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Foundations of expressive arts therapy : theoretical and clinical perspectives / Stephen K. Levine and Ellen G. Levine.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arts--Therapeutic use.
- Arts.
- Psychotherapy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : J. Kingsley Publishers, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book provides an arts-based approach to theories and practices of expressive arts therapy. The contributors emphasize the importance of the imagination and aesthetic experience, arguing that these are central to psychological well-being, and challenging views which emphasise the cognitive and emotional dimensions of mental health development.
- Contents:
- Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy: Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives; Contents; Introduction; Part I Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives; 1 Poiesis and Post-Modernism: The Search for a Foundation in Expressive Arts Therapy; 2 Soul Nourishment, or the Intermodal Language of Imagination; 3 The Necessity of Form: Expressive Arts Therapy in the Light of the Work of K.E. Løgstrup; 4 Artistic Inquiry: Research in Expressive Arts Therapy; Part II Clinical Perspectives; 5 Voicework as Therapy: The Artistic Use of Singing and Vocal Sound to Heal Mind and Body
- 6 The Creative Connection: A Holistic Expressive Arts Process7 Living Artfully: Movement as an Integrative Process; 8 Layer Upon Layer: A Healing Experience in the Art Studio; 9 Music as Mother: The Mothering Function of Music through Expressive and Receptive Avenues; 10 Between Imagination and Belief: Poetry as Therapeutic Intervention; 11 Poetry in the Oral Tradition: Serious Play with Words; 12 The Theater of the Holocaust; 13 In Exile from the Body: Creating a 'Play Room' in the 'Waiting Room'; 14 On the Play Ground: Child Psychotherapy and Expressive Arts Therapy; The Contributors
- Subject IndexAuthor Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786610407750
- 9781417553884
- 141755388X
- 9781280407758
- 1280407751
- 9781846421853
- 1846421853
- 9780585124155
- 0585124159
- OCLC:
- 898769318
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