Expressive Arts Therapies Books
Supervision of Dance Movement Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Handbook
This is the first book of its kind to explore the supervisory process in the psychotherapeutic practice of movement and dance. Helen Payne brings together international contributors to discuss how... (more)
Listening to Music in Psychotherapy
This enlightening text promotes listening to music as a rewarding component in the psychotherapeutic consultation. It encourages the choice of music to come from the patient, rather than being... (more)
Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation
Suitable for readers interested in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology as well as music, this book uses a theory of expectations to explain how music evokes various emotions. It identifies... (more)
Play Therapy with Abused Children: Second Edition
This second edition of Ann Cattanach's highly commended book explores the uses of play therapy with abused children as a way of helping them to heal their distress and make sense of their experiences... (more)
Narrative Approaches in Play with Children
Narrative play is a way of communicating with children using imaginative stories and narratives to share and make sense of life events. This book describes using narrative play therapeutically with... (more)
Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts
Palliative care is dedicated to ensuring that patients experience physical, spiritual and emotional ease as death approaches; bereavement care supports those who are left with the difficult task of... (more)
Expressive and Creative Arts Methods for Trauma Survivors
Demonstrates how play, art, and music therapies, as well as sandplay, psychodrama, and storytelling, can be used to aid the recovery of trauma victims. This book provides an overview of creative... (more)
Using the Creative Arts in Therapy and Healthcare: A Practical Introduction: Third Edition
"Creative Arts in Therapy and Healthcare" provides a practical introduction to the uses of arts and other creative processes to promote health and encourage healing. This latest edition includes... (more)
Drama as Therapy: Theory, Practice and Research: Second Edition
This new edition presents a coherent review of the practice and theory of dramatherapy. With a unique combination of practical guidance, clinical examples and research vignettes, this fully revised... (more)
Supervision of Sandplay Therapy
"Supervision of Sandplay Therapy", the first book on this subject, is an internationally-based volume that describes the state of the art in supervision of sandplay therapy. Recognizing that... (more)
Art Therapy with Children: From Infancy to Adolescence
XThis passionate and exciting book demonstrates the wide theoretical base of art therapy presenting new areas of clinical practice. New to the literature is innovative work with mothers and babies, a... (more)
Music Therapy with Adults with Learning Disabilities
"Music Therapy with Adults with Learning Disabilities" explores how music therapists work in partnership with people with learning disabilities to encourage independence and empowerment and to... (more)
Psychodrama: Advances in Theory and Practice
Psychodrama: Advances in Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive overview of developments in the theory and practice of psychodrama, integrating different psychodramatic schools of thought.... (more)
The Art of Grief: The Use of Expressive Arts in a Grief Support Group
Art and other expressive therapies are increasingly used in grief counselling, not only among children and adolescents, but throughout the developmental spectrum. Creative activities are commonly... (more)
Supervision of Art Psychotherapy: A Theoretical and Practical Handbook
Supervision in Art Psychotherapy will be an inspiration for advanced practitioners and students in training. It is the first book to formulate a unique theoretical base to current practice in art... (more)
The Silver Drawing Test and Draw a Story: Assessing Depression, Aggression, and Cognitive Skills
Art can be an invaluable means of communication. It can bypass language and impairment and become a means of communicating thoughts or feelings too difficult to express with words. In "The Silver... (more)
Playing the Other: Dramatizing Personal Narratives in Playback Theatre
This book is an exploration and critique of 'playback theatre', a form of improvised theatre in which a company of performers spontaneously enact autobiographical stories told to them by members of... (more)
Healing the Inner City Child: Creative Arts Therapies with At-Risk Youth
"Healing the Inner City Child" presents a diverse practical collection of creative arts therapies approaches that meet the ever-increasing mental health needs of inner city children, whose exposure... (more)
Expressive Therapies
Psychotherapists, counselors, and other health care professionals are increasingly turning to expressive therapies - including art, music, dance/movement, drama, poetry, play, sandtray, and... (more)
Cultural Issues in Play Therapy
Helping therapists hone their skills for working with diverse children and families, this unique volume looks at play therapy through a multicultural lens. Experienced practitioners examine how... (more)
Family Art Therapy: Foundations of Theory and Practice
Family Art Therapy is designed to help the reader incorporate clinical art therapy interventions techniques into family therapy practice. Expressive modalities are often used in work with families,... (more)
Receptive Methods in Music Therapy: Techniques and Clinical Applications for Music Therapy Clinicians, Educators and Students
This practical book describes the specific use of receptive (listening) methods and techniques in music therapy clinical practice and research, including relaxation with music for children and... (more)
Art Therapy, Research and Evidence-based Practice
Art Therapy is under increasing pressure to become more "evidence-based". As a result, practitioners now need to get to grips with what constitutes "evidence", how to apply research in appropriate... (more)
Sandplay Therapy: Treatment of Psychopathologies
Ten European sandplay therapists describe how severe psychopathologies can be treated in the free and protected space of the sandbox. The sandplay therapy cases in this book illustrate some of the... (more)
Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy: Toward a Therapeutic Aesthetics
Challenging traditional therapeutic approaches where the art is often secondary to the psychological model, "Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts" provides a coherent theoretical framework for... (more)
An Introduction to Medical Dance/Movement Therapy: Health Care in Motion
Presenting dance/movement therapy (DMT) as a viable and valuable psychosocial support service for those with a medical illness, Sharon W. Goodill shows how working creatively with the mind/body... (more)
Grief Unseen: Healing Pregnancy Loss Through the Arts
Approximately one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage, yet this remains a taboo topic and effective aftercare is rarely available for women who have suffered pregnancy loss. "Grief Unseen"... (more)
Music Therapy Methods in Neurorehabilitation: A Clinician's Manual
The value of music therapy in neurological rehabilitation is increasingly recognised and this practical manual provides comprehensive guidance for clinicians on the application of music therapy... (more)
Sex, Therapy and Kids: Addressing Their Concerns Through Talk and Play
A responsible, realistic, and sex-positive to sexuality in youth. In "Sex, Therapy, and Kids", Sharon Lamb demonstrates how to be sex-positive in a way thats responsive to the developmental stage of... (more)