Shirley Riley

Group Process Made Visible

The Use of Art in Group Therapy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

case examples provided in Group Process Made Visible. Through the material offered in this book, she clearly defines structure, rationale, and dynamics. The readable, informative format of the work provides therapists with access to a creative addition to verbal therapy. This addition is not only effective, but it provides a command of communication that is appealing to clients. There are no recipes for interpretation or laundry lists of activities. Rather, the approach encourages a cooperative focus that leans toward a contemporary theory befitting in today's mental health world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9781583910597
• ISBN-10: 158391059X
• Artikelnr.: 21403211

Autorenporträt

Shirley Riley

Inhaltsangabe

Forward (by Shaun McNiff). Introduction: Philosophy and Approaches. Group
Process Made Visible. Group Therapy with Burn Injured Youngsters. Art as an
Instrument for Creating Social Reciprocity: Social Skills for Autistic
Children. Adolescent Group Treatment. Advantage of the Language of Art in a
Cognitive/Behavioral Group with Behavior Disordered Boys. Translating the
Theory of Expressive Art to Interns and Staff in an Early Childhood
Program. Group in a Psychiatric Hospital or Day Treatment Programs: Art as
an Entrée into Unfamiliar Realities. Working with the Elderly Population
with a Serious Loss of Cognition. Complimentary Use of Art, Movement, and
Verbal Therapies within an Eating Disorders Program. A Women's Group
Created around a Theme of Bereavement. Group for Therapists Dealing with
Secondary Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome Induced by Art Products of
Severely Abused Clients. Some Final Thoughts

Rezensionen

"[This book] demonstrates the usefulness of the language of art in enabling group therapists and their clients to understand group members' perceptions of constructs and realities. . . .the approach encourages a cooperative focus that leans toward a contemporary theory suitable for today's mental world." -- Family Therapy: The Journal of the California Graduate School of Family Psychology