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J Kingsley - Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy: Theoretical and Clinical Perspective - 9781853024634 - V9781853024634
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Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy: Theoretical and Clinical Perspective

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Description for Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy: Theoretical and Clinical Perspective Paperback. This book provides an arts-based approach to theories and practices of expressive arts therapy. The contributors emphasize the importance of the imagination and aesthetic experience, arguing that these are central to psychological well-being, and challenging views which emphasise the cognitive and emotional dimensions of mental health development. Editor(s): Levine, Stephen K.; Levine, Ellen G. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMZ; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.

Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy provides an arts-based approach to the theory and practice of expressive arts therapy. The book explores the various expressive arts therapy modalities both individually and in relationship to each other. The contributors emphasize the importance of the imagination and of aesthetic experience, arguing that these are central to psychological well-being, and challenging accepted views which place primary emphasis on the cognitive and emotional dimensions of mental health and development.
Part One explores the theory which informs the practice of expressive arts therapy. Part Two relates this theory to the therapeutic application of the expressive ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853024634
SKU
V9781853024634
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99

About J Kingsley
Stephen K. Levine is Professor Emeritus of Social Science at York University in Toronto, Canada, Vice-Provost and Dean of the Doctoral Program in Expressive Arts Therapy: Education, Consulting and Social Change at the European Graduate School in Switzerland, and Co-Director of ISIS Canada.

Reviews for Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy: Theoretical and Clinical Perspective
This book does succeed in laying common ground beneath so many individual approaches to therapy, with its emphasis upon the imagination, spontaneous creative expression and intermodal techniques. It will, I suspect, become a standard textbook for practitioners, and it is without doubt a treasure trove for researchers, but I think it also has much to offer the general reader, for ... Read more

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