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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| Theory and Technique | |
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| A Theoretical Overview | |
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| Interrelationship between Aesthetics and the Therapeutic Process | |
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| Object Relations Theory and Its Classical Roots | |
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| Creation of a Holding Environment via Empathy, Transitional Space, and Play | |
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| Use of Aesthetics of Therapeutic Communication in the Case of Bob | |
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| Interrelationship between Images and Words in the Therapeutic Relationship | |
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| Technique as a Mirror of Theory | |
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| Ongoing Interplay of Diagnosis, Developmental Issues, Aesthetic Reorganization, and Technique | |
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| Guiding Principles for Introducing Verbal or Nonverbal Interventions | |
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| Therapist as Educator | |
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| Self-Disclosure and Physical Contact by Therapist | |
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| Developmental Diagnosis and Technical Considerations | |
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| States That Cross Developmental Lines: Depression, Obsessional Compulsiveness, Passive Agressiveness, Substance Abuse | |
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| Special Considerations in Working with Children | |
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| Adolescence and the Adolescent | |
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| Terminal Patients and Their Families | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Holding Environment as Frame for Theory and Technique | |
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| Paired Exercise Series | |
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| Aesthetics of Healing within the Inner Representational World | |
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| Materials as an Extension of the Holding Environment | |
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| Form | |
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| Texture | |
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| Color | |
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| Volume | |
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| Space | |
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| Movement | |
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| Abstraction | |
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| The Institution as a Holding Environment for the Therapist | |
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| Personal Identity as a Creative Arts Therapist | |
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| The Intern in the Institution | |
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| The Treatment Team and Supervisors | |
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| Countertransference | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Use of Visual Perception as an Aide in Planning Short-Term Treatment Goals | |
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| Clinical Applications | |
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| Transference and Countertransference within the Schizoid Phenomenon | |
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| Jan | |
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| Rebecca | |
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| Bob | |
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| Summary | |
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| Regeneration of the Potential Life Space of the Antitherapeutic Patient | |
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| Case 1 | |
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| Case 2 | |
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| Case 3 | |
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| A Study in the Aesthetics of Pain, Rage, Loss, and Reintegration | |
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| A Final Word | |
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| Appendix | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |