Expressive Arts Therapies Books
Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools: Enabling Creativity, Sociability, Communication and Learning
Dramatherapy with Children, Young People, and Schools is the first book to specifically evaluate the unique value of dramatherapy in the educational environment. A variety of highly experienced... (more)
Assessment in Art Therapy
Assessment in Art Therapy gives a unique insight into the diverse contemporary practices that constitute assessment in art therapy, providing an overview of the different approaches employed in... (more)
Integrating Psychodrama and Systemic Constellation Work: New Directions for Action Methods, Mind-Body Therapies and Energy Healing
Systemic Constellation Work is a rapidly growing experiential healing process that is being embraced by a variety of helping professionals, both traditional and alternative, worldwide. This book... (more)
Developmental Speech-language Training Through Music for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Theoretical Orientation and Clinical Application
Speech and language impairments are one of the most challenging features of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Children with ASD are also known to be particularly responsive to music. This book makes a... (more)
Creativity and Communication in Persons with Dementia: A Practical Guide
Providing people with dementia with opportunities to engage in creative activity can play a crucial role in maintaining and enhancing communication, and in reinforcing personhood and identity. This... (more)
Music Therapy in Schools: Working with Children of All Ages in Mainstream and Special Education
The majority of music therapy work with children takes place in schools. This book documents the wealth and diversity of work that music therapists are doing in educational settings across the UK. It... (more)
Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding
Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding is the first title in the field of music therapy to explore the contribution that music therapy can make in the very early years, for instance in situations... (more)
Embodied Performances: Sexuality, Gender, Bodies
Drawing from the author's unique interdisciplinary experience, Embodied Performances responds to the feminist call for advances in conversations across disciplines. Through a pioneering integration... (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 Postmodernism: Creative Healing Through a Prism
With detailed case studies throughout and methods of inquiry that draw on psychotherapy, aesthetics and philosophy, this book offers an exploration of art therapy from a postmodernist perspective in... (more)
Developmental Drama: Dramatherapy Approaches for People with Profound or Severe Multiple Disabilities, Including Sensory Impairment
People living with severe or profound multiple disabilities (PMLD) can often struggle to connect with the world around them. This book shows how, through enjoying dramatic interaction, they can... (more)
Dramatherapy and Destructiveness: Creating the Evidence Base, Playing with Thanatos
Dramatherapy uses the healing aspects of drama and theatre as part of the therapeutic process and is increasingly required to supply evidence of its effectiveness. This book aims to provide an... (more)
Storytelling and Other Activities for Children in Therapy: Activities for Therapeutic Practice with Children
Storytelling can lead to successful therapeutic treatment with children confronting situations such as abuse or grief who may not be able to express their emotions directly. In this collection, the... (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)
Write Yourself: Creative Writing and Personal Development
The ideal introduction to how to facilitate groups and individuals in finding inspiration for their creative personal writing voices. This book explains how and why writing is such an illuminative,... (more)
Voicework in Music Therapy: Research and Practice
The voice is a powerful instrument in music therapy practice and this anthology of voicework techniques explores everything the practitioner needs to know in order to bring about successful... (more)
Social Skills, Emotional Growth and Drama Therapy: Inspiring Connection on the Autism Spectrum
This title explains and illustrates a clinically-proven approach to social and emotional development which is rooted in the concepts and practices of drama therapy. It presents an engaging and... (more)
Ritual Theatre: The Power of Dramatic Ritual in Personal Development Groups and Clinical Practice
Ritual theatre is a powerful healing system that has been practised since ancient times by early societies and in tribal communities. It has the ability to effect deep transformation in its... (more)
Narrative Play Therapy: Theory and Practice
Narrative Play Therapy is a highly effective play-based psychological intervention that enables therapists to help children communicate difficult experiences and complex emotions through... (more)
Bio-guided Music Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide to the Clinical Integration of Music and Biofeedback
Bio-Guided Music Therapy explores the clinical integration of music and biofeedback, providing the practitioner with a rationale, historical context and detailed step-by-step instructions for... (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)
Mental Health, Psychiatry and the Arts: A Teaching Handbook
This comprehensive book explores how visual art, cinema, music, poetry, literature and drama can inform the teaching and practice of psychiatrists and mental health professionals. Edited and written... (more)
Poetry and Story Therapy: The Healing Power of Creative Expression
Poetry and short stories can act as powerful springboards to growth, self-enhancement and healing. With the guidance of a skilled facilitator, participants can engage with their own creative... (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)
The Art of Art Therapy: What Every Art Therapist Needs to Know
The Art of Art Therapy, first published in 1984, was written primarily to help art therapists first define and then refine a way of thinking about their work. This new edition contains thoroughly... (more)
Navigating Art Therapy: A Therapist's Companion
From Art-making as a Defence to Works of Art, this anthology will help you navigate your way through the ever growing world of art therapy Art therapy is used in an increasing range of settings and... (more)
The Creative Arts in Dementia Care: Practical Person-centred Approaches and Ideas
The physical care of people with dementia is of vital importance, but so too is their emotional, social, mental and spiritual wellbeing. Encouraging those who care for people with dementia to develop... (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)
Healthy Attachments and Neuro-Dramatic-play
Neuro-Dramatic-Play and Healthy Attachments breaks new ground in the areas of attachment and child development. Based on sound experience and observation, Sue Jennings consolidates current theories... (more)
Creative Expression Activities for Teens: Exploring Identity Through Art, Craft and Journaling
Coping with life's stresses is difficult for everybody, but can be especially challenging for teenagers who feel isolated and misunderstood. Creative expression through art, craft and writing is a... (more)