Abstract
Responsive art making, using arts media to respond to the affect within the therapeutic context, is emerging as an important method in the clinical repertoire of art therapists working within health care settings in the UK. This article develops a rationale for the importance of responsive art making as an interactive mentalizing process that establishes relational change through the interactive art-making process. A clinical vignette helps to illustrate how the art response as a method of communication can be used when words have been unavailable, particularly in conditions of high affect arousal and avoidant attachment patterns. The article concludes that methods of responsive art making require further research and examination with a mental health population.
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