Creative Arts and Play Therapy for Attachment Problems (Guilford, 2014) describes how the creative arts therapies are sensory-based interventions and are forms of non-verbal communication. Because these approaches involve right hemisphere dominance, they are beneficial to attachment work where “right-brain-to-right-brain” connections between therapist and client are essential. In brief, it’s an exciting time for the creative arts therapies as we learn more about how they can effect change and support positive attachment. To read more, go to this short article on Psychology Today Online.
