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1 online resource (396 pages) |
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text file |
| Summary |
This comprehensive book brings together the voices of international art therapists with diverse backgrounds and experiences and asks them to consider the role of postmodernism in their understanding of art therapy. These practitioners share a common postmodern belief that art is a unique way of expressing and mediating the human condition and that art therapy should not be a diagnostic tool but a collaborative healing process between the therapist and the client. Drawing on psychotherapy, aesthetics and philosophy, the contributors present current practice, research and case studies and show t. |
| Contents |
Art Therapy and Postmodernism: Creative Healing Through a Prism; Foreword: Current Trends and New Research in Art Therapy -- A Postmodern Perspective; Introduction; PART I: Postmodern Art Therapy Practice; PART II: Postmodern Art Therapy Practice in the Community and Globally; PART III: Postmodern Art Therapy Research; PART IV: Postmodern Art Therapy Theory and Epistemology; Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Art therapy.
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Art therapy. |
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Imagery (Psychology) -- Therapeutic use.
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Imagery (Psychology) -- Therapeutic use. |
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Postmodernism.
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Postmodernism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Schaverien, Joy.
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Lala, Anu.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burt, Helene. Art Therapy and Postmodernism : Creative Healing Through a Prism. London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, ©2011 9781849052535 |
| ISBN |
9780857005366 (electronic book) |
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0857005367 (electronic book) |
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1283291576 |
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9781283291576 |
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9781849052535 (alkaline paper) |
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