This ebook focuses on the usage of restorative justice art for the improvement of mental health outcomes. Drawing from the theories and practices of restorative justice, the ebook provides a narrative but also a practical guide on how to implement restorative justice art for healing and mental health restoration. COVID19 and its socio-economic impacts created a new pandemic – mental illness. The top down clinical models for mental health are limited in their reach for relationship building and power sharing. The ebook argues that restorative justice art can be a tool that can be used beyond mental health settings including prisons, schools, workplaces and other top down structures within institutions.
The e-book includes images as well as evidences from restorative justice art pilots that were carried out in several countries during 2021-23. It also includes a four-step guide with original art used as prompts to achieve a healing effect and restoration through art.
A free extract is available from https://www.rj4allpublications.com/product/4steps/
To cite this book: Gavrielides, T. (2022). Introduction to Restorative Justice Art: Four steps to restoring mental health, London: RJ4All Publications. ISBN: 978-1-911634-52-2.
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29019.23848