Principles and practice of expressive arts therapy :: toward a therapeutic aesthetics /

Challenging traditional therapeutic approaches to the arts in which art is often secondary to a psychological model, Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy provides a coherent theoretical framework for an expressive arts therapy practice that places the process of art-making and the art...

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Main Author: Knill, Paolo J.
Other Authors: Levine, Ellen G., Levine, Stephen K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Challenging traditional therapeutic approaches to the arts in which art is often secondary to a psychological model, Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy provides a coherent theoretical framework for an expressive arts therapy practice that places the process of art-making and the art work itself at the center. This book lays the philosophical foundation for a fresh interpretation of art-making and the therapeutic process by re-examining the concept of poiesis. The authors clarify the methodology and theory of practice with a focus on intermodal therapy, crystallization theory an.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:1423710029
9781423710028
9781846420320
1846420326
9781843100393
1843100398

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