Judith  Siano, a prominent art therapist living and working in Israel, talks with philosophers and art therapists, some of whom are no longer with us, to find meaning in life amid war.  Tal  Siano assisted in reviving and editing her guests.   Edith Kramer Judith Rubin and Judith Siano Judith Siano: judithsiano@gmail.com Judith Siano - The Box Opens

“We are all three, no four, generations, in the helping professions, my grandmother was a nurse, my mother a social worker, and I am a developmental psychologist, no, actually four, as my daughter is a clinical psychologist.” “Oh, how interesting,” people say at dinner parties, smiling, hoping to move on to something more interesting, away from our older people’s obsession with our family trees - as if flinging ourselves into the history that we will soon become. My grandmoth

Ⅰ.  Introduction   In my previous paper, "Sand Drawing Therapy: A New Approach to Art Therapy," I discussed the characteristics and significance of using sand drawing as a form of therapy, as well as the procedures and precautions for its implementation, citing relevant literature. In this paper, I would like to introduce the practice and specific methods of sand drawing therapy through a case study. The therapist (hereafter Th) stands facing the client (hereafter Cl) and is

A Roadmap for Art Educators and Art Therapists Art teachers, art therapists, and artists express themselves, among other ways, in the language of materials, classification of the different media and tools, organizing furniture and shelves, serving as a text with its own intrinsic logic, which influences both body and mind. Every shelf of materials can be perceived as a sentence, every cabinet as a paragraph. They function as an alchemical, metaphorical basis supporting the cre

The five-year-old, from the video below, who is interested in symmetry, found Rodha Kellogg's charts in my studio and used them for her artwork. A short video explaining the phenomenological tool I have been using for decades to understand what creators are doing. It helps me be more accurate in my responses in therapy, as they have the space and permission to be who they are. "The spiritual blueprint of the creator derives from the universal archetypes we have inherited from

I feel many of us are trying to help each other survive. At some point in my life, I chose to create a family of my own and to place my eyes on beauty. I accepted a deep desire for balance. I chose this over a part of me that was very much in shadow. For decades, I felt tied to a rock. I felt constant discord, loneliness, and anger. I used art to give a voice to my raw emotional world, but I paid a price. My mental health was challenged. I tried to feel better but could not s

What Lies Beyond The Shapes I am absolutely mesmerized by the world of primary shapes. My journey began with a love for painting in...

Art connectors, adhesives, and accumulations as a prism of the soul in times of trauma. Joiners, Dividers, and Measuring Tools are a...

Creating a Collage with the “Soul Pages” Method Eleven years ago, one of the most difficult periods of my life, I was just beginning...

The Botanisierbüchse my mother gave me (photo by Ami Siano) Found I walked the woodland, A lonesome man To look for nothing- That was my...

Turmoil in the room – wet sand, a pool of glue, newspapers, hammer and nails. Paint stains on the carpet and on my skirt. I’m on the...

Untitled, Adi Eliel Leshem, collage with photography and drawing, 2023. The text’s title is a reversal of Wilfred Bion’s “Attacks on...