Art therapy and clinical neuroscience / edited by Noah Hass-Cohen and Richard Carr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carr, Richard, Psy.D.

Hass-Cohen, Noah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art therapy.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers an authoritative introductory account of recent developments in clinical neuroscience and its impact on art therapy theory and practice. It deciphers neuroscientific language and theory and contributes innovative concrete applications and interventions useful in art therapy.

Contents:

FRONT COVER; Art Therapy and ClinicalNeuroscience; Contents; FOREWORD; Introduction; Part 1: The Framework; 1 Partnering of Art Therapy and Clinical Neuroscie; 2 Sensory Processes and Responses; 3 The Cortex: Regulation of Sensory and Emotional Experience; 4 Neurotransmitters, Neuromodulators and Hormones: PuttingIt All Together; 5 Visual System in Action; 6 The Stress Response and Adaptation Theory; Part II: The Ideas; 7 The Neurobiology of Relatedness: Attachment; 8 The Influence of Attention Deficit Problems; 9 Memory and Art; 10 Couples Art Therapy: Gender Differencesin Neuroscience

Part III: In Praxis11 Circles of Attachment: Art Therapy Albums; 12 Immunity at Risk and Art Therapy; 13 Art Therapy, Neuroscience and Complex PTSD; 14 Alzheimer's Disease: Art, Creativity and the Brain; 15 Art Therapy and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS):A Relational Neuroscience Case Conceptualization; 16 CREATE: Art Therapy Relational Neuroscience Principles (ATR-N); GLOSSARY; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX; BACK COVER

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611892623

9781281892621

1281892629

9781846428395

1846428394

OCLC:

476201523