Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies write by Laury Rappaport. This book was released on 2013-10-21. Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This ground-breaking book explores the theoretical, clinical and training application of integrating mindfulness with all of the arts therapies, and includes cutting-edge contributions from neuroscience. Written by pioneers and leaders in the arts therapies and psychology fields, the book includes 6 sections that examine mindfulness and the arts therapies from different perspectives: 1) the history and roots of mindfulness in relation to spirituality, psychotherapy and the arts therapies; 2) the role of the expressive arts in cultivating mindful awareness; 3) innovative approaches that add mindfulness to the arts therapies; 4) arts therapies approaches that are inherently mindfulness-based; 5) mindfulness in the training and education of arts therapists; and 6) the neuroscience underlying mindfulness and the arts therapies. Contributors describe their pioneering work with diverse applications: people with cancer, trauma, chronic pain, substance abuse, severe mental illness, clients in private practice, adolescents at camp, training dance and art therapists, and more. This rich resource will inspire and rejuvenate all clinicians and educators.
Art Therapy and Creative Coping Techniques for Older Adults
Art Therapy and Creative Coping Techniques for Older Adults - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Art Therapy and Creative Coping Techniques for Older Adults write by Susan Buchalter. This book was released on 2011-08-15. Art Therapy and Creative Coping Techniques for Older Adults available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Art and the therapeutic uses of art provide older adults with valuable ways in which to express and share their feelings, needs and fears, and with a resource for coping with life's major changes. This practical book is filled with step-by-step exercises for art therapists and other professionals to use in work with older adults, either individually or in groups. The author provides brief, imaginative warm-ups, which encourage participants to become more at ease expressing themselves creatively. She offers ideas for engaging and innovative creative projects across a range of media, including art, music, movement, poetry and creative writing, all of which can be adapted, personalised or combined to meet the particular needs of individual participants. Points to consider when working with this client group are explored, and case study examples, with participants' artwork, are included throughout. Appropriate for use with all relatively able older adults, including those with depression, anxiety or in the early stages of dementia, this will be an invaluable tool for art therapists as well as counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers and carers.
Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy
Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy write by Laury Rappaport. This book was released on 2008-10-15. Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Focusing provides an effective way of listening to the innate wisdom of the body, while art therapy harnesses and activates creative intelligence. Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Accessing the Body's Wisdom and Creative Intelligence is a ground-breaking book integrating renowned psychologist Eugene Gendlin's Focusing with art therapy. This new, Focusing-based approach to art therapy helps clients to befriend their inner experience, access healing imagery from the body's felt sense to express in art, and carry forward implicit steps that lead toward change. Written for readers to be able to learn the application of this innovative approach, the book provides in-depth examples and descriptions of how to adapt Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy to a wide variety of clinical populations including individuals and groups with severe psychiatric illness, trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and more, as well as applications to private practice, illness and wellness, spirituality, and self-care. Integrating theory, clinical practice, and numerous guided exercises, this accessible book will enhance clinical sensitivity and skill, while adding resources for bringing creativity into practice. It will be of interest to art therapists, Focusing therapists, psychologists, counselors and social workers, as well as trainers and students.
Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy
Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy write by Paolo J. Knill. This book was released on 2005. Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book lays the foundation for a fresh interpretation of art-making and the therapeutic process by re-examining the concept of poiesis. The authors clarify the methodology and theory of practice with a focus on intermodal therapy, crystallization theory and polyaesthetics, and give guidance on the didactics of acquiring practical skills.
Mindful Art Therapy
Mindful Art Therapy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mindful Art Therapy write by Barbara Jean Davis. This book was released on 2015-06-21. Mindful Art Therapy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The mindful art therapy presented in this book places inner contemplation, openness and visual language at its centre, showing how traditional Eastern wisdom can be integrated into modern psychotherapeutic practice for mind-body wellness. This book introduces a foundation for mindful art therapy practice by providing a coherent framework that bridges paradigms between eastern and western traditions. The author clarifies different approaches from mindfulness traditions to guide students and practitioners in determining the most suitable and personalised method for practice, research and professional development. The book features case studies and artworks from the treatment of common clinical presentations such as anxiety and depression and includes a guided meditation script and audio file. This book is an essential text for art therapy and psychology students, academics and allied health professionals who seek to integrate mindful art therapy into research and practice.
