Expressive Arts Therapy

by Atkins, Sally S.

• ISBN13: 9781887905688
• ISBN10: 1887905685
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Parkway Pub

Table of Contents

Dedication	iii
Acknowledgments	v
Introduction	xi
Part 1: Foundations	1	(26)
Expressive Arts Therapy: An Evolving Field	3	(12)
The Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy	15	(12)
Solo Voice: Becoming an Artist-Therapist	20	(7)
Part 2: Cycles of Creative Process	27	(120)
Beginning	29	(20)
Daily Practice	29	(2)
Wellspring	31	(1)
Opening to Inspiration	32	(1)
Exploration: Tea Ceremony	33	(1)
Exploration: Song Messages	34	(1)
Centering	35	(1)
Breathing as Daily Practice	36	(1)
Solo Voice: Daily Rituals	37	(1)
Solo Voice: Poetry as Daily Practice	38	(1)
Exploration: Personal Rituals	39	(1)
Solo Voice: Daily Practice for Spiritual and Personal Growth	39	(3)
Yoga Embrace	42	(1)
Solo Voice: Discovery in Dance	43	(2)
Dancing can be anything	45	(1)
Solo Voice: Mysteries of the Creative Process	45	(4)
Moving Inward	49	(20)
Awakening	49	(1)
Solo Voice: Motion	50	(2)
Wrightsville Beach	52	(1)
Exploration: The Point of Stillness	52	(2)
Refuge	54	(1)
Solo Voice: Fear as a Gift	54	(2)
Solo Voice: Resistance	56	(1)
Fears	57	(1)
The Race	58	(1)
Improvisation: Three Voices	58	(1)
Cold at the Poet's Fire	59	(1)
Solo Voice: Falling through the Mouthpiece	60	(1)
Solo Voice: Inviting Poetry	61	(2)
Apple Walk	63	(1)
Exploration: Listening to the Body	64	(2)
Mindfulness	66	(1)
Tenderness and Dignity	67	(2)
Insearch	69	(12)
Tasting Shadows, Touching Light	70	(1)
The Magic of Dreams	71	(2)
Spirit Guide	73	(1)
Exploration: Working with Dreams	74	(2)
Solo Voice: Dream of Transformation	76	(1)
Exploration: Experiencing Your Creative Space . . . Music	77	(2)
Being in the Creative	79	(1)
Centersearch	80	(1)
Finding Voice	81	(20)
The Imperative of Song	82	(1)
Misknowmer	83	(1)
Poem Drum	83	(1)
Exploration: The Power of Naming	84	(4)
Exploration: Today's Story	88	(1)
Finding Voice through Limits	88	(1)
Exploration: Creating a Cinquain	89	(1)
Exploration: Creating a Mandala	90	(1)
Exploration: Creating a Haiku with Traditional Structure	91	(1)
Exploration: Creating a Haiku with Nontraditional Structure	92	(2)
Chant	94	(1)
Exploration: Chanting Discoveries	94	(1)
Solo Voice: Dreaming the Gift of a Song	95	(2)
Freehand	97	(1)
Solo Voice: Finding Voice, Making Dance	97	(2)
Exploration: Owning the Gift	99	(1)
What is a poem?	100	(1)
Bringing Art into Life	101	(26)
Just Drink	103	(1)
Exploration: Projective Autobiography	104	(1)
Prayer for Angels	105	(1)
Solo Voice: Attention and Intention	105	(2)
On a Hillside, the Dragon's Breath	107	(1)
Solo Voice: Gardening as Daily Practice	108	(1)
Touchstones in Our Lives	109	(1)
Recognition	109	(1)
Connecting In, Taking Out	110	(1)
Woman on a Rack	111	(1)
A Story	111	(1)
Exploration: I Woman; I Man; I Human	112	(1)
Solo Voice: By the Light of the Full Moon	112	(2)
Solo Voice: Becoming the Artist Crone	114	(1)
It Helps to Remember	115	(1)
Solo Voice: Rituals of Grieving	116	(2)
Heart's Intention	118	(1)
Body Prayer as Remembering	119	(1)
Solo Voice: Finding Grace by Body Clues	120	(4)
Not by my effort	124	(1)
State of Grace	125	(2)
Expressive Arts Experiences in Groups	127	(20)
Beginning: Name Improvisation	129	(1)
Moving Inward: Mirroring	130	(1)
Moving In: Drum Circle	130	(3)
Insearch: Solitude	133	(2)
Finding Voice: Visual Self-expression	135	(3)
Finding Voice: Mask Making	138	(5)
Bringing Art into Life: Makwa	143	(1)
Bringing Art into Life: Creating Maps	144	(3)
Closure	147	(4)
Cycle	149	(2)
Contributors' Notes	151	(6)
Bibliography	157