Jennifer Albright Knash works with Platteville Family Resource Center in Richland Center, Wisconsin, utilizing art therapy with children, teens, and adults who have experienced cumulative trauma. She is the former Academic Programs Director at Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM.

PART 1: Laying the groundwork 1. Introduction 2. Terminology 3. Connecting the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) and the Four Functional Domains (from NMT) PART 2: Exploration of Art Therapy Approaches 4. Directive versus Nondirective 5. Collaborative Approach to Media and/or Directives PART 3: Integration and Regulation 6. Engaging Sensory Integration and the Kinesthetic/ Sensory Levels of the Expressive Therapies Continuum 7. Engaging Emotional Regulation and Perceptual/ Affective Levels of the Expressive Therapies Continuum PART 4. Building the Therapeutic Alliance and Relational Capacity 8. Art Media and Art Interventions that Will Enhance the Therapeutic Alliance 9. The Artwork as Container: Defining Safety and Creating Safety PART 5. Embracing the Cognitive/ Symbolic and the Creative Levels 10. Bridging the Bottom-Up and the Top-Down through Oscillation and Metaphoric Meaning Making 11. The Creative and The Imagination Network 12. Survival Responses and Adaptive Options PART 6. Conclusion