Art therapy and creative coping techniques for older adults
Buchalter, Susan I. 1955-
Art therapy and creative coping techniques for older adults [E-Book] - 1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Warm-ups -- Drawing -- Self-awareness -- Self-esteem -- Stress reduction -- Movement/music -- Creative expression -- Collage -- Change/transformation -- Murals -- Coping skills -- Reminiscing -- Diverse directives.
Art and the therapeutic uses of art provide older adults with valuable ways in which to express and share their feelings, needs and fears, and with a resource for coping with life's major changes. This practical book is filled with step-by-step exercises for art therapists and other professionals to use in work with older adults, either individually or in groups. The author provides brief, imaginative warm-ups, which encourage participants to become more at ease expressing themselves creatively. She offers ideas for engaging and innovative creative projects across a range of media, including art, music, movement, poetry and creative writing, all of which can be adapted, personalised or combined to meet the particular needs of individual participants. Points to consider when working with this client group are explored, and case study examples, with participants' artwork, are included throughout. Appropriate for use with all relatively able older adults, including those with depression, anxiety or in the early stages of dementia, this will be an invaluable tool for art therapists as well as counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers and carers.
9780857003096 0857003097 9786613363817 6613363812 9781283363815 128336381X
9786613363817
336381 MIL
Art therapy for older people.
Older people.
Art therapy--Methods.
Older people--Psychology.
Mental illness--Treatment.
Aged.
Art Therapy--methods.
Aged--psychology.
Mental Disorders--therapy.
2011 H-250 WM 450.5.A8
Art therapy and creative coping techniques for older adults [E-Book] - 1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Warm-ups -- Drawing -- Self-awareness -- Self-esteem -- Stress reduction -- Movement/music -- Creative expression -- Collage -- Change/transformation -- Murals -- Coping skills -- Reminiscing -- Diverse directives.
Art and the therapeutic uses of art provide older adults with valuable ways in which to express and share their feelings, needs and fears, and with a resource for coping with life's major changes. This practical book is filled with step-by-step exercises for art therapists and other professionals to use in work with older adults, either individually or in groups. The author provides brief, imaginative warm-ups, which encourage participants to become more at ease expressing themselves creatively. She offers ideas for engaging and innovative creative projects across a range of media, including art, music, movement, poetry and creative writing, all of which can be adapted, personalised or combined to meet the particular needs of individual participants. Points to consider when working with this client group are explored, and case study examples, with participants' artwork, are included throughout. Appropriate for use with all relatively able older adults, including those with depression, anxiety or in the early stages of dementia, this will be an invaluable tool for art therapists as well as counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers and carers.
9780857003096 0857003097 9786613363817 6613363812 9781283363815 128336381X
9786613363817
336381 MIL
Art therapy for older people.
Older people.
Art therapy--Methods.
Older people--Psychology.
Mental illness--Treatment.
Aged.
Art Therapy--methods.
Aged--psychology.
Mental Disorders--therapy.
2011 H-250 WM 450.5.A8