Art Therapy and Political Violence

Art Therapy and Political Violence

Author: Debra Kalmanowitz

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9781583919552

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With accounts from Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Israel and South Africa, this book vividly illustrates the therapeutic power of art making and art therapy in helping individuals, families and communities cope with experiences of political violence.


INHABITED STUDIO

INHABITED STUDIO

Author: Debra Kalmanowitz

Publisher: Open Dissertation Press

Published: 2017-01-26

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9781361035658

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This dissertation, "Inhabited Studio: Art Therapy and Mindfulness With Survivors of Political Violence" by Debra, Kalmanowitz, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: The objective of this study is to understand the ways in which art therapy and mindfulness meditation form a working model specific to the context of political violence and refugees. This is a qualitative phenomenological study based on the social constructivist paradigm. Twelve refugees in Hong Kong from multiple cultures took part in two intensive full two-day art therapy and mindfulness meditation workshops over the space of eight days. In an art therapy studio (later called the Inhabited Studio) participants engaged in art making that stimulated imagination and in mindfulness meditation practice. The research looks at how participants responded to the approach, what their perceptions were and what they found useful. Different aspects of the Inhabited Studio appealed to participants based on their specific worldview, culture, religion, and coping style. Responses to the Inhabited Studio are organized into seven thematic clusters: five of these are organized in two broad categories composed of personal elements (memory, identity) and mediating aspects (emotional/self-regulation, communication, imagination) and the final two, resilience and worldview, span both categories. Participants found the Inhabited Studio culturally compatible and some of the acquired skills helpful in times of stress, indicating the contribution of this combination to enhancing coping and to building resilience. Subjects: Political refugees - Counseling of Meditation Art therapy


The Frenzied Dance of Art and Violence

The Frenzied Dance of Art and Violence

Author: David Gussak

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0190064498

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Angelic demons : the capricious creators -- Continuing the dance : how art therapy both reveals and mitigates violence and aggression.


Art Therapy in Asia

Art Therapy in Asia

Author: Debra Kalmanowitz

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1849052107

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This edited book documents how the field of art therapy is taking shape as both a profession and a discipline across Asia. It explores how art therapists in the East are assimilating Western models and adapting them to create unique and inspirational new approaches that both East and West can learn from.


Art Psychotherapy and Innovation

Art Psychotherapy and Innovation

Author: Ali Coles

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2022-07-21

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1787757099

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Art Psychotherapy and Innovation captures the range of activity at the vanguard of practice and research in the field. Reflecting the sector's increasing focus on ways of fostering psychological health, wellbeing and social engagement in a wider context, it examines how to adapt to an increasing demand for therapeutic interventions worldwide. This includes collaboration with arts and health practitioners to ensure evidence-based practice with safe and ethical therapeutic boundaries and which draws on art psychotherapists' intensive clinical training. Tethered to the wider context for innovation in art psychotherapy through theoretical discussion, this edited collection presents case studies of innovative work in relation to new territories (client groups and locations), new techniques in approaches to practice, and engagement with contemporary technologies and cross-disciplinary working.


Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies

Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies

Author: Laury Rappaport

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2013-10-21

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0857006886

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This ground-breaking book explores the theoretical, clinical and training application of integrating mindfulness with all of the arts therapies, and includes cutting-edge contributions from neuroscience. Written by pioneers and leaders in the arts therapies and psychology fields, the book includes 6 sections that examine mindfulness and the arts therapies from different perspectives: 1) the history and roots of mindfulness in relation to spirituality, psychotherapy and the arts therapies; 2) the role of the expressive arts in cultivating mindful awareness; 3) innovative approaches that add mindfulness to the arts therapies; 4) arts therapies approaches that are inherently mindfulness-based; 5) mindfulness in the training and education of arts therapists; and 6) the neuroscience underlying mindfulness and the arts therapies. Contributors describe their pioneering work with diverse applications: people with cancer, trauma, chronic pain, substance abuse, severe mental illness, clients in private practice, adolescents at camp, training dance and art therapists, and more. This rich resource will inspire and rejuvenate all clinicians and educators.


The Wiley Handbook of Art Therapy

The Wiley Handbook of Art Therapy

Author: David E. Gussak

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-01-19

Total Pages: 917

ISBN-13: 1118306597

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The Wiley Handbook of Art Therapy is a collection of original, internationally diverse essays, that provides unsurpassed breadth and depth of coverage of the subject. The most comprehensive art therapy book in the field, exploring a wide range of themes A unique collection of the current and innovative clinical, theoretical and research approaches in the field Cutting-edge in its content, the handbook includes the very latest trends in the subject, and in-depth accounts of the advances in the art therapy arena Edited by two highly renowned and respected academics in the field, with a stellar list of global contributors, including Judy Rubin, Vija Lusebrink, Selma Ciornai, Maria d' Ella and Jill Westwood Part of the Wiley Handbooks in Clinical Psychology series


Revisiting Feminist Approaches to Art Therapy

Revisiting Feminist Approaches to Art Therapy

Author: Susan Hogan

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2012-06-15

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0857453491

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Art therapy has been slow to embrace the critical and theoretical viewpoints, including feminism, that have made a huge impact on other areas of the humanities and social sciences. Art therapists are ideally situated, however, to respond to the growing awareness of how language, media and images influence gender inequality and the pressures that can lead to poor mental health, and diminished well being, among women. The contributors explore the ways in which gender issues can be addressed through art therapy. By being sensitive to the socio-cultural dimensions of women's lives, therapists can become more receptive to the needs of their female clients. The case studies included here illustrate how issues of class, ethnicity and gender introduce a social element into what is sometimes described as a purely personal, cathartic process. By discussing empowerment, sexuality, pregnancy and childbirth, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of women's issues within art therapy and will prompt a reevaluation of current training and practice in the field.


Social Action Art Therapy in a Time of Crisis

Social Action Art Therapy in a Time of Crisis

Author: Jamie Bird

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-09-19

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1000654788

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Social Action Art Therapy in a Time of Crisis outlines theories and models of social action art therapy, identifies its application in times of crisis, and explores the ways in which art therapy can work effectively for individuals and groups experiencing crisis. Drawing upon various ecologies, climate psychology, and eco-art therapy, this book addresses various responses to climate change, including notions of belonging, the physicality of experience, and the role of imagination in creating alternative versions of the future. The author presents a social action approach to art therapy as a way of addressing the political and collective components of climate change as well as the individual and emotional components. To help explore what social action art therapy can offer in this time of crisis, the author illustrates examples that show how the ideas have been used in other moments of crisis, including asylum, refuge, and domestic abuse. This innovative book contributes to the development of contemporary art therapy practice and will be of interest to arts therapists, arts psychotherapists, expressive therapists, ecotherapists, ecopsychologists, arts-based researchers, and many more.


Art Therapy for Groups

Art Therapy for Groups

Author: Marian Liebmann

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1583912185

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First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.