Psychotherapy, Literature and the Visual and Performing Arts

This book explores the relevance of literature and the performing and visual arts for effective clinical psychotherapy. There is a growing interest in the use of the arts in psychotherapy, in part due to an increasing awareness of the limitations in verbal communication and scepticism towards tradit...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture
Subjects:
Psychotherapy.
Counseling.
Psychotherapy .
Personality.
Social psychology.
Performing arts.
ISBN:9783319754239
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Psychotherapy and the Arts: A Practitioner's Guide; Bruce Kirkcaldy
  • Part 1: Literature and narrative therapy
  • 2. Edvard Munch as psychotherapist: a picture is worth a thousand words; Arnold Weinstein
  • 3. Stories, Parables and Metaphors: Application in Langerian Mindfulness; Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi & Ellen Langer
  • 4. Wounded Healers and the Impact of Literature, Drama and Film on Mental Health Treatment; Bruce Kirkcaldy & Ahmed Hankir
  • 5. Film and Mental Health; Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio & Gurvinder Kalra
  • Part 2: Theater and Dance Perspectives
  • 6. A new theory of emotions and theatre; Jeff Zinn
  • 7. Benefits of theatrical improvisation in the training of psychotherapists; Daniel J. Wiener
  • 8. The Dance of Presence: Mindfulness and Movement; Shauna Shapiro & Sarah de Sousa
  • Part 3: Visual Arts and Painting
  • 9. Making Space: Experiences Developing a Contemplative Art Program to Introduce Mindfulness to Non-Meditators; Christine Korol & Kim Sogge
  • 10. Substance abuse treatment: Therapeutic applications of art; Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou & Marina Dalla
  • Part 4: Music and Performing Arts
  • 11. Endeavours to quieten the "savage breast": Therapeutic applications of music; Glenn Wilson
  • 12. Psychological Oddities among Performing Artists; Vincent Egan, Tony Beech & Lawrence Burrow
  • 13. Emotional Intelligence, Personality Disorders and the Performing Arts; Adrian Furnham.

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