Using the Creative Arts in Therapy and Healthcare: A Practical Introduction

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ISBN: 9780415404044 | 0415404045
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Copyright: 3/31/2008

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Using the Creative Arts in Therapy and Healthcare provides a practical introduction to the uses of arts and other creative processes to promote health and encourage healing.

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List of illustrations	p. vii
Notes on contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Looking backwards, looking forwards: A preface and introduction to using the creative arts in therapy and healthcare	p. 1
Guidelines, preparations and practical hints: A brief checklist for workshop leaders	p. 8
Don't forget to breathe and smile: Breathing exercises as warm-ups for art activities in healthcare settings	p. 19
Folklore and ritual as a basis for creative therapy	p. 31
Using the visual arts to expand personal creativity	p. 43
Dance: Developing self-image and self-expression through movement	p. 64
Expanding human potential through music	p. 89
Drama: Using the imagination as a stepping stone for personal growth	p. 115
Storymaking and storytelling: Weaving the fabric that creates our lives	p. 135
Creating community: Ensemble performance using masks, puppets and theatre	p. 160
Arts for children in hospitals: Helping to put the 'art' back in medicine	p. 181
Friends' arts in Healthcare Programs at the University of Alberta Hospital: Fostering a healing environment	p. 196
Healing laughter: The role and benefits of clown-doctors working in hospitals and healthcare	p. 213
Songlines: Developing innovative arts programmes for use with children who are visually impaired or brain injured	p. 229
LaughterBoss: Introducing a new position in aged care	p. 250
Resources	p. 262
Name index	p. 265
Subject index	p. 267
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