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Treatment of Addiction: Current Issues for Arts Therapists - Softcover

 
9780415169974: Treatment of Addiction: Current Issues for Arts Therapists

Synopsis

Treatment of Addiction is a lively exploration of the growing use of creative arts therapies as a treatment for drug and alcohol dependency.
Current treatment options for drug and alcohol addiction vary widely and have in the past been somewhat fragmented. In this book, contributors quote recent research and clinical case studies to argue that the arts therapies offer an appropriate, effective and coherent treatment approach.They explore in detail the practice of film, art, dance and drama therapies in both individual and group settings.
Treatment of Addiction is an unusual collection which challenges professionals working with drug and alcohol addiction to think about difficult treatment issues and how other professions approach them. For art therapists in practice, it will provide a lively account of a new application for their growing profession.

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The complex treatment of drug and alcohol dependency is reflected in constant changes in policy towards treatment and in the many therapeutic models that exist.
Using research, discussion of literature and clinical examples to illustrate theoretical positions, this book explores why arts therapies offer such an appropriate and effective treatment approach. The book emphasises the importance of group therapy for drug and alcohol dependent clients and looks at the practice of different arts therapies and their development in a number of settings. The theoretical models and research findings illustrate in a lively and challenging way how the arts therapy professions are approaching difficult treatment issues.

Synopsis

This is an exploration of the growing use of creative arts therapies as a treatment for drug and alcohol dependency. In this text, contributors argue that the arts therapies offer an effective and coherent treatment approach. They explore the practice of film, art, dance and drama therapies in both individual and group settings.

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