To explore the impact of psychoanalytic ideas and contemporary visual artists upon each other, this volume examines the aesthetics of the sublime as an allegory for psychic birth.
This second edition expands upon a program that teaches expressive visual arts activities to college students to share with individuals in jails, nursing homes, psychiatric facilities, domestic abuse shelters and youth care centers.
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.
An innovative contribution to our understanding of research and practice behind Neuro-Dramatic-Play (NDP), this book demonstrates how readers may apply this attachment and play-based approach to teaching, parenting, and therapy.
An innovative contribution to our understanding of research and practice behind Neuro-Dramatic-Play (NDP), this book demonstrates how readers may apply this attachment and play-based approach to teaching, parenting, and therapy.
Body Questions in Practice is a comprehensive multimedia guide to exploring life transitions and decision-making, supporting readers during these processes by engaging with body movement and dance.
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.
In this book of essays, over 40 successful writers in varied fields -poetry, science, the performing and visual arts, psychoanalysis, journalism, literature and more- explore what drives them to write, and to work at their craft.
In this book of essays, over 40 successful writers in varied fields -poetry, science, the performing and visual arts, psychoanalysis, journalism, literature and more- explore what drives them to write, and to work at their craft.
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 volume investigates the contributions and achievements of the physically disabled dancer while challenging and recognizing the inherent inequities in the field of integrated dance in the UK which currently places greater emphasis on the learning disabled performer.
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.
This book explores the links between the psyche and the landscape-on the continuum that runs from our mental world inside to our surrounding world outside.
This book explores the links between the psyche and the landscape-on the continuum that runs from our mental world inside to our surrounding world outside.
Applied Theatre and Gender Justice is a collection of essays highlighting the value and efficacy of using applied theatre to address gender in a broad range of settings, identifying challenges, and offering concrete best practices.
Teaching Dance Improvisation serves as an introduction to, and a springboard for the author's theories, practices, and curriculum building of dance improvisation as a technique.
This book presents the importance of the role of creativity, particularly everyday creativity, in the lives of people on a mental health recovery journey.
Moving Moments in Childhood provides a roadmap to truly understanding and embodying mental and physical health for children through the lens of dance/movement therapy.
Approaching SEL Through Emotion and Color provides all the information you need to successfully guide your classroom or child through the subject matter presented in The Colors of Life book.
Contemporary Issues in Music Therapy Training introduces approaches, practices and dilemmas in contemporary learning and teaching of music therapy with a focus on experiential learning, reflective practice and inclusion.
Kreativität ist weit mehr als nur ein künstlerisches Talent – sie ist ein kraftvoller Motor, der unsere Emotionen, Gedanken und unser gesamtes Leben transformieren kann.
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.
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.
This book, written in an accessible way by leading experts in the field, offers a comprehensive exploration of arts integration in coaching through the lenses of positive and health psychology.
This innovative and practical book offers pedagogical tools to show how drama can be used in educational settings to advance a relational, action-oriented, interdisciplinary, and creative climate education attuned to the social and emotional effects of the climate emergency.
The second edition of AutPlay(R) Therapy Play and Social Groups provides a neurodiversity affirming perspective to help children and parents build healthy relationships, gain positive identity, build relationships with peers in ways that are meaningful for them, and help them navigate social situations to get what they want and need.
