Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to Art Therapy Research Part I. Overview of Art Therapy Research 1. Art Therapy Research Ideas, Tools and Steps in the Process 2. How Art Informs Art Therapy Research Part II. Art Therapy Research Methods 3. Quantitative Models of Art Therapy Research 4. Outcomes Research to Generate the Art Therapy Evidence Base for Practice 5. Investigating the Field with Qualitative Research 6. Practitioner-Centered Inquiry: Critical, Participatory, and Anti-Oppressive 7. Researching the Phenomena of Lived Experience 8. Art-Based Research in Art Therapy Part III. Conducting Art Therapy Research 9. Before You Begin: The Research Proposal and Other Ethical Safeguards 10. Models and Critique of Good Research: Conducting the Study and Reporting Results 11.Writing Research for Dissemination and Scholarly Publication Glossary of Research Terminolog