Expressive Arts Therapies Books
Songs of Discovery for Music Therapy: A Practical Resource for Therapists and Educators
This rich collection of 32 original songs assists you in supporting the development of positive educational and therapeutic outcomes. Born of clinical work by music therapists at The Center for... (more)
Trauma-Informed and Embodied Approaches to Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Covering a range of embodied, trauma-informed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, mindfulness and yogic... (more)
Play Therapy Dimensions Model: New Insights for Integrative Play Therapists (3rd edition)
An updated take on a fundamental decision-making framework, this practical guide explores the dimensions of play therapy and how they apply to today's practitioner. In-depth case studies illustrate... (more)
Trauma-Informed Art Activities for Early Childhood: Using Process Art to Repair Trauma and Help Children Thrive
Covering the fundamental principles of art therapy informed activities, this easy-to-use resource delves into the importance and usefulness of art in early childhood development to heal trauma. ... (more)
Space, Place and Dramatherapy: International Perspectives
Space, Place and Dramatherapy: International Perspectives provides radical, critical and practical insights into the relevance and significance of space and place in dramatherapy practice. Bringing... (more)
Creative Activities for Group Therapy: Second Edition
The second edition of Creative Activities for Group Therapy focuses on evidence-based alternatives for verbal expression in group therapy, which provides group leaders with innovative inspirational... (more)
Dance/Movement Therapy and Sexual Abuse: Assessment and Intervention Based on Body-Mind Approaches
Dance/Movement Therapy and Sexual Abuse addresses the vital role dance/movement therapy plays in helping survivors of sexual abuse.
Comprising ten chapters, the book describes assessment,... (more)
The AutPlay® Therapy Handbook: Integrative Family Play Therapy with Neurodivergent Children
The AutPlay® Therapy Handbook provides a thorough explanation and understanding of AutPlay® Therapy (an integrative family play therapy framework) and details how to effectively implement AutPlay®... (more)
Art Therapy and Career Counseling: Creative Strategies for Career Development Across the Lifespan
Art Therapy and Career Counseling is a comprehensive career development guide that offers creative approaches for understanding, assessing, and supporting ethical career development... (more)
Intercultural Dramatherapy: Imagination and Action at the Intersections of Difference
The first overarching work on dramatherapy intercultural practice and research, this book explores the therapeutic encounter between therapists and participants as an intercultural space,... (more)
Dance/Movement Therapy for Infants and Young Children with Medical Illness: Treating Somatic and Psychic Distress
This book presents dance/movement therapy as a window into the emotional and internal experience of a baby with a medical illness, within the context of treating the whole family system and using the... (more)
Creative Bodies in Therapy, Performance and Community: Research and Practice that Brings us Home
Creative Bodies in Therapy, Performance and Community champions several diverse and innovative approaches in the professional engagement with the creative body as a catalyst for change in therapy,... (more)
Play Therapy Supervision: A Practical Guide to Models and Best Practices
Play therapy is one of the fastest-growing specialty areas in mental health. Understanding the skills, knowledge, and strategies that make play therapy supervision effective is essential in... (more)
Handbook of Expressive Arts Therapy
This authoritative and comprehensive volume explains how to integrate movement, sound, art, play, imagery, drama, and other multisensory practices into psychotherapy. Cathy A. Malchiodi and other... (more)
Group Psychodrama for Dementia, Old Age, and Loneliness: Trusting the Process
Group Psychodrama for Dementia, Old Age, and Loneliness offers a fresh approach for professionals working with older individuals by employing new and exciting custom methodologies in psychodrama,... (more)
Dynamic Play and Creative Movement: Powering Body and Brain
Dynamic Play and Creative Movement offers effective and accessible methods to supplement elementary education for young children using dance, movement, and play.
Imagination, physical energy,... (more)
EMDR and Creative Arts Therapies
This book guides therapists trained in EMDR in the successful integration of the creative arts therapies to make the healing potential of EMDR safer and more accessible for patients who present with... (more)
Dramatherapy with Elders and People with Dementia: Enabling Developmental Wellbeing
Dramatherapy with Elders and People with Dementia illuminates how targeted sessions of dramatherapy can improve the quality of life of elderly people with dementia.
The book takes the reader... (more)
A Playful Approach to Restoration Therapy: Helping Kids Play their Way from Pain to Peace
This accessible guide provides family and play therapists with an innovative method for addressing maladaptive emotional behavior in vulnerable children, helping them develop a practical... (more)
Personal Process in Child-Centred Play Therapy
Personal Process in Child-Centred Play Therapy provides a very specific exploration of the play therapy process from the personal perspective of the play therapist.
This volume examines the... (more)
A Meaning-Based Approach to Art Therapy: From the Holocaust to Contemporary Practices
A Meaning-Based Approach to Art Therapy contextualizes the phenomena of Holocaust artwork for the field of art therapy and uses this canon of artwork to support the inclusion of logotherapy into art... (more)
Social Action Art Therapy in a Time of Crisis
Social Action Art Therapy in a Time of Crisis outlines theories and models of social action art therapy, identifies its application in times of crisis, and explores the ways in which art therapy can... (more)
Goal Processes in Music Therapy Practice
A combination of primary qualitative research with existing literature allows for a thorough understanding of how goal setting is influenced by both the therapist and the person with whom they work,... (more)
Receptive Music Therapy: Techniques, Clinical Applications and New Perspectives: Second Edition
The second edition of Receptive Music Therapy builds on the foundations of the first but provides a completely new rendition, replete with examples from contemporary practices and recognising the... (more)
Sandtray Therapy: A Practical Manual
The fourth edition includes important discussion of the neurobiological aspects of trauma and sandtray therapy, further exploration of sandtray therapy in the context of the DSM-5, and a renewed... (more)
Art Therapy with Special Education Students
Art Therapy with Special Education Students is a practical and innovative book that details the best suitable ways to work in the field of art therapy with special education students.
This book... (more)
Bridging the Creative Arts Therapies and Arts in Health: Toward Inspirational Practice
Case studies and perspectives from around the globe illustrate examples of effective collaborations between clinical creative arts therapists and arts in health practitioners. Reaching beyond silos,... (more)
Pluralistic Sand-Tray Therapy: Humanistic Principles for Working Creatively with Adult Clients
In this book, Fleet provides the first comprehensive guide to implementing sand-tray therapy within a pluralistic framework.
Pluralistic Sand-Tray Therapy offers several unique contributions to... (more)
Art Psychotherapy and Innovation: New Territories, Techniques and Technologies
Art Psychotherapy and Innovation captures the range of activity at the vanguard of practice and research in the field.
Reflecting the sector's increasing focus on ways of fostering psychological... (more)
Ecopoiesis: A New Perspective for The Expressive and Creative Arts Therapies In The 21st Century
This book is an innovative forum of tools, theory, and methods that nurture the reader's understanding of new eco perspectives and nature-assisted expressive arts and art therapies. (more)