| Imagining Animals: Art, Psychotherapy and Primitive States of Mind Third Edition Contributor(s): Case, Caroline (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583919589 ISBN-13: 9781583919583 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: "Imagining Animals "explores the making of animal images in art therapy and child psychotherapy. It examines two contrasting primitive states of mind: the investing of the world about us with life through animism and participation mystique, and the lifeless world of autistic states of mind encountered in children who are hard to reach. Caroline Case examines how the emergence of animal imagery in therapy can act as a powerful catalyst for children in autistic states of mind, or with a background of trauma, abuse or depression. She also looks at animal / human relationships, and animal symbolism, as well as three-dimensional claywork and the development of personality. Subjects covered include: - Animals on stage in therapy- anthropomorphic animal objects - The location of self in animals - Entangled and Confusional Children: analytical approaches to psychotic thinking and autistic features in childhood The book concludes with a compelling extended case study, which describes analytic work with a child with multiple symptoms, using the various therapeutic tools of play and art, painting and clay, and the development of character, plot and narrative. Primitive States of Mind, Art and Psychotherapy offers a unique insight into the role and representation of animal imagery in art therapy and child psychotherapy, which will be of interest to all arts and play therapists working with children as well as adult psychotherapists interested in the use of imagery. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Psychology | Movements - Jungian |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 2005003622 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Imagining Animals explores the making of animal images in art therapy and child psychotherapy. It examines two contrasting primitive states of mind: the investing of the world about us with life through animism and participation mystique, and the lifeless world of autistic states of mind encountered in children who are hard to reach. Caroline Case examines how the emergence of animal imagery in therapy can act as a powerful catalyst for children in autistic states of mind, or with a background of trauma, abuse or depression. She also looks at animal / human relationships, and animal symbolism, as well as three-dimensional claywork and the development of personality. Subjects covered include: * animals on stage in therapy - anthropomorphic animal objects The book concludes with a compelling extended case study, which describes analytic work with a child with multiple symptoms, using the various therapeutic tools of play and art, painting and clay, and the development of character, plot and narrative. |