Takes the reader through a child's development by describing the specialist work of the art therapist in each developmental stage. This book demonstrates the theoretical base of art therapy presenting areas of clinical practice. List of illustrations ix Permissions xi Introduction 1 CARLOLINE CASE AND TESSA DALLEY 1 Painting together an art therapy approach to mother-infant relationships 20 PENELOPE HALL 2 Attachment patterns through the generations: internal and external homes 36 FRANCES O'BRIEN 3 'I'm the king of the castle': the sibling bond art therapy groups with siblings in care 54 TERESA BORONSKA 4 The use of clay as a medium for working through loss and separation in the case of two latency boys 69 TESSA DALLEY 5 Working with the whole class in primary schools 86 DEAN REDDICK 6 Playing ball: oscillations within the potential space 103 CAROLINE CASE 7 From 'beanie' to 'Boy' 123 ZARA PATTERSON 8 Growing up can be so hard to do: the role of art therapy during crucial life transitions and change in the lives of children with learning disabilities 139 BARRIE DAMARELL AND DOT PAISLEY 9 Gender disorder in the treatment of a young person in care 158 SUE RETFORD-MUIR 10 Paranoia and paracosms: brief art therapy with a youngster with Asperger's syndrome 175 ROBIN TIPPLE 11 Seen and unseen: art therapy in a girls' comprehensive school 193 CAROLE WELSBY 12 wonder if I exist?': a multi-family approach to the treatment of anorexia in adolescence 215 TESSA DALLEY 13 'Other people have a secret that I do not know': art psychotherapy in private practice with an adolescent girl with Asperger's syndrome 232 JULIA MEYEROWITZ-KATZ Further reading: selected hooks and papers on art therapy with children and adolescents 251 Index 259