User talk:Malcolmmax

I am new to this, and finding my way, so sorry if I get things wrong. I am a British Art Therapist(and a Council Member, British Association of Art Therapists). The art therapy article as it stands is very US based, and there are significant differences. I propose to start contributing to the page with this in mind. My first proposed addition is this, in the section on assessment tools:

'It is important to note however that attitudes to assessment differ internationally. 'Assessment' is easily confused with 'diagnosis'. Because diagnosis is a medical function rather than a therapeutic one, British art therapists tend to resist the implied medicalisation of what is essentially a non medical approach, which concentrates on 'seeing the person, not the label'. The British Association of Art Therapists statement on diagnosis simply states that ‘Art Therapists do not diagnose…' (http://www.baat.org.uk)'

Any thoughts on this before I go ahead?

Malcolmmax (talk) 19:31, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia

Welcome!

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I've gone ahead and moved your comments to Talk:Art therapy#'Assessment' vs. 'diagnosis'. Enviroboy^Talk_Cs 23:41, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE:New contributer. I was just asking whether you preferred to have your comments on the actual talk page rather than the /comments subpage. I removed my question after I moved your comments to the talk page.

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