Cover -- Art Therapy and Social Action -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1 Expanding the Therapeutic Role -- 1.Art Therapy as a Tool for Social Change: A Conceptual Model -- 2. The Art Therapist as Social Activist: Reflections on a Life -- Part II Acting and Reflecting on the Action -- 3. Facing Homelessness: A Community Mask Making Project -- 4. Wielding the Shield: The Art Therapist as Conscious Witness in the Realm of Social Action -- Part III Resolving Conflict -- 5. Art and Conflict Resolution -- 6. Drawing Out Conflict -- Part IV Confronting Anger and Aggression -- 7. Anger Management Group Art Therapy for Clients in the Mental Health System -- 8. Symbolic Interactionism, Aggression, and Art Therapy -- 9. The Paper People Project on Gun Violence -- Part V Healing Trauma -- 10. Some Personal and Clinical Thoughts about Trauma, Art, and World Events -- 11. Art Making as a Response to Terrorism -- Part VI Building Community -- 12. Unity in Diversity: Communal Pluralism in the Art Studio and the Classroom -- 13. Art and Community Building from the Puppet and Mask Maker's Perspective -- 14. Art Therapy for this Multicultural World -- THE CONTRIBUTORS -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX.