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Existential Art Therapy : the Canvas Mirror. [E-Book]

By:

Moon, Bruce L

Publication details: Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, 2009.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (284 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780398085575
0398085579

Subject(s): NLM classification:

2009 F-194
WM 450.5.A8

Online resources:

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust OpenAthens account holders click here for access

Contents:

CONTENTS; Chapter I: PERSPECTIVE: WHERE IT BEGINS; Chapter II: EXISTENTIAL VALUES ANDARTISTIC TRADITIONS; Chapter III: METAPHOR, RITUAL, AND JOURNEY; Chapter IV: STRUCTURING CHAOS; Chapter V: EXISTENTIAL EMPTINESS AND ART; Chapter V: ITENETS OF EXISTENTIAL ART THERAPY; Chapter VII: THE FRAME OF THE CANVAS MIRROR; Chapter VIII: LISTENING TO IMAGES AND RELATINGTO ARTWORKS; Chapter IX: DIMENSIONS OF CREATIVE ACTION; Chapter X: ARTISTS ON THE CUTTING EDGE; Chapter XI: THE CHANGING FACE OF ILLNESS; Chapter XIII: WORKING WITH DREAMS INEXISTENTIAL ART THERAPY; INDEX.

Summary: A classic in art therapy literature since its introduction nearly two decades ago, this book is an expression of the author's desire to link the practice of art psychotherapy to the core issues of life as presented in existentialism. The inclusion of existential in this book's title denotes an interest in human struggle with issues of life in the face of death. The Canvas Mirror is the story of connections--the author's connections with his patients, their connections with each other, and, ultimately, the author's connections with the reader. We are provided in this book with a philosophy of ho.

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A classic in art therapy literature since its introduction nearly two decades ago, this book is an expression of the author's desire to link the practice of art psychotherapy to the core issues of life as presented in existentialism. The inclusion of existential in this book's title denotes an interest in human struggle with issues of life in the face of death. The Canvas Mirror is the story of connections--the author's connections with his patients, their connections with each other, and, ultimately, the author's connections with the reader. We are provided in this book with a philosophy of ho.