Prof. Dr. Rabea Müller

1998 Degree in Special Education with a focus on Art Therapy and Speech Therapy Education at the University of Cologne. 

1998 – present Foundation and management of the special education art therapy practice for children and adolescents in Cologne (Atelier artig) with Dr. A. Preß

2009 – 2011 Research Associate at the University of Cologne, Chair: Special Education Art Education/Art Therapy 

2009 – 2019 Teaching assignment at Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences. Departments: Artistic Therapies and Childhood Education/Educational Science

2011 Doctorate (Dr. paed.) at the University of Cologne, subject area: Art Education/Art Therapy

2011 – present Freelance staff member for the Museum Service of the City of Cologne

2004 – present Foundation and management of Akademie artig with Dr. A. Preß. Advanced and continuing education in the fields of art, therapy and education 

2019 – present Professorship in Art Therapy at Alanus University

Preventive art therapy with children and adolescents

General developmental diagnostics and art therapy in prevention, rehabilitation and support

Children’s drawing research (transcultural)

Art therapy & digitalization (animation as an art therapy method)

Art therapy in acute crises and stressful life events

Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR): Digital art therapy – challenge and opportunity

Editorship

2015  Atelier artig (ed.), Achim Kirsch (ed.): Papas Unfall. BALANCE, buch + MedienVerlag. 2015. Cologne

Monograph

2012 Die Kinderzeichnung als kulturell geprägte Ausdrucksform. Familiendarstellungen von 8 – 14 jährigen Heranwachsenden aus Chile und Deutschland. Regensburg, Roderer Verlag

2019 In preparation: Resource-oriented art therapy in cooperation with Barbara Wichelhaus

Articles in books and journals as well as online publications

2024 Children’s drawing as a research instrument. In: J. Masuch/ K. Singler (eds.): Art therapy – Opportunities and challenges of research, Frankfurt am Main: Mabuse-Verlag, pp. 71-81

2021 Children(‘s) experiences during the pandemic – a look into art therapy practice. In: Körper – Distanz – Ästhetik. Systhema –systemische Zeitschrift für das IF Wein-heim. Carl-Auer-Verlag. Issue 3, 2021, pp. 237 – 250.

2021 Children’s drawing and art therapy. In: Herschbach, M./Klein, A.(eds.): Facets of Art Therapy, Munich: utzverlag, pp. 91-96.

2021 Sustainability as a principle of action for resource use in art therapy. In: Pflanzenfarben und Naturmaterialien in der Kunsttherapie C.Roy (ed).1st edition. Open-source anthology.

2019 Animation as an art therapy method for children in crisis. In: Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Kinderschutz-Zentren e.V. (ed): Childhood – measured and forgotten. Cologne, Die Kinderschutz-Zentren, pp. 281-289 (with Angelika Preß).

2018 Animation as an art therapy method. In: Heinfried Duncker, Ruth Hampe, Monika Wigger (eds.): Creative Fields of Learning. Artistic Therapies in Cultural and Educational Contexts. Kultur – Kunst – Therapie. Volume 3. Freiburg and Munich, Verlag Karl Alber.

2018 Drawing as an art therapy measure for children with support needs. In: Karl Hörmann (ed.): Musik-, Tanz- u. Kunsttherapie. 2.2017-27. Jhg.. Lengerich, Pabst Science Publishers.

2017 Resource. Resource orientation and inclusion. Recognizing and fostering students’ possibilities, characteristics, abilities and skills for aesthetic educational processes. In: Manfred Blohm, Andreas Brenne und Sara Hornäk (eds.): Somehow different. Aspects of inclusion in the arts subjects and aesthetic education. Hannover, Fabrico  Verlag.

2017 Animation as an art therapy method in crisis situations. In: Conference proceedings “Mensch und Bild”. Art Therapy and Existential Experience. Anthology for the conference on 03.-05.07.2015, LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn. Berlin, EB-Verlag.

2014 Family drawing and cultural context. In: Sigrid Völker und Harald Gruber (eds.): Art therapy and intercultural understanding. Berlin, EB-Verlag.

