Reflecting upon the 'drama of the body' and the interconnectedness of the body, mind, and soul, this book proposes a unique, playful and transformative self-awareness framework that gives voice to the body's wisdom and creativity, while also positioning SomatoDrama within the context of innovative psychosomatic research.
This book aims to show how a specific form of documentary research, founded in a theatre-making method labelled 'real fiction,' can be utilised in drama education contexts, such as classrooms and performance spaces.
Reflecting upon the 'drama of the body' and the interconnectedness of the body, mind, and soul, this book proposes a unique, playful and transformative self-awareness framework that gives voice to the body's wisdom and creativity, while also positioning SomatoDrama within the context of innovative psychosomatic research.
This book aims to show how a specific form of documentary research, founded in a theatre-making method labelled 'real fiction,' can be utilised in drama education contexts, such as classrooms and performance spaces.
The second edition of Materials and Media in Art Therapy provides an overview of material and media theory and practice in the field, with an emphasis on advances since the first edition.
Involving Minimally Speaking Communicators as Collaborators in Group Music Therapy retrospectively explores a doctoral study of participatory action research centred around one year of music therapy with six minimally speaking men living within a residential home.
The second edition of Materials and Media in Art Therapy provides an overview of material and media theory and practice in the field, with an emphasis on advances since the first edition.
This practical guide to mindfulness activities provides ready-to-use scripts that readers can use to deliver calming, soothing and grounding activities to young people of all ages, including adults.
This practical guide to mindfulness activities provides ready-to-use scripts that readers can use to deliver calming, soothing and grounding activities to young people of all ages, including adults.
Involving Minimally Speaking Communicators as Collaborators in Group Music Therapy retrospectively explores a doctoral study of participatory action research centred around one year of music therapy with six minimally speaking men living within a residential home.
Creative Action Methods in Supervision and Coaching provides an accessible yet informative introduction to the key philosophy, theories and techniques for effective creative supervision practice.
Creative Action Methods in Supervision and Coaching provides an accessible yet informative introduction to the key philosophy, theories and techniques for effective creative supervision practice.
Play Therapy and Childhood Sexual Abuse is a comprehensive guide for mental health clinicians and play therapists who work with the victims of childhood sexual abuse.
Play Therapy and Childhood Sexual Abuse is a comprehensive guide for mental health clinicians and play therapists who work with the victims of childhood sexual abuse.
Exploring how creative practices can revolutionise wellbeing and resilience in higher education, this groundbreaking collection brings together 25 academics who reveal how engaging with creative processes - from visual arts and crafts to performance and digital media - can serve as powerful tools for self-care and professional flourishing.
By showcasing the experiences of making academics, this book advocates for higher education professionals to integrate creative practices into their lives, recognising the potential to facilitate personal growth, self-discovery, and alternative ways of knowing.
By showcasing the experiences of making academics, this book advocates for higher education professionals to integrate creative practices into their lives, recognising the potential to facilitate personal growth, self-discovery, and alternative ways of knowing.
Exploring how creative practices can revolutionise wellbeing and resilience in higher education, this groundbreaking collection brings together 25 academics who reveal how engaging with creative processes - from visual arts and crafts to performance and digital media - can serve as powerful tools for self-care and professional flourishing.
Taking an occupational therapy perspective, this book provides a resource for practitioners from many disciplines working with children who have experienced complex trauma.
Weaving together first-person narratives of art practice, analytical accounts, and ethnographic research by artists and scholars in art history, theater, new media, music, and anthropology, this volume offers an overview of the wide range of conditions, processes, and motivations for artmaking among asylum seekers in view of Israel's continued legal obfuscation of the refugee status process.
Taking an occupational therapy perspective, this book provides a resource for practitioners from many disciplines working with children who have experienced complex trauma.
Through an imaginative engagement with neuroaesthetics, this vividly illustrated book presents the imagery of the forest as a creative metaphor for re-envisioning the structures of the brain, distressing mental health conditions such as anxiety and OCD, the potential for transformation, and the process of finding a new pathway forward.
Weaving together first-person narratives of art practice, analytical accounts, and ethnographic research by artists and scholars in art history, theater, new media, music, and anthropology, this volume offers an overview of the wide range of conditions, processes, and motivations for artmaking among asylum seekers in view of Israel's continued legal obfuscation of the refugee status process.
Through an imaginative engagement with neuroaesthetics, this vividly illustrated book presents the imagery of the forest as a creative metaphor for re-envisioning the structures of the brain, distressing mental health conditions such as anxiety and OCD, the potential for transformation, and the process of finding a new pathway forward.
Assessment in Art Therapy gives a unique insight into the diverse contemporary practices that constitute assessment in art therapy, providing an overview of the different approaches employed in Britain and the USA today.
Assessment in Art Therapy gives a unique insight into the diverse contemporary practices that constitute assessment in art therapy, providing an overview of the different approaches employed in Britain and the USA today.
A Therapist's Guide to Child Development gives therapists and counselors the basics they need to understand their clients in the context of development and to explain development to parents.
A Therapist's Guide to Child Development gives therapists and counselors the basics they need to understand their clients in the context of development and to explain development to parents.
This book explores social entrepreneurship in art therapy through case studies presented by contributing authors, highlighting the work of art therapists who have used innovative and collaborative approaches to increase access to art therapy services and promote system-level changes within the communities and institutions where they practice.
Rich with case material, the second edition of this respected text has been thoroughly revised with many new contributing authors and 85% new material.
Rich with case material, the second edition of this respected text has been thoroughly revised with many new contributing authors and 85% new material.
This authoritative and comprehensive volume explains how to integrate movement, sound, art, play, imagery, drama, and other multisensory practices into psychotherapy.
This book addresses key questions facing the child therapist--how and when to bring parents into the treatment process and give them tools to support their childs healthy development.
The first methods handbook devoted solely to arts-based research (ABR) is now in a thoroughly updated second edition, featuring a new section on global perspectives plus new chapters on critical approaches and documentary film.
Mindfulness-Based Play Therapy is a transtheoretical and neurobiologically informed guide rooted in the belief that the therapeutic alliance is essential to play therapy's effectiveness.
Mindfulness-Based Play Therapy is a transtheoretical and neurobiologically informed guide rooted in the belief that the therapeutic alliance is essential to play therapy's effectiveness.
Thoroughly updated with references to newly published research and engaging first-person reflections from art therapist researchers working throughout the world, the third edition of Introduction to Art Therapy Research places art therapy research within a socially complex world of compelling questions and emerging trends, while guiding readers through basic research design.
