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Healing the Inner City Child
Creative Arts Therapies with At-risk Youth
Edited by Vanessa A. Camilleri
The contributors draw on their professional experience in school and community settings to describe a wide variety of suitable therapeutic interventions that enable children to deal with experiences of trauma, loss, abuse, and other risk factors that may affect their ability to reach their full academic and personal potentials. Learn More2007, Paperback / softback, 9.21in x 6.18in / 234mm x 157mm, 320pp, CA$49.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-824-52007, Ebook, PDF, 320pp, CA$49.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-636-0 -
Expressive and Creative Arts Methods for Trauma Survivors
Lois Carey
Drawing on detailed case studies and a growing body of evidence of the benefits of non-verbal therapies, the contributors - all leading practitioners in their fields - provide an overview of creative therapies that tap into sensate aspects of the brain not always reached by verbal therapy alone. Learn More2006, Paperback / softback, 8.58in x 6.18in / 218mm x 157mm, 224pp, CA$40.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-386-82006, Ebook, ePUB, 224pp, CA$40.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-499-1 -
Grief Unseen
Healing Pregnancy Loss through the Arts
Laura Seftel
At least one in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage, yet aftercare is rarely available for those who have experienced it. Grief Unseen explains different kinds of childbearing losses, such as failed fertility treatment, ectopic pregnancy, and stillbirth, and explores their emotional impact on women and their partners, and the process of healing. Learn More2006, Paperback / softback, 9.02in x 6.06in / 229mm x 154mm, 192pp, CA$35.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-805-42006, Ebook, ePUB, 192pp, CA$35.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-479-3 -
Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy
Toward a Therapeutic Aesthetics
Paolo Knill, Ellen G. Levine and Stephen K. Levine
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. Learn More2004, Paperback / softback, 9.25in x 6.10in / 235mm x 155mm, 264pp, CA$40.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-039-32004, Ebook, ePUB, 264pp, CA$40.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-032-0 -
Health, the Individual, and Integrated Medicine
Revisiting an Aesthetic of Health Care
David Aldridge
Complementary therapies are a vital part of any integrated approach to health which includes specialist and layman knowledge. He provides a critique of methods used to assess treatment, and advocates a more pluralistic approach to medical research and practice, looking at physical, psychological, spiritual and social dimensions of a person's life. Learn More2004, Paperback / softback, 9.09in x 6.26in / 231mm x 159mm, 224pp, CA$40.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-232-82004, Ebook, PDF, 224pp, CA$40.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-644-5 -
Creative Therapies with Traumatised Children
Anne Bannister
As a probation officer and social worker, Anne Bannister has successfully used creative therapies with abused children for 25 years. Combining her practical experience and recent doctoral research she reflects on how and why these therapies actually work in the healing process. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.22in / 233mm x 158mm, 176pp, CA$35.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-155-02003, Ebook, ePUB, 176pp, CA$35.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-429-8 -
Expressive Arts with Elders
A Resource Second Edition
Edited by Naida Weisberg and Rosilyn Wilder
This engaging and practical book shows how older people who are disoriented or depressed by the process of ageing can experience a renewed sense of connectedness and life-affirmation through the expressive arts and arts therapies. The contributors combine an analysis of theoretical considerations around themes of aging, society and dementia. Learn More2001, 240pp -
Beginning Research in the Arts Therapies
A Practical Guide
Gary Ansdell and Mercédès Pavlicevic
The authors hold your hand and give you plenty of hints and tips while you prepare your funding proposal or research project. They help you think about your title, structure your research questions and aims, and prepare to collect, organize and analyze your research data. This book makes arts therapies research fun and absorbing. Learn More2001, Paperback / softback, 9.61in x 7.28in / 244mm x 185mm, 256pp, CA$40.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-885-42001, Ebook, ePUB, 256pp, CA$40.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-167-9 -
Creative Supervision
The Use of Expressive Arts Methods in Supervision and Self-Supervision
Mooli Lahad
In this book Lahad introduces techniques, drawn from the expressive arts therapies, which can be employed during a supervision to release information from the creative hemisphere of the brain. These techniques include storytelling, role-playing, guided fantasy, imaginary dialogues, letter-writing, drawing, and the use of colours and shapes. Learn More2000, 128pp -
More Than Just a Meal
The Art of Eating Disorders
Susan R. Makin
Susan Makin here explores how art therapies can be integrated into a multi-disciplinary approach to the treatment of eating disorders, in conjunction with medical programmes. She discusses the creative work and personal accounts of around thirty patients, examining their use of media, imagery and symbolism. Learn More2000, 240pp
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