MTU Cork Library Catalogue

Art therapy with physical conditions /

Art therapy with physical conditions / edited by Marian Liebmann and Sally Weston. - 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm

Foreword by Dr. Trevor Thompson. Includes indexes.

Adults. Part 1. Setting the scene. Does your body mind? Does your mind matter? Art psychotherapy and the complexity of interactions, Malcolm Learmonth with Karen Huckvale, "Isabel" and "Rachel" -- Part 2. Cancer. Short-term art therapy groups for people with cancer, Jo Beedell and Marian Liebman -- Absences in images: what those affected by life-limiting illness leave out of their pictures, Jaini Hadley -- Art therapy, cancer and the recalibration of identity, Michele Wood -- Part 3. Debilitating conditions. Completing the picture: art therapy with a client with ME, Simon Richardson -- Anthroposophic art therapy with patient suffering from ulcerative colitis, Don Ratcliffe -- Part 4. Physical conditions and other conditions. Art therapy, health and homelessness, Julie Jackson -- Life, loss and labels: art therapy with clients with learning disabilities and terminal physical illness, Nicki Power with Alison Hawtin -- Trapped bodies, open minds: a multicultural art therapy group for mental health service users with physical health problems, Cherry Lawrence and Kayleigh Orr -- Children. War zones: art therapy with an eleven-year-old boy with Crohn's Disease, Michael Fisher -- Receiving the dragon: a diabetic boy's experience of creation, damage and repair in art therapy, Jo Clifton -- Intimation of mortality: art therapy with children and young people with life-threatening or life-limiting illnesses, Jo Bissonnet -- The power of the image in memory-making with children with life-limiting conditions, Carole Simpson -- Personal reflections. Psyche and Soma: reflections of a whole person, Sarah A.V. Lewis.

"A wide range of experienced art therapists explain their work and its benefits to a variety of groups including those with cancer, debilitating conditions such as myalgic encephalopathy (M.E.) and ulcerative colitis. Physical conditions in combination with other factors such as homelessness or learning disabilities, and children with life-long and chronic conditions are also covered. The book includes discussion of spiritual and philosophical issues when mortality is faced, life change and adjustment issues, practical considerations and which models of practice art therapists find most helpful with various groups."-- Back cover

9781849053495 (paperback)


Art therapy
People with disabilities--rehabilitation

615.85156

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