Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy: Toward a Therapeutic Aesthetics

by Paolo J. Knill, Ellen G. Levine, Stephen K. Levine

Book Overview

Challenging traditional therapeutic approaches to the arts in which art is often secondary to a psychological model, Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy provides a coherent theoretical framework for an expressive arts therapy practice that places the process of art-making and the art work itself at the center.

This book lays the philosophical foundation for a fresh interpretation of art-making and the therapeutic process by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843100398
• ISBN13: 9781843100393
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"