This page describes books that cover a particular area of work from the point of view of several of the arts therapies - such as eating disorders, and conflict - and also the newest part of our arts therapies list which looks at the theory and practice of the arts therapies as a whole. For information about our books on specific arts therapies, go to our pages on dramatherapy, play therapy, dance and movement therapy, art therapy, storymaking, and music therapy.
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A Resource for Professionals
Suzanne Darley and Wende Heath
Illustrated by Mark Darley
"A state-of-the-art book, filled with creative practical techniques, thoughtful advice and lessons from excellent case examples that all healthcare practitioners-physicians and allied healthcare professionals alike-can apply for the therapeutic and health-promoting benefits for their patients and clients."
- from the Foreword by Gene D. Cohen MD PhD, Director of the Center on Aging, Health and Humanities, Professor of Health Care Sciences and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences and The George Washington Society
This resource comprises a collection of accessible, flexible, tried-and-tested activities for use with people in a range of care settings, to help them explore their knowledge of themselves and to make sense of their experiences.
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-861-0, 279.4mm x 216mm / 11in x 8.5in, 216pp, 2007, £17.99, $29.95
Categories: Art Therapy, Health Care, Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
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Structured Therapeutic Activity Sessions
G. Rosser
Meditation and Movement is an accessible series of structured relaxation and self-awareness sessions to help strengthen students' self-control, resilience and respect - for both themselves and others.
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84905-018-0, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 144pp, 2009, £19.99, $37.95
Categories: Dance and Movement Therapy, Dramatherapy and Psychodrama, Education, Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies, Working with Children and Families
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The Arts and Human Suffering
Stephen K. Levine
Stephen K. Levine's new book explores the nature of traumatic experience and the therapeutic role of the arts and arts therapies in responding to it. It suggests that by re-imagining painful and tragic experiences through art-making, we may release their fixity and negative hold on our lives...
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-512-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp, September 2009, £18.99, $29.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
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Theory and Practice
Mark Pearson and Helen Wilson
Using Expressive Arts to Work with Mind, Body and Emotions combines theory, research and activities to produce practical suggestions for enhancing client participation in the therapy process. It surveys the literature on art therapy; somatic approaches; emotion-activating models; use of music,...
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84905-031-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp, August 2009, £19.99, $34.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
All Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies titles in alphabetical order
Masks of the Soul
Sue Jennings and Ase Minde
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-181-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 1994, £19.95, $38.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
Edited by Marian Liebmann
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-293-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 400pp, 1996, £25.00, $50.00
Categories: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies, Music Therapy
A Palette of Possibilities
Edited by Charles Kaye and Tony Blee
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-360-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 260pp, 1996, £22.99, $44.95
Categories: Health Care, Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
Fragile Board
Edited by Ditty Dokter
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-256-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp, 1994, £19.95, $36.95
Categories: Eating Disorders, Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies, Music Therapy
Reaching Across Borders
Edited by Ditty Dokter
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-550-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 1998, £22.99, $39.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
A Practical Guide
Gary Ansdell and Mercédès Pavlicevic
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-885-4, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 256pp, 2001, £19.99, $36.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
Edited by Anna Chesner and Herb Hahn
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-953-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2001, £18.99, $32.95
Categories: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies, Social Work
Speaking the Unspeakable
Bonnie Meekums
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-453-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2000, £22.99, $39.95
Categories: Counselling, Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
Anne Bannister
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-155-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp, 2003, £17.99, $32.95
Categories: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies, Working with Children and Families
Edited by Gillie Bolton
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-516-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 216pp, 2007, £19.99, $34.95
Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Health Care, Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies, Working with Older People
A Resource for Professionals
Suzanne Darley and Wende Heath
Illustrated by Mark Darley
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-861-0, 279.4mm x 216mm / 11in x 8.5in, 216pp, 2007, £17.99, $29.95
Categories: Art Therapy, Health Care, Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
A Resource
2nd edition
Edited by Naida Weisberg and Rosilyn Wilder
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-819-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 2001, £22.99, $38.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives
Edited by Stephen K. Levine and Ellen G. Levine
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-463-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 280pp, 1998, £22.99, $36.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
One River, Many Currents
Edited by Helen Payne
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-153-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp, 1993, £22.50, $41.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
Revisiting an Aesthetic of Health Care
David Aldridge
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-232-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2004, £18.99, $32.95
Categories: Health Care, Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
A Photocopiable Resource Book
Deborah M. Plummer
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-185-7, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 272pp, 2004, £18.95, $32.95
Categories: Counselling, Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies, Self Esteem
Music Therapy as part of Transdisciplinary and Collaborative Approaches
Edited by Karen Twyford and Tessa Watson
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-557-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 2008, £22.99, $39.95
Categories: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies, Music Therapy
Structured Therapeutic Activity Sessions
G. Rosser
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84905-018-0, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 144pp, 2009, £19.99, $37.95
Categories: Dance and Movement Therapy, Dramatherapy and Psychodrama, Education, Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies, Working with Children and Families
Guide to Expressive Therapy through Images and Archetypes
Leah Bartal and Nira Ne'eman
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-152-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 1992, £19.99, $38.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
The Language of Psychology and the Speech of the Soul
Stephen K. Levine
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-488-7, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 144pp, 1997, £14.99, $25.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
Toward a Therapeutic Aesthetics
Paolo Knill, Ellen G. Levine and Stephen K. Levine
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-039-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 264pp, 2004, £19.99, $32.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
Edited by Ann Cattanach
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-625-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp, 1999, £18.95, $34.95
Categories: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies, Play Therapy
A Dramatherapist's Perspective
Roger Grainger
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-654-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 180pp, 1999, £19.99, $38.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
Bridging Expression and Form
Edited by Arthur Robbins
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-559-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 275pp, 1997, £18.99, $34.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
The Arts and Human Suffering
Stephen K. Levine
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-512-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp, September 2009, £18.99, $29.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
Theory and Practice
Mark Pearson and Helen Wilson
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84905-031-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp, August 2009, £19.99, $34.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
Walking on the Magic Mountain
Deborah M. Plummer
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-671-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp, 1998, £16.99, $34.95
Category: Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies
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