The Expressive Body in Life, Art, and Therapy : Working with Movement, Metaphor and Meaning.
Title:
The Expressive Body in Life, Art, and Therapy : Working with Movement, Metaphor and Meaning.
Author:
Halprin, Daria.
ISBN:
9781846423758
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (250 pages)
Contents:
The Expressive Body in Life, Art, and Therapy -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part One: Introduction -- 1. Movement as Metaphor -- 2. How I Got Here -- Part Two: Roots and Cross-Pollination -- 3. Historical Context -- 4. Psychology -- 5. Somatic Psychology -- 6. Dance -- 7. Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Avant-Garde -- Part Three: The Practice -- 8. Creativity, Art, and Therapy -- 9. Maps and Methods of the Practice -- 10. Body Part Metaphors -- 11. Living Artfully with the Wounded Self -- 12. Case Studies -- Part Four: Conclusion -- 13. Art as a Healing Force in the World -- References -- Further Reading -- Contacting the Tamalpa Institute -- Subject Index -- Author Index.
Abstract:
Drawing on her extensive experience in expressive arts therapy, Daria Halprin presents a unique approach to healing through movement and art. She describes the body as the container of one's entire life experience and movement as a language that expresses and reveals our deepest struggles and creative potentials.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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