Grief and the Expressive Arts: Practices for Creating Meaning

ISBN-13: 9780415857192 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 336 str.

Barbara E. Thompson; Robert A. Neimeyer

Opis

The use of the arts in psychotherapy is a burgeoning area of interest, particularly in the field of bereavement, where it is a staple intervention in hospice programs, children's grief camps, specialized programs for trauma or combat exposure, work with bereaved parents, widowed elders or suicide survivors, and in many other contexts. But how should clinicians differentiate between the many different approaches and techniques, and what criteria should they use to decide which technique to use-and when? Grief and the Expressive Arts provides the answers using a crisp, coherent structure that creates a conceptual and relational scaffold for an artistically inclined grief therapy. Each of the book's brief chapters is accessible and clearly focused, conveying concrete methods and anchoring them in brief case studies, across a range of approaches featuring music, creative writing, visual arts, dance and movement, theatre and performance and multi-modal practices. Any clinician-expressive arts therapist, grief counselor, or something in between-looking for a professionally oriented but scientifically informed book for guidance and inspiration need look no further than Grief and the Expressive Arts.

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List of Figures and Tables  Foreword Sandra L. Bertman  Preface Robert A. Neimeyer and Barbara E. Thompson  List of Contributors  Part I: Building the Frame  1. Meaning Making and the Art of Grief Therapy Robert A. Neimeyer and Barbara E. Thompson  2. Poiesis, Praise And Lament: Celebration, Mourning And The "Architecture" Of Expressive Arts Therapy Stephen K. Levine  3. Art Therapy for Processing Children’s Traumatic Grief and Loss Eliana Gil  4. When the Gods Are Silent: The Spirit of Resilience and the Soul of Healing Michael Conforti  5. Expressive Therapies for Bereavement: The State of the Arts Jordan Potash and Rainbow Ho  Part II: Doing the Work  Music  6. Singing Goodbye Diane Austin  7. Hear Here – Invite Music of Memories Joy Berger  8. The Emerging Life Song Thelma Duffey  9. Playing Out Feelings on Instruments Katrina Skewes Mcferran  10. Lyric Analysis Natalie Wlodarczyk  11. Acrostic in Therapeutic Songwriting Bob Heath  12. Group Songwriting Using Templates Jane Lings  13. Singing Our Loss Dorit Amir  Creative Writing  14. Virtual Dream Stories Robert A. Neimeyer and Polly Young-Eisendrath  15. "Interplaying" Gail Noppe-Brandon  16. Graphopoetic Process Shanee Stepakoff  17. The Furniture Game Jane Moss  18. The "I Am. . ." Poem Sally S. Atkins  19. Acrostic Eulogy Harold Ivan Smith  20. Chapters of Our Lives Robert A. Neimeyer  Theater & Performance  21. Playback Theatre Virginia Reed Murphy and Robert A. Neimeyer  2. Enacting the Emotion ane Milman  3. Dancing In the Shadows oralee M. Scott-Conforti  24. The Practical Muse in Social Drama David Baecker  25. The Six-Part Storymaking Method Breffni Mcguinness  Dance & Movement  26. Kinaesthetic Imagining Ilene Serlin  27. The Dance of Transition Kris Eric Larsen  28. Body Connections Alexandria Callahan  29. Embodied Compassion and Empathy Kris Eric Larsen and Jessica Young  30. Moving the Body From Within Toni Smith  Visual Arts  31. Narrative Scrapbooking Elizabeth Maier Chernow  32. Sketching Out the Story Barbara E. Thompson  33. Drawing on Metaphor Leigh Davies  34. "Moments Held" Documentary Todd Hochberg  35. Simple Drawing Gerry R. Cox and Bernard J. Vanden Berk  Multi-Modal Approaches  36. Conversing With the Canvas Barbara E. Thompson  37. Spirit Sticks Sally S. Atkins  38. "Living Memoires" Videography Andy Hau Yan Ho and Cecilia Lai Wan Chan  39. Grieffiti Lysa Toye  40. Dancing Among the Stones Denis Whalen  41. Letting the Worry Go Linda Goldman  Part III: Art and Reflexivity  42. Collage: Integrating the Torn Pieces Sharon Strouse  43. Photographic Metaphors Irene Renzenbrink  44. Memorial Tattooing - Making Grief Visible Malinda Ann Hill  45. Enso: The Painted Journal Lisa Jennings  46. Moving the Immovable Ione Beauchamp  Part IV: Programs  47. Restoring the Heartbeat of Hope Following Suicide Diana C. Sands  48. Integrative Songwriting Thomas A. Dalton and Robert E. Krout  49. Pongo Creative Writing for At-Risk Youth Richard Gold  50. Soldier’s Heart: Using the Arts to Heal From War Kate Dahlstedt  51. Moving Through Grief One Note at a Time: Music Therapy for Bereaved Children Russell Hilliard  52. The Grief Healing Garden Yu-Chan Li and Cypress Chang  53. Expressive Arts Joining Hearts at Camp Good Grief Angela Hamblen  Part V: Research  54. A Civilian’s Artistic Dialogue With Combat Veterans  Iishana Artra  55. The Art of Research Carol Wogrin, Val Maasdorp and Debra Machando  56. The Expressive Arts in Grief Therapy: An Empirical Perspective Carlos Torres, Robert. A. Neimeyer, and Maryl L. Neff  57. Persephone in the Underworld: Closing Reflections Barbara E. Thompson and Robert A. Neimeyer  Epilogue: Ghosts Move, A Poem by Jessica Moore