Newly updated and revised, this informative guide demonstrates art therapy to guide your work with others. Author Cathy A. Malchiodi has extensive experience in the possibilities that Art Therapy can offer in your work with others. As professional relations director of the American Art Therapy Association's she gives 20 to 25 workshops and presentations each year on Art Therapy. This book offers you step-by-step instructions for stimulating creativity and interpreting the resulting art pieces. This encouraging and effective method can help others make desired changes in their lives.
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In this varied collection, the authors note their shift from social constructionism to a post-structuralist view. The papers are explorations of narrative therapy theory and practice, with detailed examples of therapeutic work with heterosexual couples. 'Couple' work is placed in context, gender issues are examined (in particular, how patriarchal gender stories interfere in relationship), and the goal of minimising hierarchical structures in the therapeutic situation is explained. Useful exercises are given for direct experience of narrative work. Throughout, the aim is to help people inhabit stories that offer more choices... More info
For those with autism, understanding normal can be a difficult task. For those without autism, the perception of normal can lead to unrealistic expectations of self and others. This book explores how individuals and society understand normal, in order to help demystify and make accessible a full range of human experience. Wendy Lawson outlines the theory behind the current thinking and beliefs of Western society that have led to the building of a culture that fails to be inclusive. She describes what a wider concept of normal means and... More info
The trend in 'brain-based education' has been growing of late, yet much debate exists about what characterises its parameters, goals and standards. Based on an exhaustive review of the literature, as well as interviews with more than twenty leaders in the field from six different countries, this book sets out to define the field as well as offer teachers models for interpreting new data and implementing effective classroom strategies. More info
