Focusing-oriented art therapy : accessing the body's wisdom and creative intelligence / Laury Rappaport ; foreword by Judith A. Rubin.

By: Rappaport, Laury .

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BookPublisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009Description: 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781843107606 (pb : alk. paper); 1843107600 (pb : alk. paper).Subject(s): Art therapy

| Focused expressive psychotherapyDDC classification: 616.891656

Contents:

Focusing: history and concepts -- Gendlin's focusing method -- Focusing-oriented psychotherapy -- Art therapy: history, concepts, and practice -- Bridging focusing and art therapy -- Focusing-oriented art therapy: basics -- Clearing a space with art -- Focusing-oriented art psychotherapy -- Stress reduction in adult psychiatric day treatment -- Emotional healing and self-care in a state prison -- Transforming the inner critic -- Bridging cultures with focusing-oriented art therapy -- Health and wellness -- Working with trauma -- Spirituality and psychotherapy -- Expanding to the other expressive arts -- Guided exercises.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Focusing provides an effective way of listening to the innate wisdom of the body, while art therapy harnesses and activates creative intelligence. Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Accessing the Body's Wisdom and Creative Intelligence is a ground-breaking book integrating renowned psychologist Eugene Gendlin's Focusing with art therapy. This new, Focusing-based approach to art therapy helps clients to befriend their inner experience, access healing imagery from the body's felt sense to express in art, and carry forward implicit steps that lead toward change.

Written for readers to be able to learn the application of this innovative approach, the book provides in-depth examples and descriptions of how to adapt Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy to a wide variety of clinical populations including individuals and groups with severe psychiatric illness, trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and more, as well as applications to private practice, illness and wellness, spirituality, and self-care.

Integrating theory, clinical practice, and numerous guided exercises, this accessible book will enhance clinical sensitivity and skill, while adding resources for bringing creativity into practice. It will be of interest to art therapists, Focusing therapists, psychologists, counselors and social workers, as well as trainers and students.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-244) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Acknowledgments (p. 11)
Foreword (p. 13)
Introduction (p. 16)
Part I Focusing and Art Therapy
Chapter 1 Focusing: History and Concepts (p. 23)
Chapter 2 Gendlin's Focusing Method (p. 36)
Chapter 3 Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy (p. 49)
Chapter 4 Art Therapy: History, Concepts, and Practice (p. 64)
Part II Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy
Chapter 5 Bridging Focusing and Art Therapy (p. 87)
Chapter 6 Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Basics (p. 91)
Part III Clinical Approaches
Chapter 7 Clearing a Space with Art (p. 111)
Chapter 8 Focusing-Oriented Art Psychotherapy (p. 123)
Groups: Theme-Directed
Chapter 9 Stress Reduction in Adult Psychiatric Day Treatment (p. 139)
Chapter 10 Emotional Healing and Self-Care in a State Prison (p. 147)
Chapter 11 Transforming the Inner Critic (p. 153)
Chapter 12 Bridging Cultures with Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy (p. 163)
Specialty Applications
Chapter 13 Health and Wellness (p. 171)
Chapter 14 Working with Trauma (p. 188)
Chapter 15 Spirituality and Psychotherapy (p. 199)
Chapter 16 Expanding to the Other Expressive Arts (p. 212)
Part IV Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy Exercises
Chapter 17 Guided Exercises (p. 219)
Appendix A Supervision and Self-Care (p. 236)
Appendix B Resources (p. 237)
References (p. 240)
Subject Index (p. 245)
Author Index (p. 250)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Laury Rappaport, PhD, ATR-BC is Associate Professor at Notre Dame de Namur University, California, and has been teaching expressive arts therapy for over 25 years. She is a board certified art therapist with the American Art Therapy Association, a Certifying Coordinator and Focusing Trainer with The Focusing Institute, and licensed as a mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist in Massachusetts