The expressive body in life, art, and therapy: working with movement, metaphor, and meaning
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Main Author: Halprin, Daria (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2003
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
The Expressive Body in Life, Art, and Therapy; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; Part One: Introduction; 1. Movement as Metaphor; 2. How I Got Here; Part Two: Roots and Cross-Pollination; 3. Historical Context; 4. Psychology; 5. Somatic Psychology; 6. Dance; 7. Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Avant-Garde; Part Three: The Practice; 8. Creativity, Art, and Therapy; 9. Maps and Methods of the Practice; 10. Body Part Metaphors; 11. Living Artfully with the Wounded Self; 12. Case Studies; Part Four: Conclusion; 13. Art as a Healing Force in the World; References; Further Reading
Drawing on her extensive experience in expressive arts therapy, Daria Halprin presents a unique approach to healing through movement and art. She describes the body as the container of one's entire life experience and movement as a language which expresses and reveals our deepest struggles and creative potentials. Interweaving artistic and psychological processes, she offers a philosophy and methodology which invites the reader to consider the transformational capacity of the arts. In this essential resource for anyone interested in the integration of psychotherapy and the arts, Halprin also p
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (248 pages)
ISBN:1417501901
1843107376
1846423759
9781417501908
9781843107378
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