Art Therapy and Emotion Regulation Problems

Suzanne Haeyen is an art therapist at the Centre of Expertise for the Treatment of Personality Disorders (Scelta) at GGNet a mental health care centre in the Netherlands. She has worked at the centre since 1991 and chairs its arts therapies and psychomotor therapy section. She is also a senior lecturer at the Arts Therapies education programme of HAN University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands, and a member of KenVak, a national research centre with a focus on knowledge development for arts therapies.

• Introduction.- Part 1.- Chapter 1. Personal space from an art therapy point of view; Unresolved issues with autonomy as central factor.- Chapter 2. Client with a diagnosis of a borderline personality disorder: responsible and competent!? Art therapy and severe cluster B personality disorders.- Chapter 3. Working to connect Art therapy on the basis of dialectical behaviour therapy for clients diagnosed with a borderline disorder.- Chapter 4. Imagery in arts therapy; A schema-focused approach.- Chapter 5: Letting go and holding on in art therapy: disillusionment, new possibilities.- Chapter 6. "Stop acting out. Experience emotions!" Child, adult and parent portrayed in art therapy – a case history.- Chapter 7. People diagnosed with personality disorders in art therapy: what is the scientific evidence? Effectiveness of art therapy in personality disorders.- Part 2 Workbook.- Introduction.- Product Description.- Summary of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.- Mindfulness Module.-Emotion Regulation Module.- Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills Module.- Distress Tolerance Skills Module.- Introduction to Schema-focused therapy Module.- Assignments for special situations.