Expressive Therapies - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1593850875 ISBN 13: 9781593850876

Publisher: Guilford Press, 2004

Synopsis

This timely volume helps mental health clinicians incorporate different expressive modalities into practice with children, adults, and groups. Expert contributors present in-depth descriptions of their respective therapies, including art, music, dance/movement, drama, poetry, play, sandtray, and integrative approaches. In addition to reviewing the theoretical and empirical bases of each modality, chapters detail the process of assessment and intervention with people experiencing specific clinical problems and life challenges. A wealth of concrete examples and case vignettes are featured throughout to bring key concepts to life. Giving particular attention to strategies for integrating expressive work with other forms of psychotherapy and counseling, this is an eminently practical resource for clinicians of any orientation.

About this title

Review:

'I would recommend this book for library purchase and as an introductory text for students... it provides a useful overview of a growing field of therapeutic practice' - Jeannie Wright - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

About the Author:

Cathy A. Malchiodi, ATR, LPCC, CPAT, REAT, is a licensed clinical mental health counselor, art therapist, and expressive arts therapist, and is also a faculty member at the National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children. She has more than 20 years of clinical experience in working with people of all ages and has worked as an art therapist with survivors of traumatic experiences, including domestic violence, physical and sexual abuse, disaster, and serious or life-threatening illnesses. Ms. Malchiodi is a frequent presenter on art and health care throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe, and has given more than 200 invited presentations. She is the only person to have received all three of the American Art Therapy Association's highest honors: Distinguished Service Award (1991), Clinician Award (2000), and Honorary Life Member Award (2002). The author or editor of numerous books, including The Art Therapy Sourcebook, Understanding Children's Drawings, and the Handbook of Art Therapy, she has also published over 70 peer-reviewed papers on the use of art therapy and arts medicine with trauma survivors, survivors of child physical and sexual abuse, people with psychiatric disorders, and those with physical illness.

About this edition

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1593850875
• ISBN 13: 9781593850876
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220
• Editor: Malchiodi Cathy, Forinash Michele, Homeyer Linda, Loman Susan T., Estrella Karen