Shirley Riley

Group Process Made Visible

The Use of Art in Group Therapy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book introduces the reader to the approach and general philosophy of the use of art as an additional language in group therapy. It demonstrates the usefulness of the language of art in enabling group therapists and their clients to understand group members' perceptions of constructs and realities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis; Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781138011892
• ISBN-10: 1138011894
• Artikelnr.: 40812306

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