In Art Therapy and Psychology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Practitioners , Robert Gray sets out how art therapy can access unconscious parts of the mind in clinical psychology. Gray sheds light on the power of imagery to positively change a client's outlook at a deeper level. He guides practitioners in how to collaborate with their clients, to gain insight into the depths of their unconscious to help them heal and understand themselves. The book uses images and a step-by-step approach to working with clients, applied, hands-on, and provides supportive study tools, where the reader is involved with targeted techniques, and relating case illustrations. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Gray offers a thorough and well-rounded clinical guide to utilising the depth of the unconscious through art when working with clients in psychotherapy. He emphasises the clinical relevance of art therapy and critically highlights ideas around evidence-based practice and the link to cognitive behavioural therapy. Gray suggests specific ways of engaging with clients and their images, such as uncovering life scripts, changing neural pathways through Creative Mind Ordering, and addressing traumatic experiences throught self-boxes. He empirically explores how artists and psychotherapists can make a transformational difference by combining 'art in therapy' and 'art as therapy' approaches with a scientific appreciation and a spiritual awareness.

He argues a clear framework that bridges the unmeasurable and spontaneous part of psychotherapy through art, along with the work with the unconscious and the clarity of a scientific method, can help facilitate long term change. Art Therapy and Psychology is hands-on and rich with supportive study tools and numerous case studies that relate to the experiences of the reader. This book will be essential reading for art therapists in training and in practice, psychologists and mental health professionals looking to establish or grow their expertise. Robert Gray is an art therapy lecturer, with degrees in art therapy, psychology and theology. He is Director of the College for Educational and Clinical Art Therapy, Australia. As an Australian psychologist, he leads the field in art therapy with his unique integration of psychological techniques and spiritual practices.