An Art Therapist's Companion to Understanding AI

This book offers a comprehensive guide for art therapists and adjacent mental health professionals navigating artificial intelligence, exploring both current and potential applications of AI in creative arts therapies practice, pedagogy, and research. This book offers a comprehensive guide for art therapists and adjacent mental health professionals navigating artificial intelligence, exploring both current and potential applications of AI in creative arts therapies practice, pedagogy, and research. In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, various AI tools are transforming how we approach creativity, self-expression, learning, and healing. Diverse scholars and practitioners across art therapy and related fields explore the therapeutic, educational, and research potentials and pitfalls of AI applications and offer insightful case examples and theoretical frameworks. As these powerful tools challenge the boundaries of creativity and transform the ways we work and communicate, this text initiates conversations about ethics, access, human connection, and opportunities for enhanced mental health care while conceptualizing the responsible and collaborative use of AI. For art therapists responding to an increasingly digital world, this book is an essential resource for maintaining client-centered care and supporting creative healing.