With contributions from a range of expert voices within the field, this book explores the use of art therapy as a response to traumatic events. Offering rare insight into ways in which art therapists have responded to recent crises, this is a unique resource for art therapists looking to coordinate interventions for large-scale disaster and resulting trauma.

Chapters address a range of environmental and manmade disasters around the world, including hurricanes, typhoons, wildfires, mass shootings and forced migration, highlighting the impact of an art therapy approach in dealing with widespread trauma. Covering both community and individual cases, it provides an in-depth view into the challenges of working in these settings, including the effects on the therapist themselves, and offers practical information on how to coordinate, fund and maintain responses in these environments.

The first book to focus on disaster response in art therapy, this will be an invaluable contribution to the field in an increasingly vital area.

Contributions by: Amanda Sanders, Maria Rollins, Jill Charney, Ronald Lay, Elia Khalaf, Alicia Ballestas, Devora Weinapple, Jess Linton, Cynthia Wilson, Geri Hurlbut, Gaelynn P. Wolf Bordonaro, Daniela Gloger, Eduardo Torres, Katrina Bobo, Robin Valicenti, Carla van Laar, Maricel Ocasio-Figueroa, Anais Lugo Axtmann, Stephanie Wray, Mercedes B. ter Maat, Soraya Obeid, Natacha Pirotte, Laurence de Groote Vandenborre, Dianne Tennyson Vincent, Barbara Naderi, Leigh Ann Lichty, Raquel Farrell-Kirk, Jessica Asch, Lisa Tricomi, Bree Gordon, Kelvin A. Ramirez, Mitchell Kossak, Joseph Mageary, Maria Regina A. Alfonso, Maria Johanna Pia G. Ortiz-Luis
Foreword by: Wayne Ramirez