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This ground-breaking book explores the theoretical, clinical and
training application of integrating mindfulness with all of the
arts therapies, and includes cutting-edge contributions from
neuroscience. Written by pioneers and leaders in the arts therapies
and psychology fields, the book includes 6 sections that examine
mindfulness and the arts therapies from different perspectives: 1)
the history and roots of mindfulness in relation to spirituality,
psychotherapy and the arts therapies; 2) the role of the expressive
arts in cultivating mindful awareness; 3) innovative approaches
that add mindfulness to the arts therapies; 4) arts therapies
approaches that are inherently mindfulness-based; 5) mindfulness in
the training and education of arts therapists; and 6) the
neuroscience underlying mindfulness and the arts therapies.
Contributors describe their pioneering work with diverse
applications: people with cancer, trauma, chronic pain, substance
abuse, severe mental illness, clients in private practice,
adolescents at camp, training dance and art therapists, and more.
This rich resource will inspire and rejuvenate all clinicians and
educators.
The field of expressive arts is closely tied to the work of
therapeutic change. As well as being beneficial for the individual
or small group, expressive arts therapy has the potential for a
much wider impact, to inspire social action and bring about social
change. The book's contributors explore the transformative power of
the arts therapies in areas stricken by conflict, political unrest,
poverty or natural disaster and discuss how and why expressive arts
works. They look at the ways it can be used to engage community
consciousness and improve social conditions whilst taking into
account the issues that arise within different contexts and
populations. Leading expressive arts therapy practitioners give
inspiring accounts of their work, from using poetry as a tool in
trauma intervention with Iraqi survivors of war and torture, to
setting up storytelling workshops to aid the integration of
Ethiopian Jewish immigrants in Israel. Offering visionary
perspectives on the role of the arts in inspiring change at the
community or social level, this is essential reading for students
and practitioners of creative and expressive arts therapies, as
well as psychotherapists, counsellors, artists and others working
to effect social change.
As art therapy rapidly makes its mark across Asia, this book
documents how the field of art therapy is taking shape as both a
profession and a discipline in this region. It looks at how art
therapists in Asia are assimilating Western models and adapting
them to create unique home-grown practices. Building on theory,
research and practice that has been developed in the West,
practitioners throughout Asia are creating innovative art therapy
programs that reflect cultural diversity and draw on ideas from
Chinese medicine and Eastern philosophy, spirituality and art
traditions. With chapters from leading art therapists and community
artists in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Cambodia, Thailand,
China, India, The Philippines and Singapore, this book pulls
together thought-provoking perspectives and effective approaches
from which East and West can both learn. The first of its kind,
this book will be an informative and inspiring addition to the
bookshelves of all art therapy professionals and students, as well
as anyone with an interest in Eastern cultures and cross-cultural
working.
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