| Art as Medicine: Creating a Therapy of the Imagination Contributor(s): McNiff, Shaun (Author) |
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ISBN: 0877736588 ISBN-13: 9780877736585 Publisher: Shambhala OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1992 Annotation: McNiff introduces his pioneering methods of using the creative arts to renew and heal the imagination, such as interpretation through performance and storytelling, collaborative creation, and dialoguing with paintings, as opposed to talking about paintings. 30 halftones. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Allied Health Services - Occupational Therapy - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Psychology | Creative Ability |
| Dewey: 615.851 |
| LCCN: 92050117 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A pioneering art therapist extolls the arts as a powerful tool in psychotherapy, describing how activating the imagination can heal the mind, heart, and soul The medicine of the artist, like that of the shaman, arises from his or her relationship to "familiars"--the themes, methods, and materials that interact with the artist through the creative process. "Whenever illness is associated with loss of soul," writes Shaun McNiff, "the arts emerge spontaneously as remedies, soul medicine." Art as Medicine demonstrates how the imagination heals and renews itself through this natural process. Author Shaun McNiff describes his pioneering methods of art therapy--including interpretation through performance and storytelling, creative collaboration, and dialoguing with images--and the ways in which they can revitalize both psychotherapy and art itself. |