KATI founder announces release of new book about art therapy and dream work

Monica Carpendale, the founder and Academic Dean of the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, has announced the release of A Geography of Dream Work and Art Therapy, her new book that explores the use of art as a way to make meaning from our dreams and facilitate healing.

Written in response to her students' ongoing requests for a such a text, Carpendale has synthesized and mapped out a wide range of theoretical approaches to applying to art therapy to dream work. While intended as a text for students of art therapy, Carpendale strives for accessibility by writing from her experience in the first-person and sharing personal memories and anecdotes.

According to Carpendale, art therapy can be an ideal tool to help clients illuminate meaning in their dreams. The visual and creative nature of art can help the conscious and unconscious to come together, allowing clients to meet the contents of their dreams in a more tangible form without losing the dreams' powerful ambiguity.

Monica Carpendale's interest in art therapy and dream work goes beyond academia or clinical practice. She recalls that, during her own art therapy education in 1985 with art therapy pioneer, Dr. Martin Fischer, the classes in dream work were the most significant and personally impactful part of her training. She went on to bring her passion for art therapy and dream work to the school that she founded in 1995, the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute.

A Geography of Dream Work and Art Therapy is published by Trafford Publishing and is available now on the Trafford website and on Amazon.