Taking a flexible needs-based approach

Dyadic art therapists aim to offer an intervention that responds directly to the needs of each child.

The therapist is not following a blueprint or prescription for the intervention. Instead, the therapist adopts a flexible case-by-case approach to structuring and planning each intervention.

The therapist offers a flexible, needs-led intervention that is also coherent and consistent:

‘It seems to me that the artistry of good therapy lies in being flexible, but within certain guidelines, rather than being either rigidly unbending or fluidly unpredictable’ (Rubin 2012, p.54).

Achieving the goal

Details about the steps therapists take to achieve this goal, can be found in the next stage of the manual, Steps.

Steps specific for this goal include

• structuring the intervention and sessions

• adopting an appropriate approach

References

Rubin, J. A. (2012). The Art of Art Therapy: What Every Art Therapist Needs to Know: Taylor & Francis.