Using the creative arts in therapy and healthcare
Subtitle: a practical introduction
By: edited by Bernie Warren
Edition: [3rd ed.].
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780415404037; 9780415404044
Other titles: Using the creative arts in therapy.
Description: This latest edition includes newly edited chapters covering the therapeutic use of dance, drama, story telling and the visual arts. Information on guidelines, preparations and practical hints has also been updated.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Using the creative arts in therapy / edited by Bernie Warren. 2nd ed. 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Looking backwards, looking forwards : a preface and introduction to using the creative arts in therapy and healthcare / Bernie Warren; title: Guidelines, preparations, and practical hints : a brief checklist for workshop leaders / Bernie Warren; title: Don't forget to breathe and smile : breathing exercises as warm-ups for art activities in healthcare settings / Bernie Warren; title: Folklore and ritual as a basis for creative therapy / Rob Watling and Veronica James; title: Using the visual arts to expand personal creativity / Roberta Nadeau; title: Dance : developing self-image and self-expression through movement / Bernie Warren and Richard Coaten; title: Expanding human potential through music / Keith Yon; title: Drama : using the imagination as a stepping-stone for personal growth / Bernie Warren; title: Storymaking and storytelling : weaving the fabric that creates our lives / Cheryl Neill; title: Creating community : ensemble performance using masks, puppets, and theatre / Wende Welch; title: Arts for children in hospitals : helping to put the "art" back in medicine / Judy Rollins; title: Friends arts in healthcare programs at the University of Alberta hospital : fostering a healing environment / Susan Pointe and Shirley Serviss; title: Healing laughter : the role and benefits of clown-doctors working in hospitals and healthcare / Bernie Warren; title: Songlines : developing innovative arts programs for use with children who are visually impaired or brain injured / Magdalena Schamberger; title: Laughter Boss : introducing a new position in aged care / Peter Spitzer.