Environmental Expressive Therapies Nature-Assisted Theory and Practice

Alexander Kopytin, "Environmental Expressive Therapies: Nature-Assisted Theory and Practice"
English | ISBN: 1138233080 | 2017 | 280 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Environmental Expressive Therapies contributes to the emerging phenomenon of eco-arts therapy by highlighting the work that international expressive arts therapists have accomplished to establish a framework for incorporating nature as a partner in creative/expressive arts therapy practices. Each of the contributors explores a particular specialization and outlines the implementation of multi-professional and multi-modal "earth-based" creative/expressive interventions that practitioners can use in their daily work with patients with various clinical needs. Different forms of creative/expressive practices―such as creative writing, play therapy techniques, visual arts, expressive music, dramatic performances, and their combinations with wilderness and animal-assisted therapy―are included in order to maximize the spectrum of treatment options. represents a variety of practical approaches and tools for therapists to use to achieve multiple treatment goals and promote sustainable lifestyles for individuals, families, and communities.