Art Therapy and Clinical Neuroscience

Frances F. Kaplan is an eminent art therapist and teaches graduate art therapy courses at Marylhurst College and Portland State University, both in Oregon. She has published widely, presented at national conferences, worked for peace organizations. Noah Hass-Cohen, PsyD, MA, ATR-BC, LMFT is the founder and Director of the Art Therapy Program and a core faculty member in the Master of Arts in Psychology Program at the Phillips Graduate Institute, Encino, CA, USA. She is a frequent local and national presenter on the topic. Richard Carr, PsyD, MA Psychology, is Adjunct Professor in the Art Therapy Department, Phillips Graduate Institute, Encino, CA, USA, and an Adjunct Professor at Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles, CA, USA. He has published and presented widely on the topic, and in addition has provided pastoral counselling as a non-denominational minister to individuals, couples and families for over 30 years.

“This is an impressive accomplishment… Hass-Cohen and Carr and their contributors have blazed a trail for us to follow. Helping professionals who use art would be wise to put on their hiking boots and begin the journey.”

• Prologue. Noah Hass-Cohen and Richard Carr. Section I: The Framework. 1. Partnering of Art Therapy and Clinical Neuroscience. Noah Hass-Cohen. 2. Sensory Processes and Responses. Richard Carr. 3. The Cortex: Regulation of Sensory and Emotional Experience. Darryl Christian. 4. Neurotransmitters, Neuromodulators and Hormones: Putting It All Together. Richard Carr. 5. Visual System in Action. Noah Hass-Cohen and Nicole Loya. 6. The Stress Response and Adaptation Theory. Kathy Kravits. Section II: The Ideas. 7. The Neurobiology of Relatedness: Attachment. Kathy Kravits. 8. The Influence of Attention Deficit Problems. Darryl Christian. 9. Memory and Art. Robin Vance and Kara Wahlin. 10. Couples Art Therapy: Gender Differences in Neuroscience. Jessica Tress Masterson. Section III: In Praxis. 11. Circles of Attachment: Art Therapy Albums. Joanna Clyde-Findlay, Margarette Lathan and Noah Hass-Cohen. 12. Immunity at Risk and Art Therapy. Joanna Clyde Findlay. 13. Art Therapy, Neuroscience and Complex PTSD. Erin King-West and Noah Hass-Cohen. 14. Alzheimer's Disease: Creativity, Art and the Brain. Anne Galbraith, Ruth Subrin and Drew Ross. 15. Art Therapy Protocol and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Noah Hass-Cohen and Terre Bridgham. 16. CREATE: Art Therapy Relational Neuroscience Principles. Noah Hass-Cohen. References. Index.