2013 Family drawings by children as an expression of family experiences in different contexts. In: Frank Schulz und Ines Seumel (eds.): U20 – Childhood Youth Visual Language. Series Kontext Kunstpädagogik, Volume 35, Munich, kopaed, pp. 162-179.

2013 Family representations in children’s drawings. Expression of familial life forms in different cultures – exemplified by Chile and Germany. In: BDK-Mitteilungen, professional journal of the BDK professional association for art education 2/13, Munich, pp. 22-26.

2012 Special education art therapy to support preschool children with hearing impairments. A pilot project. In: Frühförderung interdisziplinär. Vol. 31, pp. 187 – 196 (with Hildegard Ameln-Haffke and Kristine Schmidt).

2011 Promoting communication through art therapy with preschool children with hearing impairments. Online on the Internet in the portal “TAUBENSCHLAG” under URL: www.taubenschlag.de/wissArtikel . [04.12.11] (with Hildegard Ameln-Haffke and Kristine Schmidt).

2010 Children’s drawing as an investigative instrument in interculturally comparative family research. In: Constanze Kirchner, Johannes Kirschenmann, Monika Miller (eds.): Children’s Drawings and Youth Cultural Expression. State of Research – Research Perspectives eds.. Series Kontext Kunstpädagogik, Volume 23, pp. 405-420.

2010 meine ART – deine ART. Inclusion and empowerment in cultural education work with children and adolescents. WORKBOOK. Cologne: University. Central in-house printing office. Online on the Internet under URL: www.hf.uni-koeln.de/31348 (ed. with Hildegard Ameln-Haffke, Beate Herrmann & Sisko Zielbauer).

2010 SpielKunst – KunstSpiel: Promotion of perception and promotion of creativity. In: Hildegard Ameln-Haffke et al.(eds.): meine ART – deine ART. Inclusion and empowerment in cultural education work with children and adolescents. Workbook. Cologne, University (in-house printing office), pp. 196-199.

2010 SpielKunst – KunstSpiel: Promotion of perception, In: Rabea Müller et al. (eds.): meine ART – deine ART. Inclusion and empowerment in cultural education work with children and adolescents. Workbook. Cologne, University (in-house printing office), pp. 200-242.

2000 Children’s drawings interculturally. In: Kunst und Unterricht, issue 246/247, Seelze, Friedrich Verlag, pp. 60-65.

Reviews/Book reviews

2013 Müller, R.: Review of: Schuster, M., Ameln-Haffke, H. (2013): Selbsterfahrung durch Malen und Gestalten. Die therapeutische Kraft der Kunst nutzen. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

2012 Müller, R.: Review of: Martin, N. (2009). Art as an Early Intervention Tool for Children with Autism. London/Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. In: Musik-, Tanz- und Kunsttherapie, Vol. 23, Issue 4, Hogrefe Verlag, Göttingen, p. 176.

2012 Müller, R.: Review of: Thomas, B. (2011). Creative Expression Activities for Teens. Exploring Identity through Art, Craft and Journaling. In: Musik-, Tanz- und Kunsttherapie, Vol. 23, Issue 4, Hogrefe Verlag, Göttingen, p. 216.

2012 Müller, R.: Review of: Burt, H. (ed.). (2012). Art Therapy and Postmodernism. Creative Healing Through a Prism. In: Musik-, Tanz- und Kunsttherapie, Vol. 23, Issue 4, Hogrefe Verlag, Göttingen, p. 2016.

2012 Müller, R.: Review of: Dahm-Puchalla, A. (2012). Mit Gefühlen kunsttherapeutisch arbeiten. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Semnos Verlag.

2011 Müller, R.: Review of: Gruber, H., Wichelhaus, B. (eds.) (2011): Kunsttherapie mit Kindern und Jugendlichen. Aktuelle Bezüge aus klinischen und sozialen Anwendungsfeldern. Berlin: EB-Verlag.

2004 Müller, R. Review of: Kramer, E. (2003). Kindheit und Kunsttherapie. Theorie und Praxis. In Zusammenarbeit mit Laurie Wilson, Graz-Wien: Nausner & Nausner Verlag. In Musik-, Tanz- und Kunsttherapie, Vol. 15, Issue 4, Hogrefe Verlag, Göttingen, pp. 214-215.