有病就来美术馆，艺术治疗正在成为美术馆或画廊的发展趋势，这是一本探索美术馆和画廊作为艺术诊疗空间的潜能，着重艺术治疗理论和实践的综合分析和概述。

本书汇集了许多知名艺术治疗师的观点，尤其是针对全球美术馆和画廊所发展的艺术治疗方法进行反思。书中案例研究涵盖广泛的群组，其中包括痴呆症患者丶难民和从药物滥用中恢复的人，并进一步去探索在这些环境中工作所需的治疗技能。这本精选集在透过爬梳关键文献和综合最新研究成果，进一步为美术馆和画廊建立了艺术治疗的背景，并且以更广角的研究方式，去了解这些艺术空间如何提供身心治疗管道。本书全面性介绍美术馆和画廊空间如何实现新颖和创造性的疗愈时刻。

这是一本艺术治疗师丶艺术工作者以及美术馆专业人士的必备之书。

书评

Bringing together a range of novel ideas, critical thinking and good practice, this timely book is a must read for art therapists and art psychotherapists, museum professionals and all those interested in the intersections between arts and health. Museums, their collections, spaces and staff offer a vast, often, untapped potential to support professional therapeutic practice; this volume is the first step to realising the multifarious benefits of a closer alignment between museums and art therapy. -- Professor Helen Chatterjee MBE, University College London

This timely book highlights the breadth of art therapy and underscores the adaptability and range of skills possessed by art therapists. Coles and Jury's collection of chapters expertly convey the unlimited potential of museums and galleries as optimal places for delivery of art therapy services, toward improved wellbeing and quality of life for as many people as can benefit. -- Donna Betts, PhD, Past President of the American Art Therapy Association and co-author of Art Therapy Research: A Practical Guide

At a time when cultural institutions are increasingly open to exploring their social value, this collection of highly original, reflective and beautifully written essays considers the increasingly productive intersection between museums, galleries and art therapy. In doing so, it opens up important new conversations, possibilities and ways of thinking about the museum's capacity to foster human connections, wellbeing and inclusion. -- Richard Sandell, Professor of Museum Studies, University of Leicester

关於作者

Alison Coles在英国University of South Wales教授艺术心里治疗，同时也是英国格洛斯特郡 2gether NHS 基金会信托的实践艺术心理治疗师。

Helen Jury 是一名艺术心理治疗师和博士研究生，目前在英国伦敦和巴斯执业。