Expressive Arts Therapies Books
Storybook Manual: An Introduction To Working With Storybooks Therapeutically And Creatively
This resource has been designed to support practitioners and caregivers with practical and creative ideas on how to use illustrated storybooks therapeutically with children. Whilst this book is also... (more)
Craft in Art Therapy: Diverse Approaches to the Transformative Power of Craft Materials and Methods
Craft in Art Therapy is the first book dedicated to illustrating the incorporation of craft materials and methods into art therapy theory and practice.
Contributing authors provide examples of... (more)
Trauma in the Creative and Embodied Therapies: When Words are Not Enough
Trauma in the Creative and Embodied Therapies is a cross-professional book looking at current approaches to working therapeutically and socially with trauma in a creative and embodied way.
The... (more)
Art Therapy, Dreams, and Healing: Beyond the Looking Glass
Art Therapy, Dreams, and Healing synthesizes methods to work with one's dreams through art therapy and introduces the reader to brief creative methods, Gestalt and Jungian experiential methods, and... (more)
The Handbook of Art Therapy and Digital Technology
Interest in the use of digital technology in art therapy has grown significantly in recent years. This book provides an authoritative overview of the applications of digital art therapy with... (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)
Creative Arts Therapies and Clients with Eating Disorders
Drawing on the expertise of leading creative arts therapists from around the world, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the role of the creative arts in the treatment of clients with... (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)
Raising Self-Esteem in Adults: An Eclectic Approach with Art Therapy, CBT and DBT Based Techniques
Self-esteem is the building block of therapy and wellness and is crucial in overcoming depression and anxiety and in leading a fulfilling, functional life. Filled with hundreds of practical... (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)
Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art: The Cut in Creation
Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art examines a strain of artists spanning more than a century, beginning at the dawn of photography and culminating in the discussion of contemporary artists, to... (more)
Prescriptive Play Therapy: Tailoring Interventions for Specific Childhood Problems
This book helps practitioners choose from the broad range of play therapy approaches to create a comprehensive treatment plan that meets the individual needs of each child. From leaders in the field,... (more)
Jungian Music Psychotherapy
Music is everywhere in our lives and all analysts are witness to musical symbols arising from their patient's psyche. However, there is a common resistance to working directly with musical content.... (more)
Music Therapy and Autism Across the Lifespan: A Spectrum of Approaches
The use of music therapy is long established with people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions. The combination of using music and relationship work in person-centred approaches supports the three main... (more)
Jungian Art Therapy: Images Dreams and Analytical Psychology
Jungian Art Therapy aims to provide a clear, introductory manual for art therapists on how to navigate Jung's model of working with the psyche. This exciting new text circumambulates Jung's map of... (more)
Art, Play, and Narrative Therapy: Using Metaphor to Enrich Your Clinical Practice
Art, Play, and Narrative Therapy shows mental health professionals how the blending of expressive arts, psychotherapy, and metaphorical communication can both support and enhance clinical practice.... (more)
Moves: A sourcebook of ideas for body awareness and creative movement
The aim of this publication is to deepen awareness of the body and the self through meditative movement and dance, rekindle the imagination by developing greater self-awareness, and to provide... (more)
Advanced Methods of Music Therapy Practice
The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, Analytical Music Therapy, and Vocal Psychotherapy are commonly studied and in conjunction with music therapy. This book... (more)
Dramatherapy and Autism
Using extensive examples from practice with a range of client groups, Dramatherapy and Autism confronts the assumption that people with autism are not able to function within the metaphorical realms... (more)
Using Art Media in Psychotherapy: Bringing the Power of Creativity to Practice
Using Art Media in Psychotherapy makes a thoughtful and contextual argument for using graphic art materials in psychotherapy, providing historical context for art materials and their uses and... (more)
Art Therapy Theories: A Critical Introduction
Art therapists work with a range of distinct philosophical and theoretical underpinnings, but as yet there has been no single book to offer an overview of these theories. Art Therapy Theories... (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)
Dramatherapy with Myth and Fairytale: The Golden Stories of Sesame
Myths and fairytales are our rich heritage; a veritable feast of ancient wisdom passed down through the ages in the memorable form of stories. While almost any story will have deep meaning to some... (more)
Trauma Healing at the Clay Field: A Sensorimotor Art Therapy Approach
Using clay in therapy taps into the most fundamental of human experiences - touch. This book is a comprehensive step-by-step training manual that covers all aspects of 'Work at the Clay Field', a... (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)
Communicative Musicality: Exploring the Basis of Human Companionship
Communicative Musicality explores the intrinsic musical nature of human interaction. The theory of communicative musicality was developed from groundbreaking studies showing how in mother/infant... (more)
Art Therapy and Creative Coping Techniques for Older Adults
Art and the therapeutic uses of art provide older people with valuable ways in which to express and share their feelings, needs and fears, and with a resource for coping with life's major changes.... (more)
Art in Action: Expressive Arts Therapy and Social Change
The field of expressive arts is closely tied to the work of therapeutic change. As well as being beneficial for the individual or small group, expressive arts therapy has the potential for a much... (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)
A Jungian Circumambulation of Art and Therapy: Ornithology for the Birds
Originator, innovator, activist and educator, Emeritus Professor Michael Edwards was central to the international evolution of art therapy. These previously unpublished papers are the most... (more)