Bridging the Creative Arts Therapies and Arts in Health: Toward Inspirational Practice
Book Details
- Publisher : Jessica Kingsley
- Published : 2022
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 272
- Category :
Expressive Arts Therapies - Catalogue No : 96686
- ISBN 13 : 9781787757226
- ISBN 10 : 9781787757
About the Editor(s)
Dr. Donna Betts, PhD, ATR-BC, holds a PhD in Art Education and Art Therapy from Florida State University (2005) and has been a Board Certified art therapist since 2002. From 2018 - 2022 Dr. Betts was Clinical Research Director for Creative Forces (R) National Endowment for the Arts Military Healing Arts Network in the United States. She served as President of the American Art Therapy Association (2015 - 2017) and was a professor in the George Washington University Graduate Art Therapy Program (2009 - 2018). An award-winning researcher and author, Dr. Betts has lectured internationally on a range of topics. Through involvement with various organizations working to increase access to the arts in Canada and abroad, Dr. Betts continues to promote the power of the arts in improving the health, well-being, and quality of life of all people.