to art therapy

The collection is the first Russian-speaking publication representing environmental and environmental approaches to art therapy, which are developed by such scientific and practical disciplines as ecopsychology, ecotherapy, health ecology. The foundations of their theory and methodology are presented. The methods and results of their application with different categories of customers are described in order to provide psychological (psychotherapeutic) assistance, rehabilitation, psychoprophylaxis, support the sanogenetic potential of the individual, families and communities, personal growth, and the formation of environmental consciousness. The specifics of conducting classes with patients with post -traumatic disorders (veterans of combat stress), drug addicts and alcohol -dependent, cancer patients, children and adolescents with autistic spectrum disorders and behavioral disorders and other groups of the population are shown. The connection of this direction of art therapy with the practice of contemporary art (Landart, Eco-Art, etc), modern concepts of environmental design, is shown.
The publication is intended for representatives of helping professions - psychologists, psychotherapists, especially in the field of art therapy, as well as teachers, specialists in the field of art (artists, landscape designers, etc), social workers