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Philosophy of Expressive Arts Therapy: Poiesis and the Therapeutic Imagination
Contributor(s): Levine, Stephen K. (Author), Moon, Catherine Hyland (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1787750051     ISBN-13: 9781787750050
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $33.25  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Creative Ability
- Psychology | Psychotherapy - General
Dewey: 616.891
LCCN: 2018052214
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.55 lbs) 176 pages
 
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Laying the philosophical foundations of expressive arts therapy, this book highlights the role and importance of poiesis, the art of 'making' as a response to the world, in the expressive arts therapies as well as our own lives.

The concept of poiesis was originally developed and brought into the field by Stephen K. Levine. It is a perspective that restores the primacy of the arts for the arts therapies instead of reducing art-making and art-objects to psychological data. Bringing together different schools of thought in unexpected ways, this book shows how the principles underlying expressive arts therapy have relevance to ethics, politics and social change. It includes chapters on Taoism, improvisation in the arts, and the importance of creativity for understanding human existence.

With personal narratives and poetry to help create natural points for the reader to stop and reflect, Philosophy of Expressive Arts Therapy is the perfect guide for those wanting to understand the role of the arts and art-making in life and in therapeutic change.

Contributor Bio(s): Levine, Stephen K.: - Stephen K. Levine is Professor Emeritus of Social Science at York University in Toronto, Canada, Vice-Provost and Dean of the Doctoral Program in Expressive Arts Therapy: Education, Consulting and Social Change at the European Graduate School in Switzerland, and Co-Director of ISIS Canada.Moon, Catherine Hyland: - Catherine Hyland Moon, MA, ATR is an art therapist with over twenty years' experience in the mental health field. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her recent artwork has focused on performance art and the incorporation of found objects in painting.