Creative therapy / Expressive therapies

Caring for Music describes musical life in Hill House, a residential care home and the site of the AHRC Care for Music research project (https://careformusic.

Caring for Music describes musical life in Hill House, a residential care home and the site of the AHRC Care for Music research project (https://careformusic.

Investigation of the role of music in early life and learning has been somewhat fragmented, with studies being undertaken within a range of fields with little apparent conversation across disciplinary boundaries, and with an emphasis on pre-schoolers' and school-aged childrens' learning and engagement.

Highly practical and user friendly, this book presents 58 play therapy techniques that belong in every child clinicians toolbox.

Illustrated with rich case examples, this widely used practitioner resource and text presents a range of play approaches that facilitate healing in a shorter time frame.

Investigation of the role of music in early life and learning has been somewhat fragmented, with studies being undertaken within a range of fields with little apparent conversation across disciplinary boundaries, and with an emphasis on pre-schoolers' and school-aged childrens' learning and engagement.

Everyone is a unique combination of varied - and sometimes conflicting - facets that make up their identity.

Everyone is a unique combination of varied - and sometimes conflicting - facets that make up their identity.

We make or listen to music for the powerful effect it has on our emotions, and we can't imagine our lives without music.

We make or listen to music for the powerful effect it has on our emotions, and we can't imagine our lives without music.

Collaborative Insights provides new perspectives informed by interdisciplinary thinking on musical care throughout the life course.

Collaborative Insights provides new perspectives informed by interdisciplinary thinking on musical care throughout the life course.

EcoSensory Therapy addresses a growing question among practitioners in mental health, health care, social care, and education: how can the transformative and therapeutic power of nature be integrated into professional practice safely, ethically, and with confidence?

EcoSensory Therapy addresses a growing question among practitioners in mental health, health care, social care, and education: how can the transformative and therapeutic power of nature be integrated into professional practice safely, ethically, and with confidence?

This book offers innovative strategies for healing children through movement and play with multicultural, multiracial, and genderfluid considerations.

This book offers innovative strategies for healing children through movement and play with multicultural, multiracial, and genderfluid considerations.

The current mental health crisis is leaving rapidly increasing numbers of children and young people in need of urgent therapeutic support.

The current mental health crisis is leaving rapidly increasing numbers of children and young people in need of urgent therapeutic support.

Trauma and Somatic Healing offers an integrative, non-pathologizing framework for understanding human experience.

Animal-assisted professionals carry powerful stories of change - moments of connection, growth, and insight that unfold through human-animal interaction.

Intergenerational and race-based experiences shape our sense of identity, culture, and capacity for life's everyday challenges.

Intergenerational and race-based experiences shape our sense of identity, culture, and capacity for life's everyday challenges.

Animal-assisted professionals carry powerful stories of change - moments of connection, growth, and insight that unfold through human-animal interaction.

This book breaks new ground by leveraging the transformative power of dance/movement therapy (DMT) to address bullying and violence in schools.

Trauma and Somatic Healing offers an integrative, non-pathologizing framework for understanding human experience.

This book breaks new ground by leveraging the transformative power of dance/movement therapy (DMT) to address bullying and violence in schools.

Using Magic Tricks in Occupational Therapy equips occupational therapists and educators with a creative, evidence-informed framework for incorporating simple magic tricks as therapeutic tools that enhance client engagement, supportfunctional goals, and promote meaningful participation.

Using Magic Tricks in Occupational Therapy equips occupational therapists and educators with a creative, evidence-informed framework for incorporating simple magic tricks as therapeutic tools that enhance client engagement, supportfunctional goals, and promote meaningful participation.

Applying Therapeutic Yoga in Integrative Health is more than just a book-it is an invitation to actively participate in a journey of growth and transformation.

Applying Therapeutic Yoga in Integrative Health is more than just a book-it is an invitation to actively participate in a journey of growth and transformation.

This new and fully updated second edition of Creative Psychotherapy provides accessible and practical guidance for therapists working with children, adolescents and adults who wish to introduce or expand their use of play and creative media in their practice.

This new and fully updated second edition of Creative Psychotherapy provides accessible and practical guidance for therapists working with children, adolescents and adults who wish to introduce or expand their use of play and creative media in their practice.

Operating at the leading edge of music therapy, Music Therapy and Adoption provides an in-depth examination of one single case study then compares this to a wider range of examples of the author's practice to identify four repeated 'adoption themes' that arise in therapeutic work.

Operating at the leading edge of music therapy, Music Therapy and Adoption provides an in-depth examination of one single case study then compares this to a wider range of examples of the author's practice to identify four repeated 'adoption themes' that arise in therapeutic work.

Hands, Wrists, Fingers invites musicians to explore a new way of thinking about good health.

Hands, Wrists, Fingers invites musicians to explore a new way of thinking about good health.

Art therapists work with a range of distinct philosophical and theoretical underpinnings, but prior to the first edition there had been no single book to offer an overview of these theories.

Mindfulness Through Science and Verse bridges contemplative wisdom, psychological science, and poetic expression to offer a novel framework for understanding and practising mindfulness.

Art therapists work with a range of distinct philosophical and theoretical underpinnings, but prior to the first edition there had been no single book to offer an overview of these theories.

Mindfulness Through Science and Verse bridges contemplative wisdom, psychological science, and poetic expression to offer a novel framework for understanding and practising mindfulness.

The legal and humanitarian response to the world's growing population of refugees and migrants has created more awareness of not only the physical but also the psychological needs of displaced peoples.

The legal and humanitarian response to the world's growing population of refugees and migrants has created more awareness of not only the physical but also the psychological needs of displaced peoples.

This book actively challenges the constraints imposed by dominant cis-heteronormative paradigms and advocates for a dynamic and fluid understanding of identity and healing, framing social justice and liberation as indispensable components of therapeutic practice.

This book actively challenges the constraints imposed by dominant cis-heteronormative paradigms and advocates for a dynamic and fluid understanding of identity and healing, framing social justice and liberation as indispensable components of therapeutic practice.

The third edition of Child-Centered Play Therapy is a comprehensive, engaging, and practical guide for best practice in child-centered play therapy.

Interest in the use of digital technology in art therapy has grown significantly in recent years.

Interest in the use of digital technology in art therapy has grown significantly in recent years.

The third edition of Child-Centered Play Therapy is a comprehensive, engaging, and practical guide for best practice in child-centered play therapy.

Blanche Evan's holistic philosophy places dance and movement at the core of the therapy process.

Blanche Evan's holistic philosophy places dance and movement at the core of the therapy process.