ABSTRACT

The Arts Therapies provides, in one volume, a guide to the different disciplines and their current practice and thinking. It presents:

* A clear analysis of the relationship between client, therapist and art form.
* An exploration of research, practice and key contributions made to the field by practitioners internationally and within many different contexts.
* Discussion of how the arts therapies relate to established health services.

The Arts Therapies: A revolution in healthcare is a unique book that provides a thorough and up-to-date overview of the arts therapies. It will prove invaluable to arts therapists, health professionals, and all those who wish to learn more about the field.

part |1 pages

Part I Introductions

chapter 1|8 pages

An introduction to The Arts Therapies

part |1 pages

Part II The arts therapies: definitions and developments

chapter 2|7 pages

Definitions in flux: contexts and aims

chapter 3|9 pages

What is art therapy?

chapter 4|6 pages

What is music therapy?

chapter 5|6 pages

What is dramatherapy?

chapter 6|4 pages

What is dance movement therapy?

chapter 7|10 pages

Between the arts therapies

part |1 pages

Part III Backgrounds, histories and encounters: from the first happening to the shadow of logic

chapter 8|6 pages

From the first happening

chapter 9|10 pages

‘Everything is ripe’

part |1 pages

Part IV Agents of transformation: arts, therapy, play

chapter 11|28 pages

The arts in the arts therapies

chapter 13|16 pages

Playing, development and change

part |1 pages

Part V Client-therapist relationship: paradigms, dialogues and discoveries

part |2 pages

Selection of Arts Therapies Associations and Websites

chapter |2 pages

Further reading