Philosophy of Expressive Arts Therapy Format:Trade Paperback Practice vignettes and exercises for

Practice vignettes and exercises for the reader are included throughout

to withdraw and to adopt negative coping strategies

"Draw me a picture of what you would look like if you turned into a monster

many life skills can develop more easily as they grow up – from making friends and shopping for themselves

helping them to make sessions valuable

Philosophy of Expressive Arts Therapy Format:Trade Paperback Practice vignettes and exercises forLaying the philosophical foundations of expressive arts therapy, this book highlights the role and importance of poiesis, the art of 'making' as a response to the world, in the expressive arts therapies as well as our own lives. The concept of poiesis was originally developed and brought into the field by Stephen K. Levine. It is a perspective that restores the primacy of the arts for the arts therapies instead of reducing art making and art objects