Expressive Arts Therapies Books
Creating Children's Art Games for Emotional Support
Game playing is a highly effective way of engaging children and has long been acknowledged as an important psychological intervention. Vicky Barber has compiled this book of games to help children to... (more)
Metaphorical Stories for Child Therapy: Of Magic and Miracles
Therapeutic metaphor and stories have long been used within modalities such as hypnotherapy, play therapy, narrative therapies, and expressive therapies. Metaphorical interventions reduce client... (more)
Sandplay Therapy: Research and Practice
This book explores the essence of sandplay therapy. Drawing on Grace Hong's extensive work in the field the book discusses this unique, creative and nonverbal approach to therapy. The book focuses on... (more)
Music Therapy and Addictions
Recent studies show that music can reach the parts of the human brain that are linked to addiction, and can function as an integral part of recovery. This research-based, practical book demonstrates... (more)
Arts Activities for Children and Young People in Need: Helping Children to Develop Mindfulness, Spiritual Awareness and Self-Esteem
Art-based activities can develop presilience and self-esteem, enabling children in need to cope better with ongoing stress and loss. Arts Activities for Children and Young People in Need offers... (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)
Materials and Media in Art Therapy: Critical Understandings of Diverse Artistic Vocabularies
In art making, materials and media are the intermediaries between private ideas, thoughts, and feelings, and their external manifestations in tangible, sensual form. Thus, materials provide the core... (more)
Music and Mind in Everyday Life
Music pervades everyday life - in homes, on trains and planes, in cars and shops, at births and deaths, at weddings and war, in concert halls, clubs, stadiums, and fields. In so many ways, music... (more)
Drama as Therapy: Volume 2: Clinical Work and Research into Practice
How is dramatherapy practised? What does research reveal about how dramatherapy offers therapeutic change? This book examines the many ways clients and therapists explore the therapeutic... (more)
Adolescents, Music and Music Therapy: Methods and Techniques for Clincians, Educators and Students
When guided effectively, the relationship between adolescents and music can offer powerful opportunities for expression and release. This book provides music therapists with the complete 'how to' of... (more)
Trauma, Tragedy, Therapy: The Arts and Human Suffering
"Trauma, Tragedy, Therapy: The Arts and Human Suffering" explores the nature of traumatic experience and the therapeutic role of the arts and arts therapies in responding to it. It suggests that by... (more)
Using Expressive Arts to Work with Mind, Body and Emotions: Theory and Practice
"Using Expressive Arts to Work with Mind, Body and Emotions" combines theory, research and activities to produce practical suggestions for enhancing client participation in the therapy process. It... (more)
Art Therapy Techniques and Applications
Contains an original composite of therapeutic goals and evocative ideas that can be used with a wide variety of clients. This book is filled with innovative suggestions and plans that are easily... (more)
Dramatherapy and Social Theatre: Necessary Dialogues
In this book Sue Jennings brings together international drama therapists and theater practitioners to challenge, clarify, describe and debate some of the theoretical and practical issues in drama... (more)
The Theory and Practice of Vocal Psychotherapy: Songs of the Self
The voice is the most powerful and widely used instrument in music therapy. This book demonstrates the enormous possibilities for personal change and growth using a new, voice-based model of... (more)
Exploring the Self Through Photography: Activities for Use in Group Work
Photography is an activity that can be enjoyed by all ages whether as a valued leisure pursuit, a creative hobby or as an occasional holiday pastime. On a deeper level, however, photography shows us... (more)
Creative Coping Skills for Children: Emotional Support Through Arts and Crafts Activities
Everyone has different needs when it comes to coping with lifes stressors, and children are no different. This book covers projects that include making wish fairies, dream catchers, and mandalas;... (more)
Art as an Early Intervention Tool for Children with Autism
The early years are the most critical period of learning for a child with autism. Therapeutic art-making can be a useful tool to tap into their imaginations and help them to express their thoughts... (more)
Introduction to Art Therapy: Sources and Resources: Second Edition
Introduction to Art Therapy: Sources and Resources, is the thoroughly updated and revised second edition of Judith Rubin's landmark 1999 text, the first to describe the history of art in both... (more)
Art Therapy Exercises: Inspirational and Practical Ideas to Stimulate the Imagination
This accessible book comprises a collection of 80 tried-and-tested exercises, with guidelines for applying them and advice for devising new ideas. Liesl Silverstone offers a variety of exercises for... (more)
Communicative Musicality: Exploring the Basis of Human Companionship
This book explores the intrinsic musical nature of human interaction. The theory of communicative musicality was developed from groundbreaking studies showing how in mother/infant communication there... (more)
The Handbook of Play Therapy and Therapeutic Play: Second Edition
This completely revised and updated second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to using play to communicate with troubled or traumatized children and their families, and to heal emotional... (more)
Art Therapy and Clinical Neuroscience
An authoritative introductory account of the latest developments in neuroscience and its impact on art therapy theory and practice. Contributors explore the complex relationship between art and... (more)
Supervision of Dramatherapy
A thorough overview of Dramatherapy supervision and the issues that can arise during the supervisory task. Phil Jones and Ditty Dokter bring together experts from the field to examine supervision in... (more)
Melody in Music Therapy: A Therapeutic Narrative Analysis
Gudrun Aldridge and David Aldridge explore the concept of melody within its historical context and investigate current theories of melody. They make recommendations for choosing an appropriate method... (more)
Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Light on a Dark Night
"Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury" demonstrates how music therapy can be used to attend to the holistic, rather than purely functional, needs of people affected by severe head trauma. Divided... (more)
Art Therapy and Anger
Art Therapy and Anger demonstrates how the non-verbal medium of art therapy provides an ideal outlet for the expression of thoughts and feelings that are too complex and painful to put into words,... (more)
Music Therapy with Children and Their Families
In the past, music therapy work with children typically took place in special schools without the family being present. More recently, music therapy has become a widespread practice, and this book... (more)
The Creative Arts in Palliative Care
Use of the arts in palliative care settings is a powerful and effective way of addressing the practical, psychological, social and spiritual issues faced by service users in end-of-life care. "The... (more)
Supervision of Music Therapy: A Theoretical and Practical Handbook
Discusses the theoretical bases underlying approaches to supervision in music therapy, as well as focusing on the distinctive aspects of music therapy supervision from both clinical and conceptual... (more)