Introduction
Part1: Theoretical foundations for embodiment in art therapy
1. The intersection of art therapy, embodiment, and body-based therapies
2. Trauma, attachment, and the body: Implications for art therapy
3. Neuroscience in the service of art therapy: Transcending classic approaches and advancing our understanding through principles of embodiment
4. Haptic perception in art therapy
Part2: Clinical applications of embodied art therapy
5. Traditional body-based methods in art therapy: Guided imagery, body mapping, and body tracing
6. Embodied methods in art therapy
7. Sensorimotor therapy and sensory modulation applications within art therapy
8. Embodiment, energy therapy, and the transpersonal
9. Embodied methods in online art therapy
Part3: Diverse bodies, diverse needs: Applications in different clinical settings
10. Social dichotomies, the body, and the transgressive power of creativity in an acute psychiatric setting
11. Eating disorders: Working with the body and its image in art therapy
12. Gender affirming ethos in embodied art therapy
13. Intergenerational trauma and the embodied creative wisdom of Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples
14. Disability Art: Lessons for embodied, anti-oppressive art therapy
15. Grace in the broken parts: Embodied art therapy methods for working with chronic pain and medical trauma
16. Embodying grief, celebrating death: An art therapy approach
Part4: Embodied materials, methods, and settings
17. At home in one's body: Embodied art therapy spaces
18. The spirit of matter: An embodied approach to art materials
19. Environmental arts therapy: The body in nature
20. Integrative clinical practices: Art therapy, biofeedback, and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
21. Integrating art therapy and yoga for an intentional, embodied practice
Part5: Training embodied art therapists
22. Teaching embodied methods to art therapy students
23. Cultivating resonance: The embodied supervision relationship in art therapy