With the increasing probability of floods, wars, and human
displacement, there will be a great need for health care
professionals to help. The arts provide a new, human, and
cost-effective way to bring relief and to ease some of the human
suffering associated with trauma.The editor, Lois Carey, presents a
compelling rationale for the use of the arts therapies to work with
trauma. First, it is now clear that traumatized children have
difficulty using words to describe their experience. Drawing, play,
music and other creative forms allow for an indirect expression
that reduces anxiety, and they also help to establish a therapeutic
relationship and an area of safety. The same is true for
traumatized adults, who are often nonverbal... this book can be a
beginning of much-needed documentation of the use of the expressive
arts methods for trauma survivors and will provide a significant
and useful introduction to the field for health professionals.' -
PsycCRITIQUES 'I think the descriptions of the methods are
interesting and they show a lot of experience in the field of
trauma-treatment. It is a well written, very readable book of the
practice.' -Tijdschrift voor Vaktherapie (Journal of Therapy) 'This
book throws more light on different expressive and creative arts
methods in the treatment of trauma. In detailed case studies and
research, the authors offer an overview of creative arts methods
aiming at brain functions which are not always being reached by
verbal therapy alone.' -Tijdschrift voor Vaktherapie (Journal of
Therapy) 'The authors use a rich mix of interesting case material
and useful explanation of the techniques for the uninitiated.' -
Therapy Today 'A very good job of promoting the use of expressive
arts therapy to complement talking therapies and achieve results
that talking therapy cannot.' - Play Therapy UK 'If you are a
parent, dealing daily with the effects of traumatised children, and
especially finding it difficult to firstly access specialist
therapy and secondly to understand the principles in relation to
your child, then this book will give you a clear understanding of
the aims and outcomes of therapies which may be on offer.' -
www.adoption-net.co.uk Expressive and Creative Arts Methods for
Trauma Survivors demonstrates how play, art, and music therapies,
as well as sandplay, psychodrama and storytelling, can be used to
aid the recovery of trauma victims. Drawing on detailed case
studies and a growing body of evidence of the benefits of
non-verbal therapies, the contributors-all leading practitioners in
their fields-provide an overview of creative therapies that tap
into sensate aspects of the brain not always reached by verbal
therapy alone. Methods of exploring traumatic experiences with a
view to limiting patients' distress are also explored. The
techniques discussed are appropriate for work with children,
families and groups and are based on established approaches,
including Jungian, Child-centred, Gestalt and Freudian theories.
Expressive and Creative Arts Methods for Trauma Survivors will be
an enlightening read for expressive and specialized arts therapists
and for students and academics in these fields.
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