Documenting Art Therapy Clinical Knowledge Using Interviews

Practicing art therapists have vast stores of knowledge and experience, but in most cases, their work is not documented, and their clinical knowledge does not enter the academic discourse. This article proposes a systematic approach to the collection of practice knowledge about art therapy based on conducting interviews with art therapists who specialize in a particular population or implement a unique theoretical approach. This knowledge can then be conceptualized into guidelines for clinical practice that can be shared among professional art therapists.