Art therapy with physical conditions / edited by Marian Liebmann and Sally Weston.

Contributor(s): Liebmann, Marian, 1942- [editor] | Weston, Sally [editor].

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BookPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley publications, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781849053495 (paperback).Subject(s): Art therapy

| People with disabilities -- rehabilitation

DDC classification: 615.85156

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Lending	MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending	615.85156 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	16/04/2024	00232183

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

As the emotional components of physical illnesses become more recognised, there is a renewed interest in the potential of art therapy to help patients come to terms with injury, pain and terminal and life-long conditions.

A wide range of experienced art therapists describe 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.

This will be essential reading for arts therapists and students, as well as for professionals with an interest in psychological issues and wellbeing for patients with physical illness or long term conditions, such as psychotherapists and counsellors, complementary therapists, doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Foreword by Dr. Trevor Thompson.

Includes indexes.

"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

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Foreword (p. 9)
Preface (p. 11)
Introduction (p. 13)
Adults
Part I Setting the Scene
Chapter 1 Does Your Body Mind? Does Your Mind Matter? Art Psychotherapy and the Complexity of Interactions Between Mind and Body (p. 30)
Part II Cancer
Chapter 2 Short-term Art Therapy Groups for People with Cancer (p. 56)
Chapter 3 Absences in Images: What Those Affected by Life-limiting Illness Leave out of Their Pictures (p. 80)
Chapter 4 Art Therapy, Cancer and the Recalibration of Identity (p. 97)
Part III Debilitating Conditions
Chapter 5 Completing the Picture: Art Therapy with a Client with ME (p. 114)
Chapter 6 Anthroposophie Art Therapy with a Patient Suffering from Ulcerative Colitis (p. 130)
Part IV Physical Conditions and Other Conditions
Chapter 7 Art Therapy, Health and Homelessness (p. 148)
Chapter 8 Life, Loss and Labels: Art Therapy with Clients with Learning Disabilities and Terminal Physical Illness (p. 164)
Chapter 9 Trapped Bodies, Open Minds: A Multicultural Art Therapy Group for Mental Health Service Users with Physical Health Problems (p. 187)
Children
Chapter 10 War Zones: Art Therapy with an Eleven-year-old Boy with Crohn's Disease (p. 210)
Chapter 11 Receiving the Dragon: A Diabetic Boy's Experience of Creation, Damage and Repair in Art Therapy (p. 227)
Chapter 12 Intimations of Mortality: Art Therapy with Children and Young People with Life-threatening or Life-limiting Illnesses (p. 240)
Chapter 13 The Power of the Image in Memory-making with Children with Life-limiting Conditions (p. 256)
Personal Reflections
Chaptet 14 Psyche and Soma: Reflections of a Whole Person (p. 274)
Glossary (p. 281)
The Contributors (p. 287)
Subject Index (p. 291)
Author Index (p. 297)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Marian Liebmann has worked in art therapy with offenders, with women's groups and community groups, and more recently in the Inner City Mental Health Team in Bristol, UK, where she has developed work on anger issues. She has also worked as an art therapist at Penny Brohn Cancer Care. She lectures on art therapy at several universities in the UK and Ireland. She also works in restorative justice, mediation and conflict resolution, and has run Art, Conflict and Anger workshops in many countries. In 2013 Marian was awarded an OBE for services to social justice through art therapy and mediation. She has written and edited several art therapy books published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Sally Weston was a community worker in various development and campaigning posts in London and Yorkshire before training as an art therapist in 1991. She has worked as an art therapist in the NHS, in adult mental health in Bradford and for the past 17 years in neurological rehabilitation. In addition she has run art therapy groups for people with dementia, MIND members, adult students with learning disabilities, and children in primary and secondary schools. She has worked as an art therapy educator at Sheffield, Hertfordshire and Roehampton universities.