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Using art media in psychotherapy : bringing the power of creativity to practice

By: Publisher: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781317597780
  • 9781315746258
  • 1315746255
  • 1317597788
  • 9781317597766
  • 1317597761
  • 9781317597773
  • 131759777X
  • 9781138816220
  • 1138816221
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • RC489.A7 D43 2016
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Contents:
1. Introduction : the use of art media in therapy -- 2. Printmaking : variations on a theme -- 3. Drawing : engaging the image -- 4. Painting : fluidity of the creative unconscious -- 5. Therapeutic art books : sacred texts -- 6. Therapeutic journals : what's lost is found -- 7. Mask making : self-concept and its illusive nature -- 8. Spatial relationships : three-dimensional work -- 9. Shadows in the box : dioramas and boxes -- 10. Conclusions.
Summary: 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 incorporating them with contemporary practices and theories. Written with an analytic focus, many of the psychological references nod to Jung and post-Jungian thought with keen attention to image and to symbolic function. This book jettisons the idea of reductionist, cookbook approaches and instead provides an integrated and contextual understanding of the origins of each art form as well as an insightful use for each in its application in mental health healing practices. Using Art Media in Psychotherapy gives clinicians and students alike the tools they need to offer psychologically minded and clinically astute choices that honor their clients.
List(s) this item appears in: eBooks - Creative Arts Therapies
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : the use of art media in therapy -- 2. Printmaking : variations on a theme -- 3. Drawing : engaging the image -- 4. Painting : fluidity of the creative unconscious -- 5. Therapeutic art books : sacred texts -- 6. Therapeutic journals : what's lost is found -- 7. Mask making : self-concept and its illusive nature -- 8. Spatial relationships : three-dimensional work -- 9. Shadows in the box : dioramas and boxes -- 10. Conclusions.

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 incorporating them with contemporary practices and theories. Written with an analytic focus, many of the psychological references nod to Jung and post-Jungian thought with keen attention to image and to symbolic function. This book jettisons the idea of reductionist, cookbook approaches and instead provides an integrated and contextual understanding of the origins of each art form as well as an insightful use for each in its application in mental health healing practices. Using Art Media in Psychotherapy gives clinicians and students alike the tools they need to offer psychologically minded and clinically astute choices that honor their clients.

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