The Healing Flow: Artistic Expression in Therapy

Download or read book The Healing Flow: Artistic Expression in Therapy written by Martina Schnetz and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2004-10-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on her extensive experience as a creative arts therapist, Martina Schnetz puts forward a new approach to the process of art in healing. She explores the dialogue between the internal world, external images, and words, shaping a new vocabulary for creative arts therapists. The Healing Flow: Artistic Expression in Therapy is a theoretical and experiential account of the author's work with survivors of childhood trauma and post traumatic stress. Case studies are presented in this model. Through providing deeper insight into the creative processes, participants recover meaningful patterns in their lives, and restore connectedness between themselves and the world.