This issue presents four diverse articles which I believe reflect something of the diversity in contemporary Art Therapy itself: Boram Park presents a study relating to Art Therapy training; Dafna Regev and Rotem Patishi describe a structured approach to studying mothers and children drawing together; Susan Hogan, David Sheffield and Amelia Woodward offer a literature review of arts and Art Therapy within an antenatal and postnatal care context; and Tim Wright and Tanya Andrew describe a pilot of a clinical intervention. The article by Boram Park described the phenomena of an Art Therapist trained in the UK using an autoethnographic approach to studying her own experience of the different cultures and how that relates to art therapy. As the International Journal of Art Therapy, I believe it is fitting that we publish this work. I hope it may help Art Therapists look back on our own trainings and the relationships between our cultural backgrounds and the interpretations/use of our learning. The article by Brolles et al. (2017) springs to mind as an example in this journal where the cultural context is very different from what we may have experienced as students, particularly in the UK. In future it may be necessary for Art Therapists to have sophisticated understandings of the potentially very diverse cultural contexts in which Art Therapy may be delivered – so I am grateful to this author for giving us a well-considered perspective on UK-based training: this should be helpful in considering Art Therapy when it is developed in new contexts. The article by Dafna Regev and Rotem Patishi uses experimental and quantitative methods to elucidate the relationships between art, child and parent in joint drawing tasks. It represents another example of a measured evaluation approach used in the study of Art Therapy, as can be seen in other articles in this journal such as those by Wood, Low, Molassiotis, and Tookman (2013) and Zubala, Macintyre, and Karkou (2017). In that respect, it offers a structure to and perspective on the phenomena of art creation which can enrich other approaches and clinical experience. This work should add to the related body of work on Dyadic Art Therapy, which itself relates to current and growing interest in attachment ideas. Susan Hogan, David Sheffield and Amelia Woodward give a literature reviewof arts andArt Therapywithin the context of antenatal and postnatal care. This represents an important contribution to the Art Therapy literature in an area previously not much covered in recent IJAT: Inscape publications. It should be a rich source of knowledge for anybody engaging in or considering work in this area. It suggests that, while further research may be necessary, there may be a place for the use of art in the therapeutic support of this client group. Tim Wright and Tanya Andrew offer a description of an Art Therapy pilot in home-based interventions. The strengths and difficulties of such interventions are considered – such as their often short-term nature. As some of us may have experienced in clinical practice, the condensed timeframe can create positives as well as negatives in the therapeutic process. The article also describes the practical and management issues which Art Therapists may face in such situations and as such should be useful to others who are embarking or may embark on such work. On a more general note, 2017 has been IJAT: Inscape’s first year of producing four issues. The plan is for this way of publishing the journal to continue. I hope that readers will continue to enjoy the new format with the two hard copies per year.

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本期发表了四篇不同的文章，我认为它们反映了当代艺术治疗本身的多样性：Boram Park 提出了一项与艺术治疗培训相关的研究；Dafna Regev 和 Rotem Patishi 描述了一种研究母亲和儿童一起画画的结构化方法；苏珊·霍根 (Susan Hogan)、大卫·谢菲尔德 (David Sheffield) 和阿米莉亚·伍德沃德 (Amelia Woodward) 对产前和产后护理中的艺术和艺术治疗进行了文献综述；Tim Wright 和 Tanya Andrew 描述了临床干预的试点。博拉姆帕克的文章描述了一位在英国接受培训的艺术治疗师的现象，使用自民族志方法研究她自己对不同文化的体验，以及这与艺术治疗的关系。作为 International Journal of Art Therapy，我认为我们发表这项工作是合适的。我希望它可以帮助艺术治疗师回顾我们自己的培训以及我们的文化背景与我们对学习的解释/使用之间的关系。Brolles 等人的文章。（2017）作为本期刊中的一个例子，在这种情况下，文化背景与我们作为学生可能经历的非常不同，特别是在英国。未来，艺术治疗师可能需要对可能提供艺术治疗的潜在非常多样化的文化背景有深入的了解——所以我很感谢这位作者为我们提供了一个关于英国培训的深思熟虑的观点：这当艺术治疗在新环境中发展时，应该有助于考虑艺术治疗。Dafna Regev 和 Rotem Patishi 的文章使用实验和定量方法来阐明艺术之间的关系，孩子和父母在联合绘图任务中。它代表了艺术治疗研究中使用的测量评估方法的另一个例子，正如在本期刊的其他文章中可以看到的，例如 Wood、Low、Molassiotis 和 Tookman（2013 年）以及 Zubala、Macintyre 和 Karkou（ 2017）。在这方面，它为艺术创作现象提供了一种结构和视角，可以丰富其他方法和临床经验。这项工作应该添加到 Dyadic Art Therapy 的相关工作中，这本身与当前和日益增长的对依恋想法的兴趣有关。苏珊·霍根 (Susan Hogan)、大卫·谢菲尔德 (David Sheffield) 和阿米莉亚·伍德沃德 (Amelia Woodward) 对产前和产后护理中的艺术和艺术治疗进行了文献综述。这代表了对艺术治疗文献的重要贡献，该领域以前在最近的 IJAT 中没有太多涉及：Inscape 出版物。对于从事或考虑从事该领域工作的任何人来说，它应该是丰富的知识来源。它表明，虽然可能需要进一步研究，但在该客户群体的治疗支持中可能有使用艺术的地方。蒂姆·赖特 (Tim Wright) 和坦尼娅·安德鲁 (Tanya Andrew) 描述了家庭干预中的艺术治疗试点。考虑了此类干预措施的优势和困难——例如它们通常是短期的。正如我们中的一些人在临床实践中所经历的那样，压缩的时间框架可以在治疗过程中产生积极和消极的一面。文章还描述了艺术治疗师在这种情况下可能面临的实际和管理问题，因此应该对正在或可能开始此类工作的其他人有用。更笼统地说，2017 年是 IJAT：Inscape 发行四期的第一年。计划是继续这种出版期刊的方式。我希望读者能继续享受每年两份硬拷贝的新格式。