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Therapeutic Art Directives and Resources Activities and Initiatives for Individuals and Groups

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ISBN-10: 185302824X

ISBN-13: 9781853028243

Edition: 1999

Authors: Ms Cathy A. Malchiodi, Susan R. Makin, Cathy A. Malchiodi

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Of particular benefit to therapists working with people who are reluctant to express themselves spontaneously, this resource book comprises a series of directives, suggestions and guidelines to facilitate art therapy.
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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 11/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, ATR-BC, LPCC, LPAT, REAT, is an art therapist and author of several books, including The Art Therapy Sourcebook and Handbook of Art Therapy (2nd ed.). She is the Founder and Director of the Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute.

Acknowledgements and Thanks
Introduction
Organization
Considerations for Therapists
Art-Making Supplies
'Therapist's Sessional Report' Form
'Arts Therapies Release' Form
'Starting Arts Therapies' Form
'Ending Arts Therapies' Form
Considerations for Clients
'Associations Form' Handout
'Options for Association-Making' Handout
'Patient's Sessional Report' Form
'Welcome to the Arts Therapies' Handout
Initiatives
For Warm-Ups and Closings
Letter Selection
Puppets
Choosing a Colour
Conducting Music (with Percussion Instruments)
Bag of Balls
Heart Balls
Forming Sentences with Word Blocks
Drawing Cards
Passing a Ball
Movement Mirroring
Allowing for Spontaneity
A Crafts Basket
Finger and/or Sponge Painting
Scribbling
Clay
For Individuals
Inside Me, Outside Me
Hats: What's in your Head?
Mother's/Someone's Significant Day Tribute
Animal Puppet: Giving it a Personality and Safe Place to Live
Jigsaws
'I Hope, I Dream, I Wish, I Want' Collage
Plasticine Food Tray
Boxes: Self/Secret
Door Sign: Rules for Entering Your Space
Self-Care/Feelings/Happy Collages
Watercolour: Wet on Wet and Dry on Dry
Body Image Tracing
Postcard to Someone (Outside the Hospital, if Hospitalized)
A 'Get Well' Card to Receive
A 'New Year's' Card to Receive
Your Own Desert Island or Other Special Place
Luggage Labels: What Baggage Do You Carry?
An Object You Have Abused
'Brown-Bagging It': A Bag you would Like to Receive or be Held in
Pictorial Stickers
For Groups
A Graffiti Wall
A House
A Street
An Island
A Wish Box
Intermodality
Clay and Mantra
Collage and Poem
A Safe Place for a Stone
Shapes and Poems
Scribble: With Name and Three Questions
Model Magic: What Are You, How Do You Feel, What Can You Do?
With Poetry-Writing
'Acrostic Starters'
'List-Making Themes'
'Colour Selections'
'Something/Someone Significant Ideas'
'The Cinquaine-Like Way'
About Journalling and Creative Journalling
Journalling
Creative Journalling
Starting A Creative Journal
'Starting a Creative Journal: Techniques for Journalling with Art and Writing' Handout
'Starting a Creative Journal: Elaborations on Suggestions from Techniques for Journalling with Art and Writing' Handout
A Creative Journalling Kit
Practice
Realities for Today's Art Therapists
Creating Your Own Art Therapy Directives
Going from Existing Directives
Directives Specific to the Population with Which You Are Working
Incorporating You Special Interests and Personal Talents in Your Directives
Conclusion
Bibliography