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To begin, I would like to describe a scene which stands as an extended metaphor for the substance of this paper: art therapy, at its best, is, for the client, a non-verbal work in progress, not a completed work or a product.
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Standora, J.E. (1981). Art as an Adjunct Therapy in Drug Treatment: Self-Actualization Through Non-Verbal Communication. In: Schecter, A.J. (eds) Drug Dependence and Alcoholism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3614-3_48
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