Gerry McNeilly is a trained specialist in art therapy, psychotherapy and group analysis. Following art therapy training in 1976, he was the principal art therapist at the Ingrebourne Centre and 'Full Member' of the Institute of Group Analysis from 1987. He established and directed a psychotherapy and counselling service in Bromsgrove, England and was the principal adult psychotherapist in Warwickshire from 1995 to 2011. He is an active member of the teaching body of the Portuguese Society of Art Therapy and also the originator of Group Analytic Art Therapy. Although now retired, he still undertakes some lecturing and academic involvement.

PART 1 Introduction 1.Setting The Scene 2. Three Models and One Synthesis 3. Specifics in Therapeutic Love and Heartfullness 4. 'Meanderings Through Literature' 5. Reflections and Art Therapy Perspectives 6. Individual Psychotherapy CHAPTERS 7-10 'Group Analysis - Primarily Verbal' 7. Overview 8. Early Period 9. Middle Stages of Development 10. The Closing Years 11. Convergence PART 2 The Gap 12. Mind The Gap 13. The Thoughts I Threw Away 14. Outside The Consulting Room 15. The Lighter Side 16. Epilogue