ABSTRACT

Art therapy is a global practice that is grounded in Eurocentric approaches. As a result, art therapy training may often lack inclusivity, perpetuate systemic racism and bias and fail to address and explore cultural practices and experiences of students and clients from and based in the English-speaking Caribbean. We believe there is a critical need for a more robust intersectional approach in art therapy training that considers cultural issues such as varying ethical standards and approaches, spirituality, disclosure reciprocity, the role of community and the integration of other art forms. We explore different elements of our training experience in the United Kingdom and the United States and adaptations we noted as necessary when we returned to practice in Barbados and Jamaica. Therefore, we strongly advocate for Afrocentric approaches to be incorporated into art therapy training with a strong focus on historical context, examining the impact of oppression, gender, class and socioeconomic status on the role and identity of the art therapist and the clients they work with. In response to this gap, we have begun to develop an Afro-Caribbean art therapy approach. We encourage institutions offering art therapy training to reflect on and strongly examine these elements and exhort art therapists working with Afro-Caribbean clients to consistently engage and practice self-reflexivity, and engage in appropriate supervision in order to work towards an anti-oppressive therapeutic style that resonates with Caribbean Identity

Plain-language summary

This article addresses the historical development of art therapy and its roots in European thought and practice and how this is reflected in art therapy training. This Eurocentric view of art therapy often neglects the cultural experiences of students and clients from and within the Caribbean. These omissions perpetuate systemic racism, lack inclusivity and fail to consider the multi-dimensional standpoints of students from varying cultural backgrounds, specifically those of African descent.

Strong arguments are made by the authors, informed by their art therapy training gained in Europe and America and subsequent practice in the Caribbean, specifically Barbados and Jamaica. These arguments include the need for an intersectional approach that recognizes cultural issues such as varying ethical standards and approaches, spirituality, disclosure reciprocity, the role of community and the integration of other art forms along with the development of an Afro-Caribbean art therapy approach.

Additionally, it is argued that Afrocentric approaches should be integrated into art therapy training with key focus and consideration for the historical context and impact of oppression, gender, class, socioeconomic status on the role and identity of the art therapist and the clients they work with. Art therapy lecturers, institutions and art therapist are implored to reexamine their training and therapy practice styles when working with students and clients of African descent. They are challenged to engage in self reflexivity and appropriate supervision in order to cultivate a therapeutic style that is inclusive and not oppressive.

中文翻译：

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转变叙事：加勒比地区艺术治疗的交叉探索

摘要

艺术治疗是一种基于欧洲中心方法的全球实践。因此，艺术治疗培训可能往往缺乏包容性，使系统性种族主义和偏见长期存在，并且无法解决和探索来自加勒比英语地区的学生和客户的文化实践和经历。我们认为，在艺术治疗培训中迫切需要一种更强大的交叉方法，考虑文化问题，例如不同的道德标准和方法、灵性、披露互惠、社区的作用以及其他艺术形式的整合。我们探索了在英国和美国的培训经验的不同要素，以及当我们回到巴巴多斯和牙买加的实践时我们注意到必要的调整。所以，我们强烈主张将非洲中心方法纳入艺术治疗培训中，重点关注历史背景，研究压迫、性别、阶级和社会经济地位对艺术治疗师及其服务对象的角色和身份的影响。为了应对这一差距，我们开始开发一种非洲裔加勒比艺术治疗方法。我们鼓与加勒比身份产生共鸣 性别、阶级和社会经济地位对艺术治疗师及其服务对象的角色和身份的影响。为了应对这一差距，我们开始开发一种非洲裔加勒比艺术治疗方法。我们鼓与加勒比身份产生共鸣 性别、阶级和社会经济地位对艺术治疗师及其服务对象的角色和身份的影响。为了应对这一差距，我们开始开发一种非洲裔加勒比艺术治疗方法。我们鼓与加勒比身份产生共鸣

通俗易懂的语言总结

本文探讨了艺术治疗的历史发展及其在欧洲思想和实践中的根源，以及这在艺术治疗培训中的体现。这种以欧洲为中心的艺术治疗观点常常忽视来自加勒比海地区及其内部的学生和客户的文化体验。这些遗漏使系统性种族主义长期存在，缺乏包容性，并且未能考虑来自不同文化背景的学生，特别是非洲裔学生的多维立场。

作者根据他们在欧洲和美国接受的艺术治疗培训以及随后在加勒比海地区（特别是巴巴多斯和牙买加）的实践，提出了强有力的论据。这些论点包括需要采取一种交叉方法来认识文化问题，例如不同的道德标准和方法、灵性、披露互惠、社区的作用以及其他艺术形式的整合以及非洲-加勒比艺术治疗方法的发展。

此外，有人认为，以非洲为中心的方法应该融入艺术治疗培训中，重点关注和考虑历史背景以及压迫、性别、阶级、社会经济地位对艺术治疗师及其服务对象的角色和身份的影响。 。恳请艺术治疗讲师、机构和艺术治疗师在与非洲裔学生和客户合作时重新审视他们的培训和治疗实践风格。他们面临的挑战是进行自我反省和适当的监督，以培养一种包容性而非压迫性的治疗风格。