Expressive Arts Therapies Books
Drama Therapy and storymaking in special education
Many aspects of drama therapy make it an ideal technique to use with students with special learning needs. This practical resource book for professionals covers the broad spectrum of students... (more)
The Expressive Body in Life, Art and Therapy
Drawing on her extensive experience in expressive arts therapy, Daria Halprin presents a unique approach to healing through movement and art. She describes the body as the container of one's entire... (more)
Experiential Treatment for PTSD: The Therapeutic Spiral Model
This work presents The Therapeutic Spiral Model (TSM), a systematic modification of psychodrama, for therapists working with people who are suffering from severe trauma and post-traumatic stress... (more)
Handbook of Music Therapy
This volume is richly illustrated with many case studies and clinical examples throughout, placed within a variety of different theoretical and philosophical perspectives. It will be invaluable to... (more)
Arts Therapies and Progressive Illness: Nameless Dread
Covering treatments such as art therapy, dance movement therapy and music therapy,this is a guide to the use of such therapies in
Music Therapy and Group Work: Sound Company
Group music therapy has been widely practised for many years, especially within institutional settings, and features substantially in training, yet there has been no publication devoted to the... (more)
The Story So Far: Play therapy narratives
This book demonstrates how play therapy can be very appropriate way of facilitating this kind of expression. The work of nine play therapists is detailed, supported by the narratives of children... (more)
Dance Movement Therapy
This is a concise, practical introduction to a form of therapy which has the body-mind relationship at its core. Movement, with both its physical and metaphorical potential, provides a unique medium... (more)
Analytical Music Therapy
This book brings together the work of analytical music therapists from Europe and the USA. The book examines the origins and theory of Analytical Music Therapy (AMT) before exploring its uses in... (more)
Printmaking as Therapy: Frameworks for Freedom
The process of printmaking can be useful to art therapists in a wide range of settings, from groupwork to work with physically challenged clients. The author explores these therapeutic advantages of... (more)
Profiles of Play: Assessing and Observing Structure and Process in Play
Written by a leading child psychologist, this clearly written and practical book provides a template for interpreting change and meaning in children's lives through their play activity. It shows how... (more)
Creative Advances in Groupwork
Subjects covered include group therapy and planetary awareness, experiential groups, merging and splitting, social dreaming, playback theatre and sociodrama.
Healing Arts Therapies and Person-Centered Dementia Care
One of the highly respected the Bradford Dementia Group Good Practice Guides. (more)
Art Therapy and Substance Abuse: Enabling Recovery from Alcohol and Other Drug Addiction
Art therapy is an effective treatment for individuals with addictions. Working with this unique and often difficult clinical population, however, requires special therapist awareness and knowledge.... (more)
Playful Awakening: Releasing the Gift of Play in Your Life
Playfulness has the power to reconnect us with our sense of self, and help us achieve growth and self-fulfilment. The author of this wide-ranging book explores the universal significance of play in... (more)
New Developments in Expressive Arts Therapy: The Play of Poiesis
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)
Art Therapy Across Cultural and Race Boundaries: Working with Identity
With an international focus, this book considers how race and culture can impact the practice of art therapy and how art therapists can work effectively with clients belonging to cultures different... (more)
An Introduction to Art Therapy Research: Second Edition
Since the initial publication of Introduction to Art Therapy Research, interest in this field has grown dramatically along with public policy demands for an up-to-date, culturally relevant evidence... (more)
Creative Response Activities for Children on the Spectrum: A Therapeutic and Educational Memoir
Written by a nationally recognized authority on child art therapy, Creative Response Activities for Children on the Spectrum is a clear, comprehensive, and intuitive guide that offers a wide... (more)
A Practical Guide to Play Therapy in the Outdoors: Working in Nature
A Practical Guide to Play Therapy in the Outdoors responds to the significant and growing interest in the play therapy community of working in nature. Alison Chown provides practical ideas about why... (more)
Environmental Expressive Therapies: Nature-Assisted Theory and Practice
Environmental Expressive Therapies contributes to the emerging phenomenon of eco-arts therapy by highlighting the work that international expressive arts therapists have accomplished to establish a... (more)
A Guide to Art Therapy Materials, Methods, and Applications: A Practical Step-by-Step Approach
Written by a well-respected author and practitioner in the field of art therapy, A Guide to Art Therapy Materials, Methods, and Applications is an innovative, comprehensive text that guides readers... (more)
Expressive Therapy with Traumatized Children
Expressive Therapy with Traumatized Children offers students in training and professionals who work with children an array of sensitive and creative ways to help even their most challenging patients.... (more)
Advanced Methods of Music Therapy Practice
The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, Analytical Music Therapy, and Vocal Psychotherapy are commonly studied and in conjunction with music therapy. This book... (more)
The Clinician's Guide to Forensic Music Therapy: Treatment Manuals for Group Cognitive Analytic Music Therapy (G-CAMT) and Music Therapy Anger Management (MTAM)
The Clinician's Guide to Forensic Music Therapy provides information and advice on how to effectively and safely deliver two context-specific, systematic approaches in forensic music therapy. The... (more)
The Economics of Therapy: Caring for Clients, Colleagues, Commissioners and Cash-Flow in the Creative Arts Therapies
When you think of arts therapy, you don't often associate the practice with profit; however, ethical economic models are essential in allowing clients the most access to arts therapy services. Art... (more)
Outsider Art and Art Therapy: Shared Histories, Current Issues and Future Identities
Outsider art, traditionally the work of psychiatric patients, offenders and minority groups, and art therapy have shared histories of art created in psychiatric care. As the two fields grow, this... (more)
How LEGO-Based Therapy for Autism Works: Landing on My Planet
With in-depth descriptions of LEGO(R)-based therapy in action, this book explains how and why it helps to promote the development of social skills for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)... (more)