Expressive Arts Therapies Books
Art Therapy, Trauma, and Neuroscience: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
Art Therapy, Trauma, and Neuroscience combines theory, research, and practice with traumatized populations in a neuroscience framework. The classic edition includes a new preface from the author... (more)
Inspiring Creative Supervision
Supervision is most commonly practiced using conscious thought, questioning and verbal discussion. Yet creative supervision can be a stimulating and valuable alternative or adjunct to this, and is a... (more)
Art Therapy and Creative Aging: Reclaiming Elderhood, Health and Wellbeing
Art Therapy and Creative Aging offers an integrated perspective on engaging with older people through the arts. Drawing from the author's clinical, research and teaching experiences, the book... (more)
Healthy Mindsets for Little Kids: A Resilience Programme to Help Children Aged 5 – 9 with Anger, Anxiety, Attachment, Body Image, Conflict, Discipline, Empathy and Self-Esteem
This flexible, early-intervention programme utilises hands-on activities and worksheets to address behaviour issues and teach core resilience skills in children aged 5-9. Based around ten guided... (more)
The Mindfulness Colouring Book: Anti-stress Art Therapy for Busy People
The bestselling adult colouring book! Working with your hands is one of the best ways to soothe anxiety and eliminate stress. This stunning, pocket-sized colouring book offers a practical exercise in... (more)
Creative Supervision Across Modalities
Creative methods can bring depth and new perspectives to the supervision process. This book proposes that a firm understanding of supervision theory is the vital foundation to utilising the power of... (more)
Dreams and Nightmares in Art Therapy: The Dream of the Jaguar
Dreams and Nightmares in Art Therapy draws on the author's extensive art psychotherapy practice and teaching to provide a wide range of creative writing and visual art methods for dreamwork. ... (more)
Somatic Art Therapy: Alleviating Pain and Trauma through Art
This book focuses on somatic art therapy for treating acute or chronic pain, especially resulting from physical and/or psychological trauma. It discusses the role of the psyche in physical healing... (more)
Eco-Art Therapy in Practice
Eco-Art Therapy in Practice is uplifting, optimistic, and empowering while outlining cost-effective, time efficient, and research-based steps on how to use nature in session to enhance client... (more)
Becoming and Being a Play Therapist: Play Therapy in Practice
Becoming and Being a Play Therapist: Play Therapy in Practice presents a rich and illuminating account of current play therapy practice, with an emphasis on becoming and being a play therapist and on... (more)
Cancer and Creativity: A psychoanalytic guide to therapeutic transformation
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Art-Making with Refugees and Survivors: Creative and Transformative Responses to Trauma After Natural Disasters War and Other Crises
This timely book reveals the therapeutic effect group art projects can have when working with survivors and refugees of war, natural disaster, poverty, pandemic and genocide. (more)
Writing Cures: An Introductory Handbook of Writing in Counselling and Therapy
Writing Cures demonstrates the power of expressive and reflective writing in the context of therapy, whether online or text-based, enabling counsellors and psychotherapists to undertake writing... (more)
Essentials of Dance Movement Psychotherapy: International Perspectives on Theory, Research, and Practice
Essentials of Dance Movement Psychotherapy contributes to the global interest in embodiment approaches to psychotherapy and to the field of dance movement psychotherapy specifically. It includes... (more)
Challenges in the Theory and Practice of Play Therapy
Challenges in the Theory and Practice of Play Therapy provides an advanced and in-depth exploration of the issues and challenges relating to the training, theory and practice of Child-Centred Play... (more)
The Inner World Outside: Object Relations Theory and Psychodrama: Second Edition
First published in 1993, The Inner World Outside has become a classic in its field. Paul Holmes walks the reader through the 'inner world' of object relationships and the corresponding 'outside... (more)
Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) and Music Imagery Methods for Individual and Group Therapy
This is the first book to systematically describe the range of approaches used in music imagery and Guided Imagery and Music across the lifespan, from young children through to palliative care with... (more)
The Music in Music Therapy: Psychodynamic Music Therapy in Europe: Clinical, Theoretical and Research Approaches
Bringing together a wide range of European thought on music therapy practice, this book provides a deeper insight into the aspects of the therapeutic process which are enabled by music. Such a wide... (more)
Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies: Theory and Practice
This pioneering resource brings together new ways of thinking and practise from an international group of senior arts therapists to explore the ways in which the inward direction of mindfulness and... (more)
Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship: Third Edition
Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship is a text for graduate-level counseling students in play therapy courses. It provides comprehensive and detailed information for creating therapeutic... (more)
The Creation of Imaginary Worlds: The Role of Art, Magic and Dreams in Child Development
Alongside the world of everyday reality, the young child develops an imaginary world of child art, make-believe play, daydreams, imaginary friends, fairy tales and magic. This book charts the... (more)
Focusing-oriented Art Therapy: Accessing the Body's Wisdom and Creative Intelligence
Focusing is a mind/body method of listening in a gentle, compassionate way to the innate wisdom of the body. Through Focusing, the client can deepen their relationship with their inner self, allowing... (more)
The Embodied Self: Movement and Psychoanalysis
By integrating principles from her background as a movement psychotherapist and movement analyst with key concepts from contemporary psychoanalysis, the author offers a new perspective on exploring... (more)
Understanding Children's Sandplay
Dr Margaret Lowenfeld was a pioneer of non-verbal communication, particularly with disturbed children. By using symbols meaningful to them she evolved techniques through which they could express... (more)
The Changing Shape of Art Therapy: New Developments in Theory and Practice.
Including contributions from some of the leading art therapists in Britain, this text addresses the key issues in the theory and practice of art therapy. (more)
Healing and Transformation in Sandplay: Creative Processes Become Visible
Sandplay is a powerful method of psychotherapy, based on practical, creative modelling - literally a "hands-on" approach to healing the whole person. Sandplay has both diagnostic and therapeutic... (more)
Music therapy in context: Music, meaning and relationship
Addressing current debates in music therapy on the question of 'meaning', this text asks such questions as: Are words necessary in creative music therapy? How is clinical improvization distinct from... (more)
Introduction to Drama Therapy
A general introduction to drama therapy including : a brief history of the discipline, explaining the therapeutic value of the theatre and drama that takes place, the importance of Dramatherapy in... (more)
Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children: Second Edition
A trusted, comprehensive resource, this volume demonstrates a range of creative approaches for facilitating children's emotional reparation and recovery from trauma. Experts in play, art, music,... (more)