Author: Kate Thompson
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1843106906
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The author of this book guides the reader through developing journal writing to use as a therapeutic tool. Keeping a journal can help the writer to develop a better understanding of themselves, their relationships and the world around them, as well as improve skills of problem-solving, decision-making and planning. As such, journal writing can be a powerful complement to verbal therapy, offering an effective and affordable way of extending support to troubled clients. The book includes advice on working with individuals, facilitating a therapeutic writing group, proposed clinical applications, practical techniques, useful journal prompts, exercises and case vignettes.
Therapeutic Journal Writing
Author: Kate Thompson
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1843106906
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The author of this book guides the reader through developing journal writing to use as a therapeutic tool. Keeping a journal can help the writer to develop a better understanding of themselves, their relationships and the world around them, as well as improve skills of problem-solving, decision-making and planning. As such, journal writing can be a powerful complement to verbal therapy, offering an effective and affordable way of extending support to troubled clients. The book includes advice on working with individuals, facilitating a therapeutic writing group, proposed clinical applications, practical techniques, useful journal prompts, exercises and case vignettes.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1843106906
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The author of this book guides the reader through developing journal writing to use as a therapeutic tool. Keeping a journal can help the writer to develop a better understanding of themselves, their relationships and the world around them, as well as improve skills of problem-solving, decision-making and planning. As such, journal writing can be a powerful complement to verbal therapy, offering an effective and affordable way of extending support to troubled clients. The book includes advice on working with individuals, facilitating a therapeutic writing group, proposed clinical applications, practical techniques, useful journal prompts, exercises and case vignettes.
Expressive Therapeutic Writing
Author: Krystal Leah Demaine
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040124380
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
This book brings engagement and conversation to a cross‐pollination of creative and expressive writing and multi‐modal art forms. Through the lens of expressive arts therapy, the authors demonstrate how writing can reveal the unexpected that emerges from art making. The lineage of expressive arts therapy includes artful writing, poetry, associative, creative, and memoir, for example, to engage in self‐discovery, growth, and restorative care. Each chapter is grounded in intermodal expressive arts with a central focus on creative and expressive writing, which is informed by movement, visual art, storytelling, music, sound, photography, and physical performance, including response art, and has writing prompts and invitations as well as playful and improvisational integrative arts writing explorations. Creative arts therapists and expressive therapists actively searching for creative playful self‐reflective writing practice will find this book a rewarding resource. Krystal Leah Demaine, PhD, MT‐BC, REAT, CTRS‐C, RYT, music therapist, expressive arts therapist, and professor of expressive therapies at Endicott College, practices HEARTful healing note by note through song, story, poetry, and creative curiosity. Tamar Reva Einstein, PhD, REAT, expressive arts therapist, poet/artist, and teacher, crosses cultural borders in Jerusalem with the arts as her mother tongue, threading writing and arts like her threaded beads and amulets.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040124380
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
This book brings engagement and conversation to a cross‐pollination of creative and expressive writing and multi‐modal art forms. Through the lens of expressive arts therapy, the authors demonstrate how writing can reveal the unexpected that emerges from art making. The lineage of expressive arts therapy includes artful writing, poetry, associative, creative, and memoir, for example, to engage in self‐discovery, growth, and restorative care. Each chapter is grounded in intermodal expressive arts with a central focus on creative and expressive writing, which is informed by movement, visual art, storytelling, music, sound, photography, and physical performance, including response art, and has writing prompts and invitations as well as playful and improvisational integrative arts writing explorations. Creative arts therapists and expressive therapists actively searching for creative playful self‐reflective writing practice will find this book a rewarding resource. Krystal Leah Demaine, PhD, MT‐BC, REAT, CTRS‐C, RYT, music therapist, expressive arts therapist, and professor of expressive therapies at Endicott College, practices HEARTful healing note by note through song, story, poetry, and creative curiosity. Tamar Reva Einstein, PhD, REAT, expressive arts therapist, poet/artist, and teacher, crosses cultural borders in Jerusalem with the arts as her mother tongue, threading writing and arts like her threaded beads and amulets.
Be Your Own Inspiration
Author: Dr. Christina Rahm
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
ISBN: 1662934300
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Dr. Christina Rahm is a highly sought-after scientific leader, spokesperson, author, and innovator in health and wellness. She holds a PhD in psychology and possesses experience in counseling which allows her to help individuals create powerful change in their lives through her unique approach—inspiring them to be their own inspiration. Here, she provides readers with the necessary tools to identify their passions and live a life that aligns with their values. It is based on her philosophy that the best way to find happiness and success is to start by looking within. Dr. Rahm's approach is simple yet powerful. She encourages people to connect with their inner wisdom and trust they already have all the answers they need. In her work as a scientific formulator and innovator, Dr. Rahm has helped thousands of people create positive change in their lives.
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
ISBN: 1662934300
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Dr. Christina Rahm is a highly sought-after scientific leader, spokesperson, author, and innovator in health and wellness. She holds a PhD in psychology and possesses experience in counseling which allows her to help individuals create powerful change in their lives through her unique approach—inspiring them to be their own inspiration. Here, she provides readers with the necessary tools to identify their passions and live a life that aligns with their values. It is based on her philosophy that the best way to find happiness and success is to start by looking within. Dr. Rahm's approach is simple yet powerful. She encourages people to connect with their inner wisdom and trust they already have all the answers they need. In her work as a scientific formulator and innovator, Dr. Rahm has helped thousands of people create positive change in their lives.
Therapeutic Art Directives and Resources
Author: Susan R. Makin
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 185302824X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Susan Makin has written a resource for art therapists working with patients or clients who find the concept of spontaneous artmaking daunting, and feel more comfortable with a structured framework. This book consists of a series of directives for group and individual activities, with guidance on each directive and ideas for further development.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 185302824X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Susan Makin has written a resource for art therapists working with patients or clients who find the concept of spontaneous artmaking daunting, and feel more comfortable with a structured framework. This book consists of a series of directives for group and individual activities, with guidance on each directive and ideas for further development.
Play Therapy Interventions to Enhance Resilience
Author: David A. Crenshaw
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462520464
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The importance of therapeutic play in helping children recover from adversity has long been recognized. This unique volume brings together experts on resilience, trauma, and play therapy to describe effective treatment approaches in this key area. The book begins by providing guiding principles for intervention and describing the specific properties of play that promote resilience. Subsequent chapters delve into clinical applications, including such strategies as storytelling and metaphors, sand play, art therapy, play therapy adaptations for school settings, group interventions, and the use of therapeutic writing. Rich case studies and vignettes demonstrate creative ways to bolster at-risk children's strengths and enhance their natural capacity to thrive.
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462520464
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The importance of therapeutic play in helping children recover from adversity has long been recognized. This unique volume brings together experts on resilience, trauma, and play therapy to describe effective treatment approaches in this key area. The book begins by providing guiding principles for intervention and describing the specific properties of play that promote resilience. Subsequent chapters delve into clinical applications, including such strategies as storytelling and metaphors, sand play, art therapy, play therapy adaptations for school settings, group interventions, and the use of therapeutic writing. Rich case studies and vignettes demonstrate creative ways to bolster at-risk children's strengths and enhance their natural capacity to thrive.
Mindful Crafts as Therapy
Author: Cynthia Evetts
Publisher: F.A. Davis
ISBN: 0803658893
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 669
Book Description
Arts and crafts were one of the very first therapies employed by occupational therapists. Today, crafts are still employed as effective interventions for clients with mental health disorders, physical dysfunctions, cognitive issues, and sensory concerns in hospitals, outpatient clinics, veterans’ centers, schools, skilled nursing facilities, or community settings. Step by step, the authors show you how to use a wide-range of novel, and highly engaging crafts. They explain how to connect the key tasks associated with an activity to functional outcomes, and how to modify them to meet the specific needs of individual patients. They also address the issues of documentation, and reimbursement.
Publisher: F.A. Davis
ISBN: 0803658893
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 669
Book Description
Arts and crafts were one of the very first therapies employed by occupational therapists. Today, crafts are still employed as effective interventions for clients with mental health disorders, physical dysfunctions, cognitive issues, and sensory concerns in hospitals, outpatient clinics, veterans’ centers, schools, skilled nursing facilities, or community settings. Step by step, the authors show you how to use a wide-range of novel, and highly engaging crafts. They explain how to connect the key tasks associated with an activity to functional outcomes, and how to modify them to meet the specific needs of individual patients. They also address the issues of documentation, and reimbursement.
The Expressive Body in Life, Art, and Therapy
Author: Daria Halprin
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1843107376
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
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 life experience and movement as a language that expresses and reveals our deepest struggles and creative potentials. Interweaving artistic and psychological processes, she offers a philosophy and methodology that invites the reader to consider the transformational capacity of the arts. In this essential resource for anyone interested in the integration of psychotherapy and the arts, Halprin also presents case studies and a selection of exercises that she has evolved over her career and practised at the Tamalpa Institute for over twenty-five years.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1843107376
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
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 life experience and movement as a language that expresses and reveals our deepest struggles and creative potentials. Interweaving artistic and psychological processes, she offers a philosophy and methodology that invites the reader to consider the transformational capacity of the arts. In this essential resource for anyone interested in the integration of psychotherapy and the arts, Halprin also presents case studies and a selection of exercises that she has evolved over her career and practised at the Tamalpa Institute for over twenty-five years.