 While gathering audio-visual material for "Art Therapy Has Many Faces," Judy had difficulty finding existing films and tapes on the arts therapies. In the course of her search, she discovered quite a few.
She invited all who wished to do so to list their film if it was available for purchase. The title of each film, a brief description, and the contact information is on the list below. While most are on art therapy, some are on music, dance, or drama therapy.
Since we continue to seek additional footage, we welcome any information you may have regarding film or video on the arts in therapy. Please contact us if you know of any suitable resources.
AVAILABLE RELATED FILMS
“Access to the Arts” by Accessible Arts Through classroom footage and interviews with Movement, Music and Art Therapists, this video explores strategies for including students with special needs by individualizing instruction and adapting materials and methods.
ecraig@accessiblearts.org
“An Atypical Sand Tray Session With a 13-Year-Old Boy” with Violet Oaklander, Ph.D.
In this tape a 13-year-old boy resists finds his own way of utilizing the sandtray. The therapist sensitively makes the most of the situation, meeting Abram where he chooses to be.
http://webpages.charter.net/maxsound/msvideos.html
“Art and Therapy” with Vera Zilzer, ATR
Art therapist filmmaker Majie Lavergne follows art therapist Vera Zilzer as she goes about helping a group of adults with chronic mental illness at a day hospital in the Bronx.
majie@telus.net
“The Art of Lorraine Beininger: Personal Maps and Collage Constructions”
Lorraine's artwork demonstrates clearly that someone who is mentally and
physically handicapped, including being legally blind, can very effectively
use creative art making within a therapeutic process.
Kutenai_Art_Therapy@shaw.ca
“Art Therapy and Attachment” by Lucille Proulx, ATR
This is a demonstration/teaching DVD. The viewer observes infants and preschoolers with identified attachment problems. The group dyad art therapy interventions include the mothers and fathers as partners in the therapy.
lucilleproulx@yahoo.com
"Art Therapy Is . . .” by Lore Baer, ATR
Art Therapy Is…an 8-minute film, with gorgeous art, that captures the essence of art therapy in a group setting, and demonstrates its value for people living with mental illness.
lorebaer@gmail.com
“Art Therapy: The Healing Vision” by Robert Ault, ATR-BC, HLM
An introduction to the history and methodology of art therapy. Art therapist Robert Ault reviews a conceptual framework for understanding its use in a variety of illustrated clinical situations.
marilynnault@mac.com
“Art Therapy with a Group of Latency Age Girls” by Mildred Lachman Chapin, ATR, HLM
Excerpts from one year of group art therapy sessions. It shows the development of group process, group techniques, and the girls’ growth. It also documents a young therapist’s failures and successes.
mildredchapin@comcast.net
“Arts in the Environment: Going to the Source” with Norma Canner, ADTR
This unique outdoor workshop transported a group of teachers, therapists and artists into a dramatic natural setting for the opportunity to experience the creative spark between person and place.
ecraig@accessiblearts.org
“At the Threshold” with Carolyn Grant Fay, ADTR
Dance therapy pioneer Carolyn Grant Fay hosts this introduction to dance therapy and demonstrates its use with clients at the Jung Educational Center of Houston, Texas.
http://www.junghouston.org/bookstore/default.htm
“Bodyspeaks: Finding A Voice through Art Therapy” by Comer Rudd-Gates, ATR-BC
This powerful film presents the artwork of women who explore, cope with, and resolve struggles with body image, anorexia, bulimia and compulsive eating. Individual stories are told through art and personal narration.
comerrg@mindspring.com
“A Boy And His Anger: A Therapy Session with Violet Oaklander”
A Gestalt child therapist works with a 12-year-old boy who has trouble controlling his
temper, using clay to help him focus on his feelings; commenting afterward on the session.
http://webpages.charter.net/maxsound/
“A Child’s Grief” a film by Simcha Jacobovici
A documentary about children trying to cope with the loss of a parent or sibling, featuring some creative therapies (art, dance, music) that help children to work through their grief.
www.apltd.ca
“The COMPLETE Painting From the Source” by Aviva Gold, ATR
This lively interactive DVD includes visual instruction and is an introduction to Gold’s method of stimulating creativity, described in: Painting From The Source: Awaken The Artist’s Soul In Everyone.
http://www.avivagold.com/
“Color My World: The Arts in Medicine”
Explores the relationship between the healing and creative arts, showing dancers, painters, writers, musicians, and actors working with patients in the hospital to improve their physical, emotional and psychological well-being. http://www.wuft.tv/LocalPrograms/ArtsInMedicine/entry.htm
“Courage! Together we Heal!” by Frances Anderson, ATR-BC, HLM
The video documents an 8-week clay therapy group for women survivors of incest. The final project was a clay mural of visual message tiles from the group. feander17@hotmail.com
“Creative Arts Therapies at the Pace School” by Simone Alter-Muri, ATR-BC
Art and music therapy at PACE school for adolescents with special needs. It show the value of art therapy for youngsters on the autistic spectrum with learning problems and developmental delays.
ssgfmuri@crocker.com
“Creating Gestalt Art Therapy” with Janie Rhyne, ATR-BC, HLM
Professionally filmed, this video shows the various stages of a one-day workshop conducted by the author of the classic book, The Gestalt Art Experience. http://www.gjpstore.com/
“Dance Therapy: The Power of Movement” a film by Norris Brock
Award-winning film produced by ADTA, and narrated by the late Christopher Reeves. It shows five different dance therapists working with a variety of patients in diverse settings.
http://www.adta.org/publications/index.cfm
“Dancing on Blood” by Arthur Robbins
The daughter of a Holocaust survivor struggles with the question: how can you dance when the ground is covered with blood? In her work with Robbins, art therapy principles are brought to life.
http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/book.php/isbn/9781843107026
“Dreams So Real: Three Men's Stories” a film by Oren Rudavsky
A film about three men in an outpatient clinic who tell their unique stories as part of a film animation workshop.
Orudavsky@aol.com
“Dyslexia: A Different Kind of Mind” A Program of The Doctor is In
The Washington Lab School pioneered using the arts as the basis for all subjects. Its innovative approaches are profiled in this video about its gifted students who learn differently.
ttp://www.films.com/id/9048/Dyslexia_A_Different_Kind_of_Mind.htm
“Essentials of Play Therapy with Abused Children” with Eliana Gil, ATR
This informative video illuminates the benefits of play therapy for children who have been physically or sexually abused. It demonstrates using art, sandtray, puppets, dollhouse, and masks.
http://www.guilford.com/cgi-bin/cartscript.cgi?page=pr/gil4.htm&dir=videos/child&cart_id=
“The Happy Accident: the Life and Work of Harriet Wadeson” ATR-BC, HLM
Pioneer art therapist Harriet Wadeson and colleagues discuss her entrance into the field at NIMH, her teaching, publications, and art - including art making by Harriet and others.
wadeson@uic.edu
“Healing Arts: The Arts and Medicine” a Program of The Doctor is In
This video shows the arts being used to improve health. It includes a dance based on AIDS, music therapy after strokes, painting for bipolar disorder, and clowning in a Russian hospital.
http://www.films.com/id/8728/Healing_Arts_The_Arts_and_Medicine.htm
“Healing Through Art” by Artist Darcy Lynn
Through personal narration and paintings, this film tells how Darcy fought a battle against cancer using her art as a healing tool, and how others may benefit from expressive therapy.
http://www.darcyartist.com/store.htm
“Janie Rhyne, Form as Content” with Janie Rhyne, ATR-BC, HLM
In this video an art therapy pioneer demonstrates her facilitation of a group art experience, discusses the history and development of the profession, her career, and working with adult clients.
lperkin@marylhrst.edu
“The Journey of Butterfly” a film by Robert Frye
This documentary weaves interviews with survivors of Ghetto Thieresienstadt with "I Never Saw Another Butterfly," a choral work based on the writings of the children imprisoned from 1942-1945
http://www.journeyofbutterfly.com
“Lila” a film by Fran Burst-Terranella
Compelling, entertaining documentary portrait of 80-year old psychiatrist, great-grandmother and art therapy pioneer Lila Bonner-Miller. A rich award-winning exploration of aging, work, mental health and family.
fburst@gmail.com
“Listening to Children: A Moral Journey with Robert Coles” a film by Buddy Squires
Child psychiatrist Robert Coles explores moral issues by interviewing and drawing with eight children facing problems of modern life: family breakdown, AIDS, racism, and riots.
http://www.shoppbs.org/sm-pbs-listening-to-children-a-moral-journey-with-robert-coles-vhs--pi- 1405605.html
“Looking for Me” with Janet Adler, ADTR
This documentary demonstrates the importance and delight of experiencing one's body.
Dance therapist Janet Adler develops movement awareness with normal and autistic
children and a group of normal adults. http://www.berkeleymedia.com/films/looking_for_me
“Dr. Maxine Junge: A Profile of Her Life and Work” with MBJ, ATR-BC, HLM
A biographical profile in videotape of contributions Maxine Borowsky Junge has made to the art therapy world through her life and work. Notable friends also share memories about her.
lisabdeeb@aol.com
“Metamorphosis in Movement: Mary Starks Whitehouse - a Video Retrospective”
By Joanna Harris, this is an archival project to preserve Whitehouse's significance to dance/movement therapy. It includes Whitehouse teaching a class and interviews with her students.
http://www.adta.org/publications/index.cfm
“Millie Lachman Chapin, Living Legacy” with Mildred Lachman Chapin, ATR-BC, HLM
At January 2006 retrospective exhibition of 70 of her paintings (Living Legacy), Millie speaks about the paintings, their relationship to her art therapy writings, and to her personal life.
mildredchapin@comcast.net
“Music Therapy and Medicine: A Satellite Broadcast”
Full two-hour program which was originally aired nationally in 1999 to educate doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals about the benefits of music therapy in a medical/hospital setting.
http://www.musictherapy.org/products/products.html
“Music Therapy and Medicine: Partnerships in Care”
Documentary exploring the impact of music therapy on patients and its effective use in a variety of hospital settings. Opinions from music therapists as well as doctors and nurses.
http://www.musictherapy.org/products/products.html
“On Wings of Song: Music Therapy at the End of Life”
Features the work of music therapist, Deborah Salmon, who works with the terminally ill. It shows how she helps patients find spiritual and emotional nourishment during their last days.
http://www.filmakers.com/indivs/OnWingsSong.htm
“Painting From the Source” by Aviva Gold, ATR
This updated DVD includes visual instruction and is an introduction to Gold’s method of stimulating creativity, described in her book: Painting From The Source: Awaken The Artist’s Soul In Everyone.
http://www.avivagold.com/orderform.html
“Play Therapy for Severe Psychological Trauma” with Eliana Gil, ATR
Dr. Gil elucidates the nature of trauma, how to recognize it clinically, and how to manage its effects on children’s development with the use of specific art and play techniques.
http://www.guilford.com
“Playin' in the Band: A Qualitative Study of Popular Music Styles as Clinical Improvisation”
Through his text and accompanying DVD, Kenneth Aigen describes the remarkable changes in a disabled young man over the course of seven years in music therapy.
http://www.barcelonapublishers.com/playin_in_the_band.htm
“PhotoTherapy Techniques” by Judy Weiser, ATR-BC
PhotoTherapy techniques-- what they are and how they work -- an informally-edited combination of live television interviews and workshop demonstrations done over many years with PhotoTherapy pioneer Judy Weiser.
http://www.phototherapy-centre.com/bookvid.htm#video
“Rawley Silver, Artist and Art Therapist” with Rawley Silver, ATR-BC, HLM
A researcher discusses her work, including her widely-used assessment tools. She describes early experiences as a therapist and how work with deaf children led to art therapy as a lifelong career.
lperkin@marylhurst.edu
“The Shattered Mind” a Program of Investigative Reports
About schizophrenia, it includes the story of Marty Cohen, an artist who suffers from the disease without letting it take over his life. http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=73567
“Solution-Oriented Art Therapy” with Gilat Gat
In excerpts from sessions with four youngsters. art therapist Gilat Gat is able to help them to resolve problems by looking at what has worked in the past and could work in the future.
http://masterswork.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product10.html
“Standing Tall” a film by Peggy Stern
This video documents the transformation of students' stories about witnessing 9/11 close to their classroom into a theatrical performance, helping them to cope with a terrifying experience.
http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/393_st.php
“The Story Within: Myth & Fairy Tale in Therapy” by Yehudit Silverman, ADTR, RDT
This program by a drama and dance/movement therapist profiles six people who embark on journeys of self-discovery by immersing themselves as characters in personally meaningful myths or fairy tales.
http://www.thestorywithin.ca/
“Symbolic Healing: A Personal Story” by Suzanne Lovell, ATR-BC
Suzanne’s imaginal journey during uterine cancer convinced her that creating imagery which grows from our hearts heals and connects us beyond the confines of words and beliefs.
suzlovell@earthlink.net
“Tending the Saplings: Dramatherapy in South Africa” by Paula Kingwill
This film documents the work done by 7 dramatherapists. It explores how they deal with the challenges of poverty, trauma, HIV/AIDS and the development of this new field in South Africa.
ednablue@worldonline.co.za
“The Therapy Process In Action: A Session With Carlos” by Violet Oaklander
A demonstration session at a child abuse agency illustrating Violet Oaklander’s model of child and adolescent therapy using clay with 10-year-old Carlos, plus opening and closing comments.
http://webpages.charter.net/maxsound/
“Three Approaches to Drama Therapy” by Robert Landy, RDT-BCT
This film highlights the theory and practice of different approaches to drama therapy. It features
three prominent drama therapists working with the same client, a recent graduate.
https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/3approaches/dvd_sale.php
“Through the Veil: The Story of Touch Drawing” by Deborah Koff-Chapin
Deborah demonstrates Touch Drawing, a simple yet powerful method of drawing with the fingertips. She recounts its discovery and discusses its use as a therapeutic tool. Includes images with music.
http://www.touchdrawing.com/7Products/ORDER.html#anchor%20veil
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“Transformation through Art: A Personal Mythic Journey” by Patricia Waters, ATR-BC
This is the story of Patricia’s inner journey through over 50 years of her artwork. Her work invites others to use art as a medium for healing. http://www.creativeartstudio.com/creative%20art%20studio/pat%20artwork/patvideo.html
"Visual Memories: Japanese American Internment & Art Therapy" by Rachel LordKenaga
This documentary respectfully explores traumatic memory through interviews with six survivors of World War II internment camps. Creating helps them remember and tell their stories to art therapist Janice Hoshino. http://www.powerfulpussycat.com/index2.html
“Voices From Inside” a film by Karine Epperlein
This film follows a German-born theater artist into a women's prison, where she encourages a racially mixed circle of women to find their own voices through poetry and creative expression.
http://www.karinafilms.us/voices.html
“Women’s Rites: Remembering the Wisdom of the Body” by Georgina Jahner
A group of women do self-portraits using the Halprin Life/Art Process. The film celebrates the power of the expressive arts to reveal, express and heal our bodies, psyches and souls.
jahner@aloha.net
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