| Preface | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. xi |
| Family Art Therapy | p. 3 |
| The Marriage of Art and Family Therapy | p. 3 |
| The Art in Family Art Therapy | p. 6 |
| Three Key Perspectives of Family Art Therapy | p. 8 |
| Family Portraits and Murals | p. 10 |
| From the Historical Perspective--Family History | p. 10 |
| From the Interactional Perspective | p. 23 |
| From the Existential Perspective | p. 24 |
| Reflection of the Therapist | p. 26 |
| Family as Human Structure | p. 29 |
| What is a Family? | p. 29 |
| Basic Family Functions | p. 30 |
| Randy R. Searches for Home | p. 33 |
| Family Therapy | p. 36 |
| An Attempted Family Art-Based Assessment with Gary and His Family | p. 39 |
| Anne: A Girl and Her Secret | p. 47 |
| The Cycle of Love | p. 50 |
| Family Influences in Personality Development | p. 51 |
| Emotional Needs | p. 52 |
| Psychological Influences on Personality Development | p. 56 |
| Attachment and Object Relations | p. 65 |
| Behavioral Science Development | p. 69 |
| Visual Construct Development | p. 71 |
| The Cycle of Violence | p. 75 |
| Violence | p. 75 |
| Violence Associated with Basic Needs of Malnourishment and Malnurturance | p. 78 |
| Chad and Bethanne, Homeless but not Helpless | p. 80 |
| Randy R. Searches for Home | p. 87 |
| Family Art Evaluation (FAE)--The R Family--A Family Art-Based Assessment | p. 90 |
| Gottman's Model for Positive Affect Between Couples | p. 112 |
| Nancy Experiences the Horror of Horrors | p. 113 |
| And the Cycle Goes on and on | p. 117 |
| Cathy and Sam and Painful Parental Failure | p. 119 |
| Self Portraits to be Exchanged with the Partner--Cathy and Sam--A Family Art-Based Assessment | p. 123 |
| How Am I Supposed to Pay Attention in School? | p. 132 |
| Anne: Trust Built on Creative Expression | p. 133 |
| The Cycle of Healing | p. 140 |
| Resilience | p. 142 |
| A Cascade of Stories from an Art Therapy Approach to Family Therapy | p. 143 |
| A Return to Nancy when Art Releases Her Pain | p. 172 |
| A Return to Anne, Who Reveals, Reunites, and Recovers Her Life | p. 174 |
| A Return to Randy R.--Home Is Where the Art Is | p. 177 |
| Conclusion | p. 180 |
| Special Notation | p. 181 |
| Family Art-Based Assessments | p. 185 |
| The Life Cycle Log and Other Interventions used in Family Art Therapy | p. 200 |
| Key Assumptions, Concepts, and Terms of Family Systems Theory | p. 218 |
| References | p. 239 |
| Name Index | p. 251 |
| Subject Index | p. 255 |
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