This work argues that 'poiesis' - the creative act - is also the act by which we affirm our identity and humanity, and seeks to demonstrate the essential affinity of the creative and therapeutic... (more)
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)
"Trauma, Tragedy, Therapy: The Arts and Human Suffering" explores the nature of traumatic experience and the therapeutic role of the arts and arts therapies in responding to it. It suggests that by... (more)
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)
This collection reflects on the theory and application of expressive arts today in therapy, education, research and social and ecological change. Bringing the understanding of expressive arts into... (more)
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)