Arts therapies : a research-based map of the field / Vassiliki (Vicky) Karkou, Patricia Sanderson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2006Description: viii, 307 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0443072566
- 9780443072567
- 615.85156 KAR
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 615.85156 KAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 222183 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- Section 1: Arts Therapies (AsTs) as One Field -- 1. Professional Development of Arts Therapies -- 2. Defining Arts Therapies -- 3. Important Features of Arts Therapies -- 4. Therapeutic Trends Across Arts Therapies -- Section 2: Arts Therapies as Separate Disciplines -- 5. Music Therapy (MT) -- 6. Art Therapy (AT) -- 7. Dramatherapy (DT) -- 8. Dance Movement Therapy -- Conclusions -- Appendix I Research Methodology -- Appendix II Training Courses -- Appendix III Useful Addresses.
This book explores the disciplines of art therapy, music therapy, dramatherapy and dance therapy. It is the first book to offer a comprehensive mapping of the field of arts therapies, including common and unique features of practice. Based upon empirical research work that follows the principles of grounded theory, the text covers historical and current professional developments, definitions, important aspects of practice, and therapeutic trends across the four disciplines. The text incorporates both qualitative and quantitative results presented in tables, diagrams and clinical vignettes.
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