Using the Creative Arts in Therapy and Healthcare

A Practical Introduction
Herausgeber: Warren, Bernie

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using the Creative Arts in Therapy and Healthcare provides a practical introduction to the uses of arts and other creative processes to promote health and encourage healing. This latest edition includes newly edited chapters from the original and second edition covering the therapeutic use of dance, drama, folklore and ritual, story telling and the visual arts. Information on guidelines, preparations and practical hints for leaders and facilitators has also been updated. New chapters provide an international perspective in the field of the arts and healthcare, and show how the artist can alleviate distress for patients through art, music and drama. Illustrated throughout with ideas and examples of how the arts can be used in a range of healthcare settings, this book will be essential reading for creative arts therapists and healthcare professionals throughout the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 3. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780415404044
• ISBN-10: 0415404045
• Artikelnr.: 23406976

Autorenporträt

Bernie Warren is professor of Drama and Education in the Community in the School of Dramatic Arts, University of Windsor, Ontario Canada. He is also the Artistic Director of the Fools for Health clown-doctor Program

Inhaltsangabe

Warren
Looking Backwards
Looking Forwards: A Preface and Introduction to Using the Creative Arts in Therapy and Healthcare. Warren
Guidelines
Preparations and Practical Hints: A Brief Checklist for Workshop Leaders. Warren
Don't Forget to Breathe and Smile: Breathing Exercises as Warm-ups for Art Activities in Healthcare Settings. Watling
James
Folklore and Ritual as a Basis for Creative Therapy. Nadeau
Using the Visual Arts to Expand Personal Creativity. Warren
Coaten
Dance: Developing Self-image and Self-expression Through Movement. Yon
Expanding Human Potential Through Music. Warren
Drama: Using the Imagination as a Stepping-stone for Personal Growth. Neill
Storymaking and Storytelling: Weaving the Fabric That Creates Our Lives. Welch
Creating Community: Ensembling Performance Using Masks
Puppets and Theatre. Rollins
Arts for Children in Hospitals: Helping to Put the "Art" Back in Medicine. Pointe
Serviss
Friends Arts in Healthcare Programs at The University of Alberta Hospital: Fostering a Healing Environment. Warren
Healing Laughter: The Role and Benefits of Clown-doctors Working in Hospitals and Healthcare. Schamberger
Songlines: Developing Innovative Arts Programs for Use with Children Who Are Visually Impaired or Brain Injured. Spitzer
Laughterboss: Introducing a New Position in Aged Care.