Expressive Arts Therapies Books
Beethoven's Anvil:
Why does the brain create music? William Benzon finds the key to music's function. Music demands a coordination of different mental functions and it (more)
A Practical Art Therapy
Chapters cover various media and methods, including murals, collages, sculpture and drawing, making it easily accessible for even the busiest therapist. Susan Buchalter includes practical art... (more)
Amy Elizabeth Goes to Play Therapy: A Book to Assist Psychotherapists in Helping Young Children Understand and Benefit from Play Therapy
Answering the most commonly asked questions in simple, accessible language, Amy Elizabeth guides the reader through the experience of therapy, describing what happens at a play therapy session, the... (more)
Music, Music Therapy and Trauma: International Perspectives
A study of the effects of psychological trauma and how music therapy can be used with those who have suffered it. It covers: the neurology of trauma and music; social and cultural perspectives on... (more)
Making Music with the Young Child with Special Needs: A Guide for Parents
This guide aims to help parents make the most of their child's interest in music. It explains how music may stimulate skills in other areas, describes a range of basic instruments and outlines the... (more)
The Handbook of Group Play Therapy: How to Do it, How it Works, Whom it's Best for
Here is a comprehensive guide to of the the most effective and dynamic childhood intervention available to counselors, therapists, teachers, psychologists, and anyone who works with kids. This... (more)
Introduction to Play Therapy
A variety of models of working with play are explored, and an evaluation of the meaning of childhood is discussed in clear language, illustrated with clinical examples. This book will help adults who... (more)
Music Therapy
Drawing on their own experience, the authors examine a range of clinical situations and give examples of working with children and adults with a range of needs, including autism, learning... (more)
Art Therapy and AD/HD: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches
This title demonstrates how art therapy can not only assist with diagnosis, but also provides a means of helping to improve skills such as concentration and focus, boost self-esteem and cope with... (more)
Clayworks and Art Therapy: Plying the Sacred Circle
Clay is universally recognized as a medium of creative expression, and it also has great potential for therapeutic application. These two properties are celebrated together in this text that explores... (more)
Psychology for performing artists: Butterflies and bouquets
An analysis of what psychology has to offer for actors, musicians, singers and dancers. It makes suggestions about how the particular stresses that performers are under can be managed. There are... (more)
Pediatric Dramatherapy: They Couldn't Run So They Learned to Fly
Based on a study conducted with chronically ill children, this book shows how children who are unable to verbalise their feelings or inner conflicts can do so through drama therapy. (more)
Using Voice and Song in Therapy: The Practical Application of Voice Movement Therapy: Volume 2
This work is a practical and imaginative guide to the way in which singing and the expressive use of the voice can facilitate therapy. Paul Newham examines how melody creation combined with... (more)
Using Voice and Movement in Therapy: The Practical Application of Voice Movement Therapy
This volume is a practical and imaginative guide to the way in which physical movement and the expressive use of the voice can facilitate therapy. Paul Newham examines how massage, manipulation and... (more)
Hamlet and the Baker's Son: My Life in Theatre & Politics
This is the sutobiography of Boal, inventor of the internationally renowned 'Forum Theatre System', and Theatre of the Oppressed. (more)
Understanding Children's Sandplay
Dr Margaret Lowenfeld was a pioneer of non-verbal communication, particularly with disturbed children. By using symbols meaningful to them she evolved techniques through which they could express... (more)
Dance therapy and depth psychology: The moving imagination
An exploration of the origins, theory and practice of dance and/or movement as a form of active imagination. Chodorow tells her own story of how she became a dance therapist, psychotherapist and... (more)
The Metaphor of Play: Origin and Breakdown of Personal Being: 3rd Edition
Shows how borderline psychiatric patients can be treated by understanding their sense of self and the fragility of their sense of existence. Meares believes that the play of the pre-school child, and... (more)
Innovations in Play Therapy: Issues, Process and Special Populations
This work is a compilation of discussions on current and pressing issues in play therapy. It covers topics such as: what play therapists need to know about medication; legal and ethical issues in... (more)
Group Process Made Visible: Group Art Therapy
Demonstrates the usefulness of the language of art in enabling group therapists and their clients to understand group members' perceptions of constructs and realities. The book introduces the... (more)
The Colors of Rage and Love
A psychotherapeutic process as reflected in the patients drawings
The art and science of music therapy: a handbook:
This introduction to music therapy includes chapters on the biological and medical effects of music, and provides research evidence on the value of music in therapy and music in medicine. Other... (more)
Breaking the silence: Art therapy with children from violent homes
This volume demonstrates art therapy as a tool for intervening with children from violent homes. Emphasis is given to the setting where circumstances are unpredictable - as mental health... (more)
Clinical art therapy: A comprehensive guide
An integrated guide to the entire range of clinical art therapy. It covers every age range in a variety of settings from schools and outpatient clinics to psychiatric hospitals and private treatment. (more)
Dramatherapy: Theory and Practice: 3
This work brings readers up to date with the latest developments in the profession of dramatherapy. It shows how dramatherapy is evolving its own theory and methodology as well as specific models for... (more)