Applying Art Therapy Directives to Ethical Decision-Making

Abstract

The DO ART ethical decision-making model for art therapy offers a series of steps and questions for considering dilemmas. However, there is a noticeable absence of art making in this process. There has been much literature indicating that art making informed by tenets of art therapy can provide valuable insight into decision-making, and help externalize the thought process, thus including art in the ethical decision-making process allows art therapists to utilize their strengths. This article expands and improves upon the DO ART ethical decision-making model to include art directives that may assist art therapists in more effective decision-making that better honors the traditions and pillars valued by the field.

Keywords: :

• Ethics
• ethical decision-making
• art therapy

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Jessica M. Hauck

Jessica M. Hauck, MA, is Lecturer and Thomson J. Ling, PhD, is Associate Dean and Professor, School of Psychology and Counseling, Caldwell University, Caldwell, NJ.

Thomson J. Ling

Jessica M. Hauck, MA, is Lecturer and Thomson J. Ling, PhD, is Associate Dean and Professor, School of Psychology and Counseling, Caldwell University, Caldwell, NJ